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The '''Celtic Orthodox Church''' ('''COC'''; ]: ''Église orthodoxe celtique''), formerly called the ], before that the Catholic Apostolic Church (Catholicate of the West), and before that the Ancient British Church, is an ] ] church founded in the 19th century in Syria for mission in Great Britain. The '''Celtic Orthodox Church''' ('''COC'''; {{Langx|fr|Église orthodoxe celtique}}), also called the '''Holy Celtic Church''',<ref name="Pearson20074" /> is an ] ] church founded in the 20th century in ].


⚫ Since 25 December 2007, the Celtic Orthodox Church has been in ] with the French Orthodox Church and the ], forming the Communion of Western Orthodox Churches (CWOC).
The Celtic Orthodox Church is represented in France, Switzerland, USA, Australia and the UK. (''see www.eoc-coc.org/ou-nous-trouver'')


The Celtic Orthodox Church claims to be part of the ].<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=Succession apostolique dans l'Église Orthodoxe Celtique|url=http://www.orthodox.ch/lignee2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030005907/http://www.orthodox.ch/lignee2.htm|archive-date=2008-10-30|access-date=2021-10-27|website=Eglise Orthodoxe Celtique, éparchie de Suisse}}</ref>
⚫ Since 25 December 2007, the Celtic Orthodox Church has been in communion with the ] and the ], forming the ] (CWOC).


== History == == History ==


=== Foundation ===
=== '''Origins<small></small>''' ===
The Celtic Orthodox Church was founded in the 20th century by {{Interlanguage link|Tugdual de Saint-Dolay|lt=Jean-Pierre Danyel|fr|Tugdual de Saint-Dolay}}. He was ordained priest by the ] ] of France in 1951, after failing to obtain an ordination from any Russian, Romanian or Greek ] bishop. However, he doubted the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches would recognize the validity of his ordination. Thus, he "received all the ] again on 1 March 1953" from ] Lutgen of ] of the ''Église catholique du rite dominicain''. Lutgen had received his ] from ]. After this, Danyel decided to work to restore the ] of ] and ] of one of the Christian founding saints of Brittany, ].<ref name="Pearson20074">{{cite book|last=Pearson|first=Joanne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Au_paUclEZkC&pg=PA166|title=Wicca and the Christian Heritage: ritual, sex and magic|date=27 June 2007|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-25413-7|pages=51–2|accessdate=9 November 2012}}</ref>
In 1866, Fr Jules Ferrette, a French priest, was consecrated Bp Julius by Mar Boutros (Boutros ibn Salmo Mesko) of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch<ref>{{Cite book|last=Seraphim|first=Metropolitan of Glastonbury|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232364800|title=Flesh of our brethren : an historical examination of western episcopal successions originating from the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch.|date=2006|publisher=British Orthodox Press|isbn=978-1-4116-7836-1|edition=First edition|location=London|pages=67|oclc=232364800}}</ref>, who later became Patriarch Mor Ignatius Peter IV of Antioch, with the remit to form an indigenous Orthodox church in Western Europe, which was not in any way subject to the Syriac Orthodox Church or the Patriarch of Antioch<ref>{{Cite book|last=Seraphim|first=Metropolitan of Glastonbury|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232364800|title=Flesh of our brethren : an historical examination of western episcopal successions originating from the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch.|date=2006|publisher=British Orthodox Press|isbn=978-1-4116-7836-1|edition=First edition|location=London|pages=66|oclc=232364800}}</ref>. The consecration was witnessed by the British Consul at Damascus. Mar Julius was given the title of Bishop of Iona and its Dependencies<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Seraphim|first=Metropolitan of Glastonbury|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232364800|title=Flesh of our brethren : an historical examination of western episcopal successions originating from the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch.|date=2006|publisher=British Orthodox Press|isbn=978-1-4116-7836-1|edition=First edition|location=London|pages=85|oclc=232364800}}</ref>.


