How Many Recent Western Rite Missions?
On this post Fr. Andrew asked, "How many new parishes of the AWRV [Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate] have been formed in the past couple years?" Taking a quick count off-the-top-of-my-head from the last few months:
- Holy Trinity of Lynchburg, VA. Led by Fr. Alban Waggener, formerly Bishop Robert Waggener of the Diocese of the Holy Cross, whom Bp. THOMAS ordained last September.
- St. Paul of Houston, TX. Led by Fr. Richard Petranek, the group received its name about a year ago and was chrismated (and Fr. Petranek was ordained) last November.
- Holy Incarnation of Detroit, MI. Led by Fr. John Fenton, who was ordained in February.
- St. Patrick in Warrenton, VA. Led by Fr. Patrick Cardine, formerly of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, the parish was chrismatied en masse by Bp. THOMAS in March.
- Sts. Peter and Paul in Hot Springs, AR. Led by Fr. John Denzil, formerly of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, who was ordained June 24.
- The new AWRV mission in Oklahoma City, OK. Formerly of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, the group is being formed now.
- A new AWRV mission is being formed south of Boston, MA. All Saints of S. Weymouth, MA, is the parent.
Update: Eric Jobe comments, "There is another one in Jacksonville, TX, though I know nothing yet about it. They will be working with St. Paul's in Houston to get started. I believe they are also from the CEC." Thanks, Eric!
I believe this is more than any time in the past several years. Additionally, there are other CEC parishes in the reception or discernment process, and of course there are talks with others yet.
We have much to be thankful for. Deo gratias. May God continue His loving favor in leading souls to His Holy Church.
posted by Ben Johnson at 5:17 AM
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There is another one in Jacksonville, TX, though I know nothing yet about it. They will be working with St. Paul's in Houston to get started. I believe they are also from the CEC.
The church in Oklahoma City will be under "the HOLY APOSTLE ANDREW THE FIRST-CALLED" as Bp Basil put it. I'm assuming they will be called St Andrews. They are led by Mark Wallace. The one in Jacksonville TX is led by Barry Thibodeaux. No name yet. Both are good men, I met them at the Parish Life Conference in Topeka. Barry's group is being taught from OLW, Mesquite and Holy Apostles, Tyler.
Wonderful news, but can someone tell me exactly how many canonical Orthodox jurisdictions are present in the USA?
Why? I mean, I'm Anglican but I like Orthodoxy, but I just don't get why there are so many. Why don't they unite? I mean, there's an Orthodox Church of Albania, which is mostly Muslim!
I genuinely want to know.
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Now try opening up a WR Mission in Wisconsin. You know, it's the headquarters of what was, and may still be, a conservative Old Catholic body which actually had a dialogue with the Antiochians decades ago.
There had been talk about an AWRV mission in Austin, TX as well - not sure how that project is going, but I'm hopeful for it!
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Abu, this a pretty comprehensive list of all autocephalous and autonomous Orthodox Churches. Not all of these groups have parishes in the U.S. ROCOR, now in communion with the Moscow Patriarchate, does. The reason there are so many is available on the net. In a nutshell, it has to do with reaction to the Bolshevik Revolution.
Ari, thanks for the news. It would be nice to finally have a Western Rite Orthodox church in Austin, Texas.
God bless,
Ben
Thanks for this post. It's wonderful to see the growth of Orthodoxy in the Western Rite here in America.
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