Churches in Communion

Churches in Communion with
the Church of England

Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht

This family of nationally organized Churches bound themselves together in the Union of Utrecht in 1889. Most of them owe their origins to Roman Catholics unable to accept the decrees of the First Vatican Council of 1870, though the independence from Rome of the See of Utrecht predates those events. In 1932 the Convocation of Canterbury established 'intercommunion' between the Church of England and the Old Catholic Churches on the terms of the Bonn Agreement of the previous year. The Archbishop of Utrecht is the chair man of the coordinating Episcopal body of the Union: the Old Catholic International Bishops’ Conference.

Website: http://www.utrechter-union.org/english/start.html

and www.alt-katholisch.de/index-e.html (partially available in English translation).

The Old Catholic Church of Austria

Website: www.altkatholiken.at

Bishop: The Right Reverend Bernhard Heitz
Schottenring 17/1/3/12, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
T: + 43 1 317 83 94
E: b.heitz@altkatholiken.at

The Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic

Website: www.starokatolici.cz

Bishop: The Right Reverend Dušan Hejbal
Na Bateriich 27, CZ-162 00 Prag 6, Czech Republic.
T&F: +420 2 24 32 51 87
E: stkat@starokatolici.cz

A Covenant was signed in September 2000, between the Bishop in Europe and the Bishop of the Old Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, by which they (and their successors after them) share pastoral oversight of the Anglican parish in Prague.

The Old Catholic Church of Germany

Website http://www.alt-katholisch.de (some of which is available in English translation)

Bishop: The Right Reverend Joachim Vobbe
also an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese in Europe
Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 28, 53115 Bonn, Germany
T: + 49 228 23 22 85
F: + 49 228 23 83 14
E: ordinariat@alt-katholisch.de

The Old Catholic Church of Italy

Website:http://www.veterocattolici.it

Bishop Representative for Italy:
The Right Reverend Fritz Rene Muller
Willadingweg 39, CH-3006 Bern, Switzerland
T: + 41 31 351 35 30
E: bischof@christkath.ch

Deanery in Italy: +39 348 5849499

The Old Catholic Church of Netherlands

Website: www.okkn.nl/welkom/

Archbishop of Utrecht: The Most Reverend Dr Joris Vercammen
Kon Wilhelminalaan 3, NL-3818 HN Amersfoort, Netherlands
T: + 31 33 462 08 75
F: + 31 33 463 04 42
E: buro@okkn.nl

Bishop of Haarlem: The Right Reverend Dr Jan-Lambert Wirix-Speetjens
Wilhelminastraat 26, 2011 VM Haarlem, Netherlands
T: + 31 23 542 34 26
F: + 31 23 542 06 32
E: bvh@okkn.nl

Poland (The Polish National Catholic Church)

Website: www.polskokatolicki.pl/

Presiding Bishop and Diocese of Warsaw: The Most Reverend Wiktor Wysoczanski
ul. Balanowa 7, 02-635 Warschau, Poland
T: + 48 228 48 0751
F: + 48 228 48 5259
E: polskokatolicki@pnet.pl

The Old Catholic Church of Switzerland

Website: www.christkath.ch

Bishop: The Right Reverend Fritz Rene Muller
also an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese in Europe
Willadingweg 39, CH-3006 Bern, Switzerland
T: + 41 31 351 35 30
E: bischof@christkath.ch

Dependent churches and municipalities under the jurisdiction of the International Bishops' Conference and their respective IBC delegates:

THE OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CROATIA -
Bishop Bernard Heitz see above

OLD CATHOLIC MISSION IN FRANCE -
Bishop Fritz-René Müller see above

OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SWEDEN AND DENMARK -
Bishop Bert Wirix see above

Anglican Old Catholic relations

In 1998 the Anglican Old Catholic International Coordinating Committee was established by the Old Catholic International Bishops’ Conference and the Anglican Consultative Council to monitor and encourage the development of the relationship between the Churches involved.

In its Resolution IV:6c the 1998 Lambeth Conference sought to recommend that ‘consideration be given to ways of deepening our communion with the Old Catholic Churches beyond the Bonn Agreement, including means of taking counsel and making decisions together; the anomaly of overlapping jurisdictions; the implications of wider ecumenical relationships (particularly with the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran Churches); and the importance of working together in issues of mission and common witness.’

