Catholic Christian Church Explained

Catholic Christian Church
Founder:Wallace David de Ortega Maxey
Founded Date:1977

The Catholic Christian Church is an Independent Catholic church founded in 1977 by Wallace David de Ortega Maxey.

History

Wallace David de Ortega Maxey founded the Catholic Christian Church after 25 years with the Universalist Church. Prior, Maxey also served within the nascent LGBT rights movement in California as a gay activist.[1]

Alan S. Stanford was in charge of the church's ministry in the San Francisco area, which included the church's chapel, the Holy Order of the Society of St. Jude Thaddeus, and the National Catholic Street Ministry Project.[2]

As of 1987, the church had two bishops and three priests working in the San Francisco area, and three mission stations.

See also

References

  1. Strub . Whitney . 2016 . The Homophile Is a Sexual Being: Wallace de Ortega Maxey's Pulp Theology and Gay Activism . Journal of the History of Sexuality . 25 . 2 . 323–353 . 1043-4070.
  2. Book: Melton, J. Gordon . J. Gordon Melton . The Encyclopedia of American Religions . 1987 . 2nd. Gale Research Company . Detroit . 0-8103-2133-5 .