AUTOCEPHALOUS/INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC MOVEMENT
Brief Background of Movement
Under Development
The Autocephalous Movement can trace it international beginnings to Utrecht Holland with the Old Catholic Church.
From Holland the movement spread to England through the Liberal Catholic Church.
For more information on the Autocephalous Movement read books by Bishop Karl Pruter.
The Movement within the United States
Under Development
The Autocephalous Movement in the United States generally traces their lives of Apostolic Succession through one of the major lineages establsihed by the founding bishops in the United States.
These founding bishop include:
Please read additional works by Bishop Karl Pruter regrading the historical developments in the United States.
The Transformational Catholic Church within the Movement
The Trasformational Catholic Church, as noted throughout this website, is the spiritual outgrowth of prayerful reflection and a preceived calling for Bishop LeBlanc.
The Transformational Catholic Church remains Catholic through the celebration of the seven sacraments of the faith and through its lines of Apostolic Succession. The lines of apostolic successsion are traced to Bishop Duarte Costa of Brazil, an excumincated Roman Catholic Bishop. Bishop Costa was, at least in part, excommunicated for standing up to the Pope, who for issued visas to the Nazis' during WW II. Bishop LeBlanc is proud to trace his lines of apostolic success to such a bishop, willing to take such a moral stand. Bishop LeBlanc was consecrated by the Most Rev. Dr. Mark Shirilau on January 18, 2003 in Davenport, Iowa at the MCCQC for The Ecumenical Catholic Church.
It is the decentralized and minimalist canonical nature of the denomination which distinguishes the TCC from other Catholic denominations. If the TCC was merely a re-enactment of the organizational and thelological structures of other denominations, there would be no need to create yet another in the long line of Independent Catholic Denominations.
While Bishop LeBlanc is theologically radical based on traditional orthodox theolgoy; the denomination is not an extension of his positions. Rather, the denomination is designed to advanced the celebration of the sacraments to those individuals who, for whatever reason, choose not to celebrate with or join other Catholic, or Chiristian faith communities.
Structurally Bishop LeBlanc will lead the denomination for five to ten years. After the first five or ten years (depending on the growth within the demonination), and every five subsequent years, the clergy of the denominaiton will elect a presiding bishop from any bishops within the denomination. So that the clergy may have choice, Bishop LeBlanc is mandated to consecrate a bishop from the clergy, if one has not been consecrated, during year ten. This procedure is to ensure that the denomination is not merely an extention of the "ego" identity of the founding bishop, but rather is a simple expression of faith and spirituality.
More information about the structure and functioning of the denomination can be obtained by requesting a copy of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws.