Anglican

Co-chairman: The Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill Bishop of Lichfield

Co-secretary: The Reverend Canon Gregory Cameron
(Contact details: see start of Part 3)

Contact: The Right Reverend David Hamid Suffragan Bishop Diocese in Europe

Old Catholic

Co-chairman: The Right Reverend Dr Jan-Lambert Wirix-Speetjens Bishop of Haarlem

Co-secretary: The Reverend Dr Angela Berlis
c/o Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 28, 53115 Bonn, Germany
T: +31 30 253 1464
E : ABerlis@theo.uu.nl

The ST WILLIBRORD SOCIETY exists to promote growing relations between Anglicans and Old Catholics. More details can be obtained from The Reverend Alja Tollefsen Secretary
T&F: +44 (0)1565 632 389
E: tollef@pncl.co.uk

Churches of the Porvoo Agreement

Formal sessions of discussions between the four Anglican Churches of Britain and Ireland and the eight Nordic-Baltic Lutheran Churches began in 1989. In 1992 the eucharist was celebrated in Porvoo on the final Sunday of the Conversations. The Common Statement recommended a Declaration bringing into being formalized communion involving common membership, a single interchangeable ministry, and structures to enable consultation on significant matters of faith and order. Implementation is coordinated by a Contact Group and a regular Porvoo Church Leaders Conference. The Church of England has its own Porvoo Panel to monitor and encourage our own implementation of the Agreement.

The Common Statement and other Porvoo-related documents are available from Church House Publishing. Lars Osterlin: Churches of Northern Europe in Profile (Norwich, 1995) gives a history of the Nordic Lutheran Churches and their relations with the Church of England.

Website: www.porvoochurches.org

Estonia, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of

Website: www.eelk.ee

Archbishop: The Most Reverend Andres Poder
Archbishop emeritus: The Most Reverend Jaan Kiivit
Consistory of the EELC, Kirikuplats 3, EE-110130 Tallinn
T: + 372 6 27 73 50
F: + 372 6 27 73 52
E: konsistoorium@eelk.ee

Porvoo Contact Group Representative:
The Revd Veiko Vihuri
Karja kirikla, Pärsama 94201, Saare mk, Estonia
T: + 372 6 27 73 50
E: v.vihuri@which.net

Finland, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of

Dioceses of Espoo, Helsinki, Kuopio, Lapua, Mikkeli, Oulu, Porvoo, Tampere, and Turku
W: http://www.evl.fi/english/

Archbishop of Turku and Finland: The Most Reverend Jukka Paarma
PL 60, FIN-20501 Turku
T: + 358 2 251 6500
F: + 358 2 251 6541
E: Arkkipiispa@evl.fi

Porvoo Contact Group Representative:
The Reverend Dr Matti Repo
Dept. for International Relations, Satamakatu 11, Box 185, FIN-00161 Helsinki, Finland
T: +358 9 1802 290
F: +358 9 1802 230
E: matti.repo@evl.fi

Iceland, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of

A single diocese, with suffragans in the ancient sees of Hólar and Skálholt

Website: www.kirkjan.is/?english

Bishop: The Most Reverend Karl Sigurbjörnsson
Laugevegur 31, 150 Reykjavík
T: + 354 535 1500
F: + 354 551 3284
E: biskup@kirkjan.is

Porvoo Contact Group Representative:
The Reverend Mrs S.A. (Adda) Björnsdottir
T: + 354 535 1500
F: + 354-5513284
E: steinunn.bjornsdottir@biskup.is

Lithuania, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of

Website: www.liuteronai.lt/index_ang.html

Bishop: The Right Reverend Mindaugas Sabutis
Bretkuno 13, LIT-5900 Taurage
T: + 370 4 653 451
E: consistory@lutheran.lt

Porvoo Contact Group Representative:
The Reverend Darius Petkunas
T: + 370 6 220 409
F: +370 6 258 270
E: darius@vanduo.lt

Norway, Church of

Dioceses of Agder, Bjørgvin, Borg, Hamar, Møre, Nidaros, Nord- Hålogaland, Oslo, Sør- Hålogaland, Stavanger, Tunsberg

Website: www.kirken.no/english

Praeses of the Norwegian Bishops' Conference:
The Right Reverend Finn Wagle
Bishop of Trondheim
Erkebispegården, 7013 Trondheim Trondheim, Norway
T: + 73 53 91 00
F: + 73 53 91 11
E: nidaros.biskop@kirken.no

