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=== Origin === |
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The Apostolic Catholic Church started as a Catholic lay organization that was founded in Hermosa Bataan in the early 1970s by Maria Virginia P. Leonzon Vda. De Teruel.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |title=Our Member Churches |url=https://nccphilippines.org/about-us/our-member-churches/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> At that time, the organization was known for its Catholic activities like: [[Catholic Marian movements and societies|Marian movements]], [[Cursillo|Cursillo movements]], [[spiritual healing]], |
The Apostolic Catholic Church started as a Catholic lay organization that was founded in Hermosa Bataan in the early 1970s by Maria Virginia P. Leonzon Vda. De Teruel.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |title=Our Member Churches |url=https://nccphilippines.org/about-us/our-member-churches/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> At that time, the organization was known for its Catholic activities like: [[Catholic Marian movements and societies|Marian movements]], [[Cursillo|Cursillo movements]], [[spiritual healing]], involvement in local politics, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APOSTOLIC CATHOLIC CHURCH: AN ETHNOHISTORY OF A SOCIAL MOVEM |url=https://prezi.com/eh0nwche7d79/apostolic-catholic-church-an-ethnohistory-of-a-social-movem/?frame=239e23a5c8e6d469024ce76a20dd8c1b5a1cd7aa |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=prezi.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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=== Separation from the Roman Catholic Church === |
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[[File:Papang.jpg|thumb|Patriarch Teruel during [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]]]] |
[[File:Papang.jpg|thumb|Patriarch Teruel during [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]]]] |
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In 1991 the |
In 1991 the organization and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] had a [[schism]]; due to some issues, it formally separated itself from the Catholic Church, when John Florentine Teruel was consecrated as a Patriarch and registered the Church as a [[Protestant]] and [[Independent Catholic]] denomination. But by that time, the movement has already spread throughout the Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada and the United States of America.<ref name="auto5" /> |
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The church's co-founder and spiritual leader, |
The church's co-founder and spiritual leader, Bishop John Florentine, now Consecrated as Patriarch, then ordained several men and women throughout the Philippines and America to become Priests, Deacons, and Nuns.<ref name="auto5" /> |
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⚫ | Today, the church states it teaches the doctrines of the Holy Spirit, the message of salvation in Christ, and the devotion to the [[Virgin Mary]], through prayer meetings and [[rosary]] devotion. The Church believes that by [[divine revelation]], the third [[Person of the trinity|person]] of the [[Trinity]] called himself with the name ''Ingkong'' and manifested himself in the Philippines through Maria De Teruel. Members are referred to as ''apo'' or ''tinatakan.''<ref name="auto5" /> |
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⚫ | Juan Almario EM. Calampiano became the second Patriarch of the Apostolic Catholic Church, through ceremonies held on 31 January 2021. Before his appointment as head of the church, he served as long-time senior Archbishop and chancellor to the Patriarch at the National Shrine of Ina Poon Bato in Quezon City, Philippines.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-15 |title=PATRIARCH |url=https://acc.org.ph/new-patriarch/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=ACC Website Staging |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 July 2019 |title=MARIAN FESTIVAL CULMINATES TODAY |website=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20190727/281900184810775 |access-date=2022-07-19 |via=pressreader}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The Apostolic Catholic Church currently has three main religious orders and congregations: the Order of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (OMHS), the Order of the Missionaries of John Florentine (OMJF), and the Congregation of St. Maria Virginia (CSMV).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=ACC Website Staging |url=https://acc.org.ph/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=ACC Website Staging |language=en}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The members of the congregations are the archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, subdeacons, nuns, and third order members, bound by their evangelical vows of [[chastity, poverty, obedience]], acceptance of their immediate superiors to the patriarch and to God the [[Holy Spirit]], whom adherents address as ''Ingkong'' (an archaic [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] honorific often glossed as "grandfather", used to refer to any elderly man).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ingkong (The Holy Spirit) |url=http://www.acc-ingkong.com/content/view/6/5/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008042100/http://www.acc-ingkong.com/content/view/6/5/ |archive-date=2011-10-08 |access-date=2011-09-19 |publisher=Acc-ingkong.com}}</ref> |
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=== Contemporary situation === |
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⚫ | Today, the church states it teaches the doctrines of the Holy Spirit, the message of salvation in Christ, and the devotion to the [[Virgin Mary]], through prayer meetings and [[rosary]] devotion. The |
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The church is an active member of the [[National Council of Churches in the Philippines]] along with other [[Protestant]] and non-Roman Catholic churches whose goal is to achieve [[ecumenism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Member Churches |url=https://nccphilippines.org/about-us/our-member-churches/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> It is also a member of the [[Canadian Council of Churches]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Canadian Council of Churches |date=2022-05-12 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian_Council_of_Churches&oldid=1087517687 |work=Wikipedia |language=en |access-date=2022-08-15}}</ref> |
