Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation
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The African-American Catholic Congregation and its Imani Temples are an Independent Catholic church founded by Archbishop George Augustus Stallings Jr., an Afrocentrist and former Catholic priest, in Washington, D.C. Stallings left the Catholic Church in 1989 and was excommunicated in 1990.[1] In 2014, the church decided to relocate to nearby Prince George's County, Maryland; their current headquarters are located in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland.[2][3]
| Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation | |
|---|---|
Former Imani Temple in D.C. | |
| Abbreviation | IT |
| Classification | Western Christian |
| Orientation | Independent Catholic |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Archbishop | George Augustus Stallings Jr. |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Hillcrest Heights, Maryland |
| Founder | George Augustus Stallings Jr. |
| Origin | 1990 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Official website | https://imaniaacc.wixsite.com/imaniaacc |
History
George Augustus Stallings Jr., then a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington,[4] founded the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation as a single congregation in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1989. He named it "Imani" for the Swahili word imani, meaning "faith".[5]
In 1994, the Imani Temple African American Catholic Congregation, purchased the former Eastern Presbyterian Church,[6] designed by noted Washington architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. and opened in 1893.[7]
In 2006, the excommunicated Catholic archbishop Emmanuel Milingo (who married a woman from South Korea in 2001 at the same ceremony as Stallings)[8] performed a conditional consecration for Stallings and three other married Independent Catholic bishops at the Imani Temple church in Washington.[9][10]
In 2014, the denomination decided to relocate to Prince George's County, Maryland, and hence sold the Imani Temple in Washington to property developers.[11] It was renovated and adapted for sale as six luxury condominiums.[7]
Practice
Imani Temple teaching, in contrast to Catholic teaching, allows women to be ordained. Unlike the Latin Catholic Church, it does not as a rule, require celibacy of its priests. In 1991, their first female priest was ordained.[12]
See also
- George Augustus Stallings Jr., founder of Imani Temple
References
External links
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