The Catholicate of the West was an Independent Western Rite Orthodox denomination established in 1944, following a council between prelates from: the Ancient British Church, the British Orthodox Catholic Church, the Apostolic Episcopal Church, the Old Catholic Orthodox Church, the Order of Holy Wisdom, and the Order of Antioch. In 1994, the Catholicate of the West ceased to exist, becoming the British Orthodox Church under the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
The Catholicate of the West was an Independent Western Rite Orthodox denomination established in 1944, following a council between prelates from: the Ancient British Church, the British Orthodox Catholic Church, the Apostolic Episcopal Church, the Old Catholic Orthodox Church, the Order of Holy Wisdom, and the Order of Antioch. In 1994, the Catholicate of the West ceased to exist, becoming the British Orthodox Church under the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
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