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== Founder == |
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John Florentine Teruel (1950-2021) was the first Patriarch and the founding Bishop of the Apostolic Catholic Church. He is described by the ACC as: "a philanthropist, multi-awarded civic leader and social action mover whose pioneering vision was greatly instrumental in the expansion of the ACC mission all over the world from its beginnings in Sacrifice Valley, Hermosa, Bataan, Quezon City and San Jose, California, USA. He was born in Malate, Manila to the pious Sta. Ma. Virginia P. Leonzon and Jose Benedicto Teruel."<ref name="auto2" />[[File:Papang2.jpg|thumb|Patriarch John Florentine Teruel]] |
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⚫ | The church currently have 32 dioceses worldwide<ref name="auto" /> located all over the Philippines as well as in various key cities of the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands.<ref name="auto2" /> |
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== Patriarchate == |
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The Apostolic Catholic Church, respects but does not accept the authority of the Bishop of Rome, Instead, like the Eastern Orthodox Churches, it has its own [[Patriarch]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-18 |title=Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines) - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia |url=https://alchetron.com/Apostolic-Catholic-Church-(Philippines) |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Alchetron.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Making the Church an [[Autocephalous]] Church.<ref>{{Citation |title=Autocephaly |date=2022-06-29 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autocephaly&oldid=1095664060 |work=Wikipedia |language=en |access-date=2022-08-15}}</ref><ref name="auto8">{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Apostolic Catholic Church Of Canada |url=https://www.acc-canada.com/about/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.acc-canada.com}}</ref> |
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⚫ | John Florentine Teruel was consecrated as Patriarch by the National Conference of Old Catholic and Orthodox Archbishops, on July 13, 1991, at St. Paul's German Old Catholic Church by the following archbishops: Paul Christian of the [[Order of Corporate Reunion]] (OCR), Emile Rodriguez y Fairfield of the Mexican Old Catholic Church (MOCC), Mark Miller of the Byzantine Catholic Church (BCC), Bernard Dawe of the Independent Catholic Church International (ICCI), Jurgen Bless of the German Old Catholic Church (GOCC), Petros Eric T. Ong Veloso of the Orthodox Catholic Church of the Philippines, and Michael Marshall of the Orthodox Catholic Church (OCC).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-29 |title=The Patriarch |url=http://acc-ingkong.com/content/view/8/7/ |
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The Church's current Patriarch is Juan Almario E.M. Calampiano<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-31 |title=Apostolic church patriarch and founding bishop |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/31/news/apostolic-church-patriarch-and-founding-bishop/1809211 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=The Manila Times |language=en}}</ref> |
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The Apostolic Catholic Church, is [[autocephalous]] and headed by a [[Patriarch]].<ref name="auto8">{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Apostolic Catholic Church Of Canada |url=https://www.acc-canada.com/about/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.acc-canada.com}}</ref> |
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=== Founding Bishop/ First Patriarch === |
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⚫ | The Apostolic Catholic Church currently has three main religious orders and congregations: the Order of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (OMHS), the Order of the Missionaries of John Florentine (OMJF), and the Congregation of St. Maria Virginia (CSMV).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=ACC Website Staging |url=https://acc.org.ph/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=ACC Website Staging |language=en}}</ref> |
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John Florentine Teruel (1950- 2021) was the first Patriarch and the founding Bishop of the Apostolic Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-31 |title=Apostolic church patriarch and founding bishop |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/31/news/apostolic-church-patriarch-and-founding-bishop/1809211 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=The Manila Times |language=en}}</ref>He was an educator and a Philantropist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-15 |title=PATRIARCH |url=https://acc.org.ph/new-patriarch/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=ACC Website Staging |language=en}}</ref> |
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He was born in Malate, Manila to Ma. Virginia P. Leonzon and Jose Benedicto Teruel. |
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⚫ | The members of the congregations are the archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, subdeacons, nuns, and third order members, bound by their evangelical vows of [[chastity, poverty, obedience]], acceptance of their immediate superiors to the patriarch and to God the [[Holy Spirit]], whom adherents address as ''Ingkong'' (an archaic [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] honorific often glossed as "grandfather", used to refer to any elderly man).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ingkong (The Holy Spirit) |url=http://www.acc-ingkong.com/content/view/6/5/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008042100/http://www.acc-ingkong.com/content/view/6/5/ |archive-date=2011-10-08 |access-date=2011-09-19 |publisher=Acc-ingkong.com}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The church currently have 32 dioceses worldwide<ref name="auto" /> located all over the Philippines as well as in various key cities of the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands.<ref name="auto2" /> |