Danyel founded the Abbaye de la Saint Présence at Bois-Juhel, ], "where he lived as an hermit in emulation of the ancient ]". He "soon attracted disciples" and was elected as the first bishop of the restored Celtic Church. He was consecrated bishop in 1957 by ] Irenaeus of Arles (Comte Charles-Borromée d'Eschevannes), primate of the ''Sainte Église catholique Gallicane autocéphale''. Danyel received the title of "Bishop of ]". On 19 December 1959, Danyel proclaimed himself metropolitan under the title Tugdual I, Archbishop of ]. Danyel "revived Druidic rites" and added to his title "Sa Blancheur l'Humble" ("His Whiteness the Humble") which he claimed was of Druidic origin. His full title was therefore: "His Whiteness the Humble Tugdual I, Archbishop of Dôl, ] of Saint-Dolay, Kayermo and Keroussek, primate of the Holy Celtic Church, President of all the non-Roman Christian and Apostolic Churches".<ref name="Pearson20074" />
In 1874, Bp Julius consecrated Richard Williams Newman as Mar Pelagius I to be the first Patriarch of Britain<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hollands|first=Leonard|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1064907709|title=An introduction to The Celtic Orthodox Church|date=2014|publisher=Lamorna Publications|year=2014|isbn=978-0-9559832-8-3|edition=Revised edition|location=Dorset|pages=85|oclc=1064907709}}</ref>.<sup> </sup>  The subsequent patriarchs are listed below.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hollands|first=Leonard|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1064907709|title=An introduction to The Celtic Orthodox Church|date=2014|publisher=Lamorna Publications|isbn=978-0-9559832-8-3|edition=Revised edition|location=Dorset|pages=37|oclc=1064907709}}</ref>


In 1963 or 1964, the organisation consisted of 10 bishops and two to three ].<ref name="Pearson20074" /> The church was called at the time the Sainte Église celtique en ] (Holy Celtic Church in Brittany).<ref name=":05322">{{Cite book|last=Anson|first=Peter F.|title=Bishops at Large|publisher=Apocryphile press|year=2006|isbn=0-9771461-8-9|series=Independent Catholic Heritage|pages=315|chapter=Churches of the Vilatte succession|orig-year=1964}}</ref>
'''<big>List of Patriarchs/Primates</big>'''


=== Death of the founder to today ===
The following are the patriarchs/primates in succession:
On 11 August 1968, Danyel died. After his death, his hermitage was abandoned.<ref name="Pearson20074" />


In 1977, three monks who were from an abbaye in ] founded by a Celtic Orthodox priest, Paul-Edouard de Fournier de Brescia in 1973, came to the hermitage and built a church on the site.<ref name="Pearson20074" />
·        Mar Pelagius I (]), consecrated in 1874 by Julius Ferrete.


By 1979, the Celtic Orthodox Church was part of the ] of ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Mayer|first=Jean-François|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wevtvpdkul0C&dq=The+divine+liturgy+for+the+celebration+of+the+Holy+Eucharist+according+to+the+Glastonbury+rite%2C+commonly+called+the+liturgy+of+Saint+Joseph+of+Arimathea&pg=PA211|title=Regards sur l'orthodoxie : mélanges offerts à Jacques Goudet|date=1997|publisher=L'AGE D'HOMME|isbn=978-2-8251-1079-9|editor-last=Ivanoff-Trinadtzaty|editor-first=Germain|pages=211|language=fr|chapter=L'Orthodoxie doit-elle être byzantine ? Les tentatives de création d'une Orthodoxie de rite occidental}}</ref>
·        Mar Theophilus I (]), consecrated in 1879 by Mar Pelagius. (1889 to 1917)


Paul-Edouard Fournier de Brescia was consecrated bishop under the name Mael in 1980 by the ] of the Celtic Orthodox Church, bishop ].<ref name=":0" />
·        Mar Jacobus I Antipas (James Martin), consecrated in November 1890 by Leon Chechemian.  (1917 to 1919)


The Orthodox Church of the British Isles and the Celtic Orthodox Church split in 1994, when under Mar Seraphim (William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton) the Orthodox Church of the British Isles joined the ] and changed its name to ].<ref name="Pearson200743">{{cite book|last=Pearson|first=Joanne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Au_paUclEZkC&pg=PA166|title=Wicca and the Christian Heritage: ritual, sex and magic|date=27 June 2007|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-25413-7|pages=53|accessdate=9 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The Celtic Orthodox Church and some other groups previously under the Orthodox Church of the British Isles remained independent.<ref name=":1" />
·        Mar Andries I (Andrew Charles Albert McLaglan), consecrated in 1897 by Leon Chechemian and Mar Jacobus I Antipas. (1919 to 1928)


