Wider Connections
The Orthodox-Catholic Church of America is not the only jurisdiction to claim Bishop Rene Vilatte. Many other independent and Old-Catholic jurisdictions lay claim to apostolic succession through Vilatte.
In 1921 Vilatte ordained the first African-American bishop, George Alexander McGuire, for the African Orthodox Missionary District of New York, which later became the African Orthodox Church. Vilatte believed that an African American was perfectly capable of being a bishop and would be the proper choice to serve priests and congregations who were African Americans. Bishop George would eventually take the Church to Africa itself.
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