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⚫ | John Teruel received his Doctor of Philosophy Major in Educational Management in 2002 at the Philippine College of Health and Science. He graduated with a master's degree Major in Educational Management at the Virgen delos Remedies College in Olongapo City, Zambales in 2000. He was also a college graduate of Ateneo de Manila University in 1972, University of Santo Tomas, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and Columban. In 1991, he passed the Secondary Teacher Board Exam.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Patriarch Dr John Florentine Teruel, P.P. (1950-2021) |url=https://www.acc-canada.com/info/patriarch-john-florentine-teruel/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.acc-canada.com}}</ref> |
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==== Consecration as Patriarch ==== |
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⚫ | John Florentine Teruel, by Valid order and right of Apostolic Succession <ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Member Churches |url=https://nccphilippines.org/about-us/our-member-churches/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> was consecrated as Patriarch by the National Conference of Old Catholic and Orthodox Archbishops, on July 13, 1991, at St. Paul's German Old Catholic Church by the following archbishops: Paul Christian of the [[Order of Corporate Reunion]] (OCR), Emile Rodriguez y Fairfield of the Mexican Old Catholic Church (MOCC), Mark Miller of the Byzantine Catholic Church (BCC), Bernard Dawe of the Independent Catholic Church International (ICCI), Jurgen Bless of the German Old Catholic Church (GOCC), Petros Eric T. Ong Veloso of the Orthodox Catholic Church of the Philippines, and Michael Marshall of the Orthodox Catholic Church (OCC).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-29 |title=The Patriarch |url=http://acc-ingkong.com/content/view/8/7/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029044330/http://acc-ingkong.com/content/view/8/7/ |archive-date=2011-10-29 |access-date=2022-07-20}}</ref> |
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=== Juan Almario E.M. Calampiano === |
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⚫ | Juan Almario EM. Calampiano became the second Patriarch of the Apostolic Catholic Church, through ceremonies held on 31 January 2021. Before his appointment as head of the church, he served as long-time senior Archbishop and chancellor to the Patriarch at the National Shrine of Ina Poon Bato in Quezon City, Philippines.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-15 |title=PATRIARCH |url=https://acc.org.ph/new-patriarch/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=ACC Website Staging |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 July 2019 |title=MARIAN FESTIVAL CULMINATES TODAY |website=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20190727/281900184810775 |access-date=2022-07-19 |via=pressreader}}</ref> |
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Apostolic Catholic Church | |
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Classification | Independent Catholicism |
Orientation | Independent Catholicism |
Polity | Episcopal polity |
Patriarch | Juan Almario E. M. Calampiano |
Associations | National Council of Churches in the Philippines Canadian Council of Churches [1] |
Region | Philippines, United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands. |
Headquarters | National Shrine of Ina Poon Bato |
Founder | John Florentine L. Teruel and Maria Virginia Peñaflor Leonzon |
Origin | 1991 Philippines |
Separated from | Roman Catholicism |
Congregations | 192 |
Members | 5,000,000 (2009 estimate)[2] |
Official website | https://acc.org.ph/ |
The Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) (Filipino: Apostolika't Katolikang Simbahan) is an Independent Catholic Church established in 1992 by John Florentine L. Teruel.[3] The ACC has its origin as a Catholic organisation founded in 1970s in Hermosa, Bataan.
History
Origin
The Apostolic Catholic Church started as a Catholic lay organization that was founded in Hermosa Bataan in the early 1970s by Maria Virginia P. Leonzon Vda. De Teruel.[4] At that time, the organization was known for its Catholic activities like: Marian movements, Cursillo movements, spiritual healing, involvement in local politics, etc.[5]
Separation from the Roman Catholic Church
In 1991 the organization and the Roman Catholic Church had a schism; due to some issues, it formally separated itself from the Catholic Church, when John Florentine Teruel was consecrated as a Patriarch and registered the Church as a Protestant and Independent Catholic denomination. But by that time, the movement has already spread throughout the Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada and the United States of America.[4]
The church's co-founder and spiritual leader, Bishop John Florentine, now Consecrated as Patriarch, then ordained several men and women throughout the Philippines and America to become Priests, Deacons, and Nuns.[4]
Contemporary situation
Today, the church states it teaches the doctrines of the Holy Spirit, the message of salvation in Christ, and the devotion to the Virgin Mary, through prayer meetings and rosary devotion. The Church believes that by divine revelation, the third person of the Trinity called himself with the name Ingkong and manifested himself in the Philippines through Maria De Teruel. Members are referred to as apo or tinatakan.[4]
Church governance and congregations
The Apostolic Catholic Church currently has three main religious orders and congregations: the Order of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (OMHS), the Order of the Missionaries of John Florentine (OMJF), and the Congregation of St. Maria Virginia (CSMV).[6]
The members of the congregations are the archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, subdeacons, nuns, and third order members, bound by their evangelical vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, acceptance of their immediate superiors to the patriarch and to God the Holy Spirit, whom adherents address as Ingkong (an archaic Tagalog honorific often glossed as "grandfather", used to refer to any elderly man).[7]
The church is an active member of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines along with other Protestant and non-Roman Catholic churches whose goal is to achieve ecumenism.[8] It is also a member of the Canadian Council of Churches.[9]
The church currently have 32 dioceses worldwide[6] located all over the Philippines as well as in various key cities of the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands.[10]
The Apostolic Catholic Church is estimated to have more than 5 million members and has 192 congregations, all over the world.
