Polish National Catholic Church
The Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC; Polish: Polski Narodowy Kościół Katolicki, PNKK) is an independent Old Catholic church based in the United States and founded by Polish-Americans.
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| Type | Old Catholic |
| Classification | Polish Old Catholicism |
| Theology | Ultrajectine |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Prime Bishop | Anthony Mikovsky |
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| Region | United States, Canada |
| Founder | Franciszek Hodur |
| Origin | March 1897 Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Separated from | Roman Catholic Church |
| Branched from | Union of Utrecht |
| Congregations | 128 |
| Members | 30,000 |
| Official website | https://pncc.org/ |
The PNCC is not in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2004, the PNCC is no longer in communion with the Union of Utrecht. The organisation is now part of the Union of Scranton.
The church has around 30,000 members in five dioceses in the United States and Canada. The church is part of Polish Old Catholicism.
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