With the departure of Mar Seraphim, the Celtic Orthodox Church had no primate. Mael was elected primate of the Celtic Orthodox Church by its ] in 1994 and remained as such until his death in 2014.<ref name="Pearson20074" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=johnkersey|date=2014-07-28|title=Death of Mgr. Mael|url=https://san-luigi.org/2014/07/28/death-of-mgr-mael/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Naissance au Ciel de notre père, Mgr Mael|url=http://www.eoc-coc.org/fileadmin/template/eoc/upload/documents/Vie_pere_Mael.pdf|url-status=live|website=eoc-coc.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422161301/http://www.eoc-coc.org/fileadmin/template/eoc/upload/documents/Vie_pere_Mael.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-22 }}</ref> The current primate is since 2014 Metropolitan Marc (Jean Claude Scheerens).<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Qui sommes-nous ?|url=http://www.eoc-coc.org/accueil/qui-sommes-nous/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422165954/http://www.eoc-coc.org/accueil/qui-sommes-nous/|archive-date=22 April 2021|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.eoc-coc.org}}</ref>
·        Mar Jacobus II (Herbert James Monzani-Heard), consecrated in 1922 by Mar Andries I. (1928 to1945)


In 1996, the Celtic Orthodox Church ] Danyel, its founder.<ref name="Pearson20074" />
·        Mar Georgius I (]), consecrated in 1944 by Mar Basilius (William Bernard Crow). (1945 to 1979)


== Dioceses ==
·        Mar Seraphim I (]), consecrated in 1977 by Mar Georgius, (1979 to 1994)
The Celtic Orthodox Church has two ], France and the United States.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The group currently has two bishops and nine ]es and is present in France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=France|url=http://www.eoc-coc.org/ou-nous-trouver/france/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.eoc-coc.org}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Angleterre|url=http://www.eoc-coc.org/ou-nous-trouver/angleterre/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.eoc-coc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Suisse|url=http://www.eoc-coc.org/ou-nous-trouver/suisse/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.eoc-coc.org}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=U.S.A.|url=http://www.eoc-coc.org/ou-nous-trouver/usa/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.eoc-coc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Australie|url=http://www.eoc-coc.org/ou-nous-trouver/australie/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.eoc-coc.org}}</ref>


==See also==
·        Mgr Mael I (Paul-Eduard de Fournier de Brescia), consecrated in 1980 by Mar Seraphim (1994 to 2014)
⚫ *]
*]


⚫ ==References==
·        Mgr Marc I (Jean-Claude Scheerens), consecrated in 1998 by Mgr Mael. (2014 to present)
{{Reflist}}


NB The first seven are in common with the British Orthodox Church.

'''<big>Division</big>'''

In 1994, most of the UK branch of the ] split from the French branch following Mar Seraphim (William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton), and joining the ], changing its name to the British Orthodox Church. 

On the departure of Mar Seraphim, the ] of the remaining church elected Mgr Mael (Paul-Eduard de Fournier de Brescia) as primate.  The church was renamed the Celtic Orthodox Church<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=|date=|publisher=|edition=|location=|pages=}}</ref>.<ref name=":1">''"Naissance au Ciel de notre père, Mgr Mael" (PDF). eoc-coc.org''</ref>.

'''Monastery of the Holy Presence, Saint Dolay, Brittany''' (]'': Monastère Sainte-Présence'')

In 1955 a French priest of the Orthodox Church of the British Isles, Fr Jean-Pierre Danyel (later Bishop Tugdual), seeking to follow a Celtic monastic way of life, settled in a wooded area near Saint Dolay<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Hollands|first=Leonard|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1064907709|title=An introduction to The Celtic Orthodox Church|date=2014|publisher=Lamorna Publications|isbn=978-0-9559832-8-3|edition=Revised edition|location=Dorset|pages=17|oclc=1064907709}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Celtic Orthodox Church|title=The Spirituality of a Celtic Monk|publisher=Editions Hol Levenez|year=2007|location=Saint-Dolay, Brittany|pages=5}}</ref>.  The hermitage he built there was abandoned after his death in 1968, but in 1977, three monks, led by Fr Paul-Edouard de Fournier de Brescia, re-established a monastic presence there. In 1980, the abbot, Fr Paul-Edouard, was consecrated bishop under the name Mael<ref name=":1" />.

In 1996, the Celtic Orthodox Church ] Bishop Tugdual (Danyel) in recognition of his contribution to the restoration of Celtic monastic spirituality<ref name=":2" />.