Patriarchate
The Apostolic Catholic Church, respects but does not accept the authority of the Bishop of Rome, Instead, like the Eastern Orthodox Churches, it has its own Patriarch.[11] Making the Church an Autocephalous Church.[12][13]
The Church's current Patriarch is Juan Almario E.M. Calampiano[14]
Founding Bishop/ First Patriarch
John Florentine Teruel (1950- 2021) was the first Patriarch and the founding Bishop of the Apostolic Catholic Church.[15]He was an educator and a Philantropist.[16]
He was born in Malate, Manila to Ma. Virginia P. Leonzon and Jose Benedicto Teruel.
Education and Priesthood
John Teruel received his Doctor of Philosophy Major in Educational Management in 2002 at the Philippine College of Health and Science. He graduated with a master's degree Major in Educational Management at the Virgen delos Remedies College in Olongapo City, Zambales in 2000. He was also a college graduate of Ateneo de Manila University in 1972, University of Santo Tomas, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and Columban. In 1991, he passed the Secondary Teacher Board Exam.[17]
He was a former Jesuit Seminarian at the Ateneo de Manila, San Jose Major Seminary. He entered the seminary at Blessed Sacrament Seminary (S.S.S. Fathers), Our Lady of Angeles Seminary (OFM Fathers) and San Jose Major Seminary (SJ Fathers).[17]
He also held a Certificate of Registration and Authority to Solemnize Marriage.[17]
Consecration as Patriarch
John Florentine Teruel, by Valid order and right of Apostolic Succession [18] was consecrated as Patriarch by the National Conference of Old Catholic and Orthodox Archbishops, on July 13, 1991, at St. Paul's German Old Catholic Church by the following archbishops: Paul Christian of the Order of Corporate Reunion (OCR), Emile Rodriguez y Fairfield of the Mexican Old Catholic Church (MOCC), Mark Miller of the Byzantine Catholic Church (BCC), Bernard Dawe of the Independent Catholic Church International (ICCI), Jurgen Bless of the German Old Catholic Church (GOCC), Petros Eric T. Ong Veloso of the Orthodox Catholic Church of the Philippines, and Michael Marshall of the Orthodox Catholic Church (OCC).[19]
Juan Almario E.M. Calampiano
Juan Almario EM. Calampiano became the second Patriarch of the Apostolic Catholic Church, through ceremonies held on 31 January 2021. Before his appointment as head of the church, he served as long-time senior Archbishop and chancellor to the Patriarch at the National Shrine of Ina Poon Bato in Quezon City, Philippines.[10][20]
The installation of the new Patriarch completed the succession process following the death of the founder, John Florentine L. Teruel.[10]
References
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Council_of_Churches
- ^ National Council of Churches in the Philippines. "Our Member Churches". Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ "Apostolic church patriarch and founding bishop". The Manila Times. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ a b c d "Our Member Churches". Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "APOSTOLIC CATHOLIC CHURCH: AN ETHNOHISTORY OF A SOCIAL MOVEM". prezi.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ a b "ACC Website Staging". ACC Website Staging. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "Ingkong (The Holy Spirit)". Acc-ingkong.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ "Our Member Churches". Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "Canadian Council of Churches", Wikipedia, 2022-05-12, retrieved 2022-08-15
- ^ a b c "PATRIARCH". ACC Website Staging. 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines) - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia". Alchetron.com. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "Autocephaly", Wikipedia, 2022-06-29, retrieved 2022-08-15
- ^ "About | Apostolic Catholic Church Of Canada". www.acc-canada.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Apostolic church patriarch and founding bishop". The Manila Times. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "Apostolic church patriarch and founding bishop". The Manila Times. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "PATRIARCH". ACC Website Staging. 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ a b c "Patriarch Dr John Florentine Teruel, P.P. (1950-2021)". www.acc-canada.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Our Member Churches". Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "The Patriarch". 2011-10-29. Archived from the original on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "MARIAN FESTIVAL CULMINATES TODAY". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 2022-07-19 – via pressreader.