The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church
An independent Catholic church in the liberal tradition

The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church is active in promoting scholarship concerning the independent Apostolic churches, and through European-American University Press a number of original works and new editions of classic works are currently available in hardcover print.

The Arnold Harris Mathew Center for the Study of the Independent Sacramental Movement (CSISM) at European-American University exists to further research in these areas, and makes available online for the first time a number of relevant monographs and archival documents. The Church also houses a valuable physical archive of books, documents and vestments, of which the written material is in the process of digitisation.

This website contains a number of online resources on esoteric, Liberal Catholic and spiritual matters, all of which are accessible via the resources page.

Official documents

An introduction to our work

• An introduction to LCAC (PDF file, 753KB)

Membership of the International Council of Community Churches

• ICCC charter

Police checks etc. for clergy

• Police National Computer clearance for Mar Joannes
• Police National Computer clearance for Mar Andreas

Holy Orders bestowed by the bishops of the LCAC

• Certificate of Subconditional Ordination and Consecration of the Most Revd. Archbishop Phillip Kemp, Independent Catholic Alliance
• Certificate of Subconditional Ordination of the Very Revd. Fr. Simon Scruton, Independent Catholic Alliance
• Certificate of Consecration of the Most Revd. Alistair Bate, C.C.P.
• Certificate of Consecration of the Most Revd. Charles Mugleston
• Notice of the Service of Consecration on 15 August 2007
• Subconditional Priestly Ordination of Fr. Adrian Glover

Holy Orders and appointments received by the Metropolitan Primate of the LCAC

• Letter of Appointment as UK Representative of the Apostolic Episcopal Church by the Most Revd. Archbishop Francis C. Spataro
• Certificate of Subconditional Ordination and Consecration by the Most Revd. Archbishop Phillip Kemp
• Certificate of Episcopal Consecration by the Most Revd. Archbishop Illtyd Thomas
• Certificate of Priestly Ordination by the Most Revd. Archbishop Illtyd Thomas
• Certificate of Diaconal Ordination by the Most Revd. Archbishop Illtyd Thomas

Photographs of Services of Ordination and Consecration

• Photographs of the Service of Consecration, August 2007
• Photographs of the Service of Subconditional Consecration, November 2006
• Photographs of the Services of Ordination and Consecration, May-July 2006
• Photographs of the Services of Ordination, January and March 2008

Historic documents

1. The Ancient Catholic Church

• Deed of Attestation by Mr Richard Hadingham, Senior Lay Member of the Ancient Catholic Church, concerning that Church.
cover slip; page 1; 2; 3

2. Archbishop Illtyd Thomas (Mar Illtutus)

• Consecration sub conditione by Archbishop Bertil Persson, 1987
• Consecration sub conditione by Archbishop Bertil Persson, 1985
• Consecration by Archbishop Anthony Walter John Williams, 1979
• Instrument of Appointment as Co-Adjutor by Archbishop Anthony Walter John Williams for the Holy Celtic Church, 1979
• The Liberal Catholic Church of Ontario, Diocese of Niagara, showing Archbishop Thomas as Assistant Bishop, 1986

3. Archbishop Phillip Kemp (Mar Francis)

• Consecration by Archbishop Aelred Peter (Terence Coghlan) Distin, 2004
• Letter of Retirement of Archbishop Aelred Peter (Terence Coghlan) Distin, 2004

4. Archbishop Bertil Persson (Mar Alexander)

• Consecration by Archbishop Perry Cedarholm (Mar Nikolaus), 1971
• Consecration by Bishop George Boyer, 1983
• Consecration by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey (Mar David), 1986
• Consecration by Bishop Forest E. Barber, 1987
• Declaration of Intercommunion between the Apostolic Episcopal Church and the Celtic Catholic Church, 6 January 1984
• Declaration of Intercommunion between the Apostolic Episcopal Church and the Catholic Apostolic National Church of Brazil, 22 November 1987: page 1; 2
• Appointment as Archbishop for Europe of the Philippine Independent Church, 15 June 1988
• Appointment as Official Representative for Europe of the Philippine Independent Church, 11 November 1991

5. Archbishop Richard, Duc de Palatine

• The Pre-Nicene Catholic Church - Table of Apostolic Succession

6. Archbishop Aelred Peter Distin

• Certificate of Consecration by Bishop Donald Garner and others, 1968

Historic documents and photographs concerning the Ancient Catholic Church are housed in the ACC archives.