Editing Independent Catholicism (section)

===Joseph René Vilatte===
[[Joseph René Vilatte]] (1854–1929),<ref name="Kemp"/> an [[Old Catholic]] [[priest]] ordained by Bishop [[Eduard Herzog]] (1841–1924) of the [[Old Catholic Church]] in [[Switzerland]],<ref>[http://sourcebook.oldcatholichistory.org/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=1&allpages=1&theme=Printer Old Catholic SourceBook – General info] {{Dead link|date=June 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> is credited with being the first person to bring to [[North America]] the movement that would result in Independent Catholicism. In 1892, Vilatte traveled to [[India]], where he was consecrated, as Mar Timotheos, by [[Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares|Mar Julius I]] (1836–1923) of the [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]. In 1915, Vilatte founded the [[American Catholic Church (1915)|American Catholic Church]] which no longer exists. During the following 28 years, Vilatte consecrated "a number of men who are the episcopal ancestors of an enormous variety of descendants" in North America.{{Sfn |Plummer | 2004 |p=29}}