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The OCAC diocese of Asia is an extension of the World diocese, and brings our work into the Asia-Pacific region and gives representation into several countries in that region. The work in this diocese also includes the South Pacific and Oceana nations.

The African continent is administered as a region from the OCAC Worldwide church in the same way as OCAC North America and OCAC Europe. National OCAC churches and their constituent dioceses and parishes have identical authority and respect as our other continents ecclesial arrangements - tailored to their situations and circumstances. The African nations have a wide and diverse range of nations and legal differences, and each of our African national representative churches works within their frameworks and contexts. To serve OCAC Africa as she grows, our Patriarch has appointed Regional Bishops, National Bishops, and set up church frameworks in the African regions and nations to serve Our Lord through the worldwide Old Catholic Apostolic Church to lead the work in that most wonderful Christian continent: Africa.

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OCAC South Africa (also known as OCAC RSA) is the Old Catholic Apostolic Church at work in the Republic of South Africa. This work covers mission in the townships along with church based clergy and faithful in South Africa. Some of the clergy incardinated from the African Orthodox Church. As in many African Nations, OCAC's work is one of outreach & mission yet all the while bringing the structure of Old Catholic worship and Mass to the wider population.

OCAC Uganda is led by Fr Charles Barongo in the Hoima District. There are 3 congregations, and Fr Charles is assisted by Revd. Leonard Bwambale and two readers Proscovia Kusiima and Ovon Godfrey. They incardinated in 2021 and are seeking to grow the work across Uganda. Church buildings are being planned and worship is being held at any suitable place - as long as Jesus is being praised!

OCAC Australia is small but growing. At one time we had an ordinariate church AOCC (Australian Old Catholic Church) which no longer exists. Today as a dispersed church we support those whose ministry is practical and expressed through chaplaincy or befriending.

The Diocese of Europe embraces the nations of Europe with OCAC's churches and missions within. It also has the Ordinariate 'De Jonge Ritus' (derived from the Young Rite of Holland) within. The Young Rite has been an instrument of God's grace for years within the Liberal Catholic movement and after going through testing times the Young Rite divided, with a substantial following based in the former Yugoslavia (Slovenia particularly) with the residual Young Rite in the homeland of the Low Countries joining OCAC as an ordinariate, practicing their charism and liturgy as they always have, alongside and with the clergy of OCAC. We have respect for and co-operate with the Young Rite who are associated, but not part of our church.

OCAC Canada is a vibrant, growing dispersed church which enables clergy to exercise ministry as they are called by Christ, but where they live and under the accountability of the church entity.

The Old Catholic Apostolic Church of Canada registered as a not-for-profit corporation Number 1408130-7 with Registered Office in British Columbia and follows the canon law of the main OCAC enitity registered in England and Wales No. 07221223.

This diocese comes directly under the Patriarch. We have missions and journeys to Jerusalem as often as we can usually once per year. Many of our people make pilgrimages to the Holy Land, so we have contacts and people we call upon to help when needed.


Pilgrimage to Jerusalem Western Wall, Jerusalem The Golden Gate, Jerusalem; Lift up your heads O ye gates, that the king of Glory may come in! St Peter's Jerusalem Via DolorosaGarden Tomb