THE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Dedicated to Discipleship

ArchBishop
Maurice McCormick Ed., D., LPCC-KY, LMHC-IN, Chair-Pastoral Counseling

Bishop Maurice is a dedicated Pastor and Educator who has defined his life by helping catholic men and women answer their calls to serve God in the Church.
ArchBishop Maurice is especially fond of Pastoral Counseling and biblical studies reveling in the Healing power of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

He serves as the Chancellor of Education for the Charismatic Old Catholic Church Seminary.

Bishop
John Geinzer    MAEd, MDiv, DMin




Bishop John has a love for instruction and spent many years developing training for the U.S. Government and private sector.
The priesthood is a second career for John and he is passionate in helping those called later in life to obtain the credentials to minister to Gods flocks.

John' special loves are Spiritual Direction and Healing Ministries and desires nothing more than to help you answer your call!

Bishop John serves as the President of Seminaries and Dean for the St Thomas branch.

Raising up Disciples for the Body of Christ

Who We Are

The Charismatic Old Catholic Church can trace its roots to the early Roman Christians and Saint Peter.  In the year 1145, Bishops broke away from The Roman Catholic Church.  In Utrecht, they founded a new Catholic church, independent from Rome.  The list of our clergy is extensive and goes back centuries; however, here is our recent Apostolic Succession through the Utrecht/Continental Europe succession:

Northern Europe
Johannes van Santen - 13 November, 1825
Hermanus Heykamp - 17 July, 1853
Casparus Johannes Rinkel - 11 August, 1873
Gul, Gerardus - 11 May, 1892 (Utrecht OCC)

United Kingdom
​Matthew, Arnold Harris - 28 April, 1908 (OCC United Kingdom)

United States of America
DeLandes Berghes et de Rache, Rudolph Francis Edward - 29 June, 1913  (OCC USA)
Carfora, Carmel Henry - 4 October, 1916
​James, Earl Anglin Lawrence - 17 June, 1945
Billet, Grant Timothy - 25 December, 1950
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Parr, Norman Richard - 23 October, 1979

+++ U.S.A. >>> Global +++
​McCormick, Maurice Darryl - 14 July, 1991 (Independent OCC)
Ortega, Robert - 17 February, 2020 (Charismatic OCC)

Visit the Charismatic Old Catholic Church of North America
website at https://www.coccna.org

History of the Seminary

The Seminary was founded in 1974 in Louisville Kentucky as Sunergoes Institute. It was renamed in 1983 Agape Seminary. In 1990 the Seminary opened a campus in Ft Myers Florida. In 2020 due to administrative and licensing requirement the Ft Myers campus relocated to Titusville FL and was renamed Saint Thomas Old Catholic Theological Seminary. There are some original faces and some new faces but the educational excellence and true desire to serve the student has always been the same.

We conduct small group training courses and Doctoral Seminars in various locations throughout the nation.
The training for the Priesthood in the Early Church was for a candidate to work with a local priest, and when studies were completed, final examinations were with the Diocesan Bishop. We encourage this approach today. We fully support students to work under supervision of a Priest for ordination.

Many feel the call to Priesthood, and location and funding should not be an obstacle to preparation. Our programs are flexible, economical and most conveniently available to anyone with internet or postal service access.
St Thomas Old Catholic Theological Seminary follows our Lord's Great Commission:

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go there fore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey all I have commanded and to, I am with you always , to the end of time."