English Catholic Church
and Communion
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🕊️Unity. Apostolicity. Old Roman Ecclesiology. English Language. Ancient Catholicity. 🕊️
Pictured above Emeritus Archbishop Scott E. McLaughlin, Second Primate of the English Catholic Communion (2024-2026) (left).
Metropolitan Archbishop Jayden A.M. Hagood (center) Third Primate of the English Catholic Church and Communion,
and Abbot Dan Nobles of Christ Mission Anglican Benedictines, friend of the Bishops (Right) in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA on June 08, 2025
Metropolitan Archbishop Jayden A.M. Hagood (center) Third Primate of the English Catholic Church and Communion,
and Abbot Dan Nobles of Christ Mission Anglican Benedictines, friend of the Bishops (Right) in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA on June 08, 2025
Renewal and Restoration
In just two years we've grown from 2 Parishes and a Religious Order in the USA
to 36 Countries, 3 Religious Orders, and 1 Chivalric Order worldwide!
to 36 Countries, 3 Religious Orders, and 1 Chivalric Order worldwide!
North America
9Parishes and Missions
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32Bishops, Priests, Deacons,
and Religious (Oblates included) |
400+Parishioners in the USA alone
and growing! |
The Church of Canon 844§2 incarnate.
We are not pretending that Rome or Constantinople are absent. We are saying that there is no native, orthodox, conciliar, English Catholic primatial see for the Americas, and we intend to build one. If that troubles some, so be it. The English Catholic Church exists to fulfill what you and others have long prayed and labored for the last 100 years. Not as something foreign, but as the natural flowering of catholicity.
The purpose of the English Catholic Church and Communion as an Old Roman Catholic Church is to provide episcopal protection and oversight for Catholic believers and organizations—Churches, parishes, Religious Orders and other ecclesiastical organizations—who cannot currently be aligned with the Roman, Anglican or Orthodox Communions for various Dogmatic, Doctrinal, and Disciplinary reasons.
This unique mission allows us to serve as a spiritual home for those seeking a place of authentic Catholic faith and worship, rooted in tradition while free to serve those who, in good conscience, cannot presently be received within larger ecclesial bodies.
The See of the Americas is the primatial see of our own Communion. It does not claim universal jurisdiction over all Christians in the Americas, nor does it presume authority over churches outside our communion. It names the work entrusted to us: to preserve apostolic doctrine, sacramental order, and the English Catholic patrimony on this continent, hic et nunc.
The purpose of the English Catholic Church and Communion as an Old Roman Catholic Church is to provide episcopal protection and oversight for Catholic believers and organizations—Churches, parishes, Religious Orders and other ecclesiastical organizations—who cannot currently be aligned with the Roman, Anglican or Orthodox Communions for various Dogmatic, Doctrinal, and Disciplinary reasons.
This unique mission allows us to serve as a spiritual home for those seeking a place of authentic Catholic faith and worship, rooted in tradition while free to serve those who, in good conscience, cannot presently be received within larger ecclesial bodies.
The See of the Americas is the primatial see of our own Communion. It does not claim universal jurisdiction over all Christians in the Americas, nor does it presume authority over churches outside our communion. It names the work entrusted to us: to preserve apostolic doctrine, sacramental order, and the English Catholic patrimony on this continent, hic et nunc.
The time has come to rediscover who we truly are!
🔆 Why English Catholic?
✅ We stand in continuity with the ancient Church of England and world—the faith of St. Augustine of Canterbury, St. Anselm, St. Maron, St. John Chrysostom, Pope St. Gregory the Great, St. Bede, and St. Thomas Becket.
✅ We preserve the richness of English liturgy and devotion (the Sarum Use).
✅ We uphold the apostolic all male ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons as Christ instituted it.
✅ We offer unity with the whole Catholic Church, free from the distortions of both Protestantism and Roman centralism.
This is not about abandoning your patrimony. It’s about seeing it fulfilled. The stately cadences of Daily Prayer, the glory of choral worship, and your deep sacramental theology all point beyond themselves to fullness in English Catholicity.
✅ We stand in continuity with the ancient Church of England and world—the faith of St. Augustine of Canterbury, St. Anselm, St. Maron, St. John Chrysostom, Pope St. Gregory the Great, St. Bede, and St. Thomas Becket.
✅ We preserve the richness of English liturgy and devotion (the Sarum Use).
✅ We uphold the apostolic all male ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons as Christ instituted it.
✅ We offer unity with the whole Catholic Church, free from the distortions of both Protestantism and Roman centralism.
This is not about abandoning your patrimony. It’s about seeing it fulfilled. The stately cadences of Daily Prayer, the glory of choral worship, and your deep sacramental theology all point beyond themselves to fullness in English Catholicity.
At the heart of the English Catholic tradition beats the Catholic faith and order—a Church that is apostolic, liturgical, and holy. From the Oxford Movement to the Prayer Book societies to Altars across the world, High Churchmen have fought to preserve the sacraments, the historic episcopate, and the beauty of reverent worship. But ask yourself:
Was this vision ever meant to remain incomplete?
You are already English Catholic. It’s already in your Liturgical DNA. The ancient hymns of Tallis and Byrd, the stately beauty of Evensong, and the deep sacramental instincts of English Catholicism are all expressions of a truth your heart already knows: you were never meant to be cut off from the fullness of Catholic faith.
The English Catholic Church and Communion is led by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Archbishop Jayden Hagood, FDC, who also serves as Superior General of the Fratelli Della Croce and Ordinary of the Archdiocese of the Midwest. As third Spiritual Head (primus inter pares) of the Church, he oversees a growing communion committed to preserving the ancient traditions of the Catholic faith while meeting the pastoral needs of diverse communities across seven states and thirty-five countries.
The standards for doctrine and practice of the English Catholic Communion are found in the English translations of the Sarum rites, which are both pre-Reformation and pre-Tridentine. The Sarum Missal was used for celebrating Mass in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, as well as parts of France and Portugal, for over 500 years prior to the Reformation. Rooted in the English Expression of the Roman Rite and preserving the ancient Gregorian Canon, this historic liturgy embodies the richness of the Western Catholic tradition, offering a profound sense of continuity with the faith of the early Church prior to the Great Schism.
However, the Communion also recognizes the liturgical traditions of its member jurisdictions, such as use of the Anglican Missal of 1921, the American Missal of 1952, the first Prayer Book of 1549, the Old Catholic rites, Eastern liturgies as well as the Extraordinary Form (Tridentine), Ordinary Form (Novus Ordo), and Divine Worship: The Missal (Ordinariate) of the Roman Rite.
This Liturgical diversity reflects our commitment to honoring the legitimate variety of Catholic worship while maintaining doctrinal fidelity and sacramental integrity while gathered around a common tongue, English.
The Church is traditional and conservative in doctrine and practice. It upholds the timeless truths of the Catholic faith, grounded in Sacred Scripture and Apostolic Tradition, and seeks to provide a stable ecclesial home for those drawn to the beauty and reverence of classical liturgy.
📢 We Are Calling You
You are the Brave Men who have kept the lamps burning in the sanctuary of the Church. You have loved beauty, reverence, and order. Now we call you to unite under the banner of English Catholicism—not as an escape from what was but as the completion of its highest aspirations.
✅ Join us in recovering the ancient faith the West.
✅ Join us in restoring a united, apostolic witness for this generation.
✅ Join us in the English Catholic Renewal.
You are the Brave Men who have kept the lamps burning in the sanctuary of the Church. You have loved beauty, reverence, and order. Now we call you to unite under the banner of English Catholicism—not as an escape from what was but as the completion of its highest aspirations.
✅ Join us in recovering the ancient faith the West.
✅ Join us in restoring a united, apostolic witness for this generation.
✅ Join us in the English Catholic Renewal.
Want to join?
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Mail Only: 6510 South 31st Street Lincoln, Nebraska 68516
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (402) 413-5490
Mail Only: 6510 South 31st Street Lincoln, Nebraska 68516
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (402) 413-5490
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