Porvoo Contact Group Representative:
The Reverend Dr Stephanie Dietrich
Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations, Postboks 5816 Majorstua, 0308 Oslo, Norway
T: +47 22 93 27 90
F: +47 22 93 28 28/29
E: stephanie.dietrich@kirken.no

Sweden, Church of

Dioceses of Göteborg, Härnösand, Karlstad, Linköping, Luleå, Lund, Skara, Stockholm, Strängnäs, Uppsala, Västerås, Växjö, Visby

Website: www.svenskakyrkan.se

Archbishop: The Most Reverend Dr Anders Wejryd
S-751 70 Uppsala
T: + 46 18 16 95 00
F: + 46 18 16 96 25

Porvoo Contact Group Representative:
The Reverend Dr Johan Dalman
Church of Sweden, S-751 70 Uppsala, Sweden
T: +46 (0) 18 16 96 86
F: +46 (0) 18 16 97 99
E: johan.dalman@svenskakyrkan.se

Observers

The following Churches were full participants in the preparatory work of the Porvoo Declaration. The Church of Denmark was unable to approve the Declaration in 1996; the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Latvia has not yet voted on the matter. They both have observer status at any meeting held under the provisions of the Agreement.

Denmark, Church of

Bishop: The Right Reverend Erik Norman Svendsen
Norregade 11, DK-1165 Copenhagen
T: + 45 33 47 65 00
F: + 45 33 14 39 69

Porvoo Contact Group Observer:
Mr Jan Nilsson
Council on International Relations, Peter Bangs Vej lD,
DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
T&F: +45 33 11 44 88
E: jn@interchurch.dk
W: www.interchurch.dk

An Agreement providing for eucharistic hospitality between the Churches of England and Denmark (approved 1954 and 1956 respectively) remains in force.

Latvia, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of

Archbishop: The Most Reverend Janis Vanags
Consistory of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Latvia, M Pils iéla 4, LV-1050 Riga
T: + 371 722 6057
F: + 371 782 1041
E: konsistorija@parks.lv

Porvoo Contact Group Observer:
The Archbishop

Porvoo Contact Group

The Group was inaugurated to monitor and encourage the development of the relationship between the Churches involved.

Officers

ANGLICAN
Co-Chairman: The Right Reverend Martin Wharton Bishop of Newcastle
Bishop’s House, 29 Moor Road South, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1PA
T: +44 (0)191 285 2220
E: bishop@newcastle.anglican.org

Co-secretary: The Reverend Canon Dr Charles Hill (Church of England)
Council for Christian Unity, Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1 3NZ, UK
T: +44 20 7898 1474
E: charles.hill@ccu.c-of-e.org.uk

LUTHERAN
Co-Chairman: The Right Reverend Dr Ragnar Persenius Bishop of Uppsala
Box 1314, SE-751 43 Uppsala, Sweden
T: +46 18 68 07 01
E: ragnar.persenius@svenskakyrkan.se

Co-secretary: The Reverend Dr Matti Repo (Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland)
Dept. for International Relations, Satamakatu 11, Box 185, FIN-00161 Helsinki, Finland
T: +358 9 1802 290
E: matti.repo@evl.fi

Members

ENGLAND, Church of: (Porvoo Contact Group Representative for the Diocese in Europe)
The Reverend Rupert Moreton contact details, see Helsinki

All other churches of the Porvoo Agreement are members: in addtion, there are members from each of the Church of Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal Church and Church in Wales. There are observers from Denmark and Latvia.

Church of England Porvoo Panel

In 2000 the Church of England's Council for Christian Unity established The Porvoo Panel to monitor, encourage and guide relations specifically between the Nordic-Baltic Churches of the Agreement and the Church of England.

Officers

Chairman: The Right Reverend Dr Kenneth Stevenson (Bishop of Portsmouth)
Bishopsgrove, 26 Osborn Road, Fareham, Hants. PO16 7DQ
T: +44 (0)1329 280247
E: bishports@portsmouth.anglican.org
Co-Secretary: The Reverend Canon Dr Charles Hill European Secretary, Council for Christian Unity
see above

Contact: The Right Reverend David Hamid (Suffragan Bishop Diocese in Europe)