Daniel Q. Brown
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Daniel Quilter Brown is an American Old Roman Catholic bishop
. He was a Roman Catholic layman who left the Catholic Church in the late 1960s because he was dissatisfied with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council
. Brown was consecrated a bishop in 1969 by Hubert A. Rogers
.
In 1971 he consecrated Francis Schuckardt
as a bishop. Shuckardt went on to become a prominent leader on the fringe of the traditionalist Catholic
movement in the United States
.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
. He was a Roman Catholic layman who left the Catholic Church in the late 1960s because he was dissatisfied with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council addressed relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world. It was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church and the second to be held at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It opened under Pope John XXIII on 11 October 1962 and closed...
. Brown was consecrated a bishop in 1969 by Hubert A. Rogers
Hubert A. Rogers
Hubert Augustus Rogers was an English-line Old Catholic leader who served as archbishop of New York of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church.On July 30, 1942, Archbishop Carmel Henry Carfora consecrated Hubert A. Rogers...
.
In 1971 he consecrated Francis Schuckardt
Francis Schuckardt
Francis Konrad Schuckardt was an American Traditionalist Catholic independent bishop and the first known bishop of the sedevacantist movement in the United States. Sedevacantism holds that Pope Paul VI —sometimes going back to include John XXIII— and his successors are not valid Popes...
as a bishop. Shuckardt went on to become a prominent leader on the fringe of the traditionalist Catholic
Traditionalist Catholic
Traditionalist Catholics are Roman Catholics who believe that there should be a restoration of many or all of the liturgical forms, public and private devotions and presentations of Catholic teachings which prevailed in the Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council...
movement in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.