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Bishop emeritus Joachim Vobbe passed away after a long illness at the age of 70 in his home in Königswinter, Germany, on 26 July 2017. … ➤

In 2016 the national synod of the Old Catholic Church of Switzerland asked the Department of Old Catholic Theology at the University of Bern to … ➤

Königswinter, 8 July 2017 The Anglican–Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council (AOCICC) met in the Arbeitnehmerzentrum in Königswinter near Bonn, Germany, from 4 to 8 July … ➤

The Right Reverend Rhee M. Timbang was elected as the new Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente, IFI) on 9 May … ➤

The annual meeting of the Orthodox–Old Catholic International Working Group took place in Bern on 4 May 2017. At the meeting, the members selected their next … ➤

Dr. Pavel Benedikt Stránský was consecrated as bishop of the Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic in Prague on Saturday 1 April 2017. The … ➤

The communion between the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Church of Sweden was officially sealed at a special service in … ➤

Bishop Dr. Harald Rein visited His Holiness Aram I in Lebanon from 17 to 21 November 2016. He was accompanied by Dr. Abel Manoukian (Secretary … ➤

Churches from two traditions are about to enter ecclesial communion: The Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of … ➤

To launch the year of events celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, the Lutheran World Federation (represented by its President Bishop Munib … ➤

Each year, the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions (CS/CWC) brings together the Secretaries/General Secretaries of world communions (including Baptist, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Reformed, … ➤

In 2005, the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht began an official dialogue with the Church of Sweden to investigate the possibility of … ➤