Anthony Mikovsky (born January 6, 1966) is an American Polish National Catholic bishop. He is Prime Bishop of the
Polish National Catholic Church
The Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC; , PNKK) is an independent Old Catholic church based in the United States and founded by Polish Americans that is part of the Union of Scranton.
The PNCC is not in communion the Roman Catholic Church. S ...
, having been elected at the General Synod of the church in October 2010 and his installation at 21 November 2010, at St. Stanislaus Cathedral, in South
Scranton
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. Mikovsky was previously the bishop ordinary of the
Central Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church.
Mikovsky holds a PhD in mathematics from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Ecclesiastical career
Mikovsky was ordained as a priest in 1997. He spent his priesthood of 13 years first as an assistant pastor, then as bishop ordinary of the Central Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church in Scranton, from 2005 to 2011.
Declaration of Scranton
In April 2008, Mikovsky was one of eight bishops who were signatories of the Declaration of Scranton. By this document, bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church expressed their rejection of certain dogmatic pronouncements of the
Roman Catholic Church
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, and also rejected the blessing of homosexual unions and the ordination of women to the priesthood. The Declaration of Scranton is an expansion upon the principles set forth in the
Declaration of Utrecht, adding theologically conservative expressions of faith in the sacraments of marriage and holy orders.
References
External links
Polish National Catholic Church
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Living people
1966 births
Prime Bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church
21st-century American bishops
Bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church
American people of Polish descent
People from Trenton, New Jersey
University of Pennsylvania alumni