Henry Alfonso Mary Carfora (known as Carmel Henry Carfora; August 27, 1878 - January 11, 1958) was an Old Roman Catholic leader.
On 12 October 1919, he became the second leader of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church, succeeding Rudolph de Landas Berghes. Carfora remained in this position until his death on 11 January 1958. Carfora was succeeded by Hubert Augustus, James Hubert Rogers, Herve Lionel Quessy, Edward James Ford, Edmund F Leeman, Edward James Ford (second term), and Raphael Villareal Falquez, successively. [1]
Carfora assumed leadership of a group of parishioners who broke away from St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, in Youngstown, Ohio, to found St. Rocco's Independent National Catholic Church on May 17, 1907.[2]
^"History". The North American Old Roman Catholic Church. October 19, 2024. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
^Cart, Sarah A. (September 22, 2010). "Closing Doors, Preserving Traditions, Opening Hearts"(PDF). Church Life. Priscilla Hays, Kate Huff, Liz Wrona (contributors). The Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. pp. 8–11. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
Carfora, Carmel Henry. Historical and Doctrinal Sketch of the Old Roman Catholic Church. Chicago, IL: North American Old Roman Catholic Church, 1950.
Melton, J. Gordon. Biographical Dictionