A Church that seeks to draw people to Christ with joy of the Eucharist
OUR NAORCC VISION
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A Particular Apostolic Church “Sui Iuris”
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Mission
To make our presence as Christ’s representatives to the unchurched, the neglected, and the lost sector of society who have less access to the sacraments
OUR HISTORY
The Church is the oldest institution in the Western world (Meconi, 2016, p. 2), tracing her roots back to Christ’s founding, “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church” (Mt 16:18). The North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Utrecht Succession, Archdiocese of California™ (NAORCCUS, AoC) descended from the Roman Catholic See of Utrecht, Netherland. “The story of the Roman Catholic Church in Utrecht begins with St. Willibrord’s consecration by Pope Sergius I in 696AD as the first bishop for the Netherlands whose cathedra was in Utrecht” (Kersey, 2017, p. 25).
In 1145, Blessed Pope Eugene III granted to the See of Utrecht the right to elect its own successors to the See of Utrecht in times of vacancy. This made the See of Utrecht autonomous, and this position was affirmed by the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 (Fourth Lateran Council, 1215, Constitution #23). Further, in 1520, a second papal grant “Debitum Pastoralis” from Pope Leo X to Bishop Philip of Burgundy, who was the 57th Bishop of Utrecht from 1517 – 1524, provided that neither he nor any of his successors, nor any of their clergy or laity, should be tried by a Tribunal outside Utrecht’s and any in defiance of this grant should be ipso facto null and void (Kersey, 2017, p. 25). This grant is commonly called “Leonine Privilege”. The NAORCCUS, AoC observes these two grants that both Pope Blessed Eugene III and Pope Leo X executed for the betterment of the Particular Church.
BROTHERHOOD OF BISHOPS
The Archdiocese of California strongly believes the assurance of our Lord Jesus Christ saying, “You can be sure that I will be with you always. I will be with you until the end of time” (Mt. 28:20)..