'''<big>Orthodoxy/Doctrine</big>'''

Notwithstanding its originating from the Syriac Orthodox Church the Celtic Orthodox Church is not an Oriental Orthodox church.  It is Western Orthodox, but not associated with Western Rite Orthodoxy.  The COC accepts the teaching of all seven Ecumenical Councils<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Seraphim|first=Metropolitan of Glastonbury|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232364800|title=Flesh of our brethren : an historical examination of western episcopal successions originating from the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch.|date=2006|publisher=British Orthodox Press|isbn=978-1-4116-7836-1|edition=First edition|location=London|pages=83|oclc=232364800}}</ref>, whilst acknowledging that only the first three were truly ecumenical<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hollands|first=Leonard|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1064907709|title=An introduction to The Celtic Orthodox Church|date=2014|publisher=Lamorna Publications|isbn=978-0-9559832-8-3|edition=Revised edition|location=Dorset|pages=13|oclc=1064907709}}</ref>.

'''<big>See also</big>'''

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⚫ ==References==
==External links== ==External links==
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*www.stgwenns.org
*www.orthodoxie-occidentale.org


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Autocephalous Christian church

The Celtic Orthodox Church (COC; French: Église orthodoxe celtique), also called the Holy Celtic Church, is an autocephalous Christian church founded in the 20th century in France.

Since 25 December 2007, the Celtic Orthodox Church has been in communion with the French Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of the Gauls, forming the Communion of Western Orthodox Churches (CWOC).

The Celtic Orthodox Church claims to be part of the Jules Ferrette episcopal succession line.

History

Foundation

The Celtic Orthodox Church was founded in the 20th century by Jean-Pierre Danyel [fr]. He was ordained priest by the Mariavite bishop of France in 1951, after failing to obtain an ordination from any Russian, Romanian or Greek Eastern Orthodox bishop. However, he doubted the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches would recognize the validity of his ordination. Thus, he "received all the orders again on 1 March 1953" from Metropolitan Lutgen of Antwerp of the Église catholique du rite dominicain. Lutgen had received his episcopal consecration from Hugh George de Willmott Newman. After this, Danyel decided to work to restore the ancient Celtic Church of Brittany and took the name of one of the Christian founding saints of Brittany, Tugdual.

Danyel founded the Abbaye de la Saint Présence at Bois-Juhel, Saint-Dolay, "where he lived as an hermit in emulation of the ancient Celtic monks". He "soon attracted disciples" and was elected as the first bishop of the restored Celtic Church. He was consecrated bishop in 1957 by Archbishop Irenaeus of Arles (Comte Charles-Borromée d'Eschevannes), primate of the Sainte Église catholique Gallicane autocéphale. Danyel received the title of "Bishop of Redon". On 19 December 1959, Danyel proclaimed himself metropolitan under the title Tugdual I, Archbishop of Dôl. Danyel "revived Druidic rites" and added to his title "Sa Blancheur l'Humble" ("His Whiteness the Humble") which he claimed was of Druidic origin. His full title was therefore: "His Whiteness the Humble Tugdual I, Archbishop of Dôl, Abbot of Saint-Dolay, Kayermo and Keroussek, primate of the Holy Celtic Church, President of all the non-Roman Christian and Apostolic Churches".

In 1963 or 1964, the organisation consisted of 10 bishops and two to three lay people. The church was called at the time the Sainte Église celtique en Bretagne (Holy Celtic Church in Brittany).

Death of the founder to today

On 11 August 1968, Danyel died. After his death, his hermitage was abandoned.

In 1977, three monks who were from an abbaye in Montpellier founded by a Celtic Orthodox priest, Paul-Edouard de Fournier de Brescia in 1973, came to the hermitage and built a church on the site.

By 1979, the Celtic Orthodox Church was part of the Orthodox Church of the British Isles of William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton.

Paul-Edouard Fournier de Brescia was consecrated bishop under the name Mael in 1980 by the primate of the Celtic Orthodox Church, bishop Seraphim (Norton-Newman).

The Orthodox Church of the British Isles and the Celtic Orthodox Church split in 1994, when under Mar Seraphim (William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton) the Orthodox Church of the British Isles joined the Coptic Orthodox Church and changed its name to British Orthodox Church. The Celtic Orthodox Church and some other groups previously under the Orthodox Church of the British Isles remained independent.

With the departure of Mar Seraphim, the Celtic Orthodox Church had no primate. Mael was elected primate of the Celtic Orthodox Church by its Holy Synod in 1994 and remained as such until his death in 2014. The current primate is since 2014 Metropolitan Marc (Jean Claude Scheerens).

In 1996, the Celtic Orthodox Church canonised Danyel, its founder.

Dioceses

The Celtic Orthodox Church has two eparchies, France and the United States. The group currently has two bishops and nine parishes and is present in France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

See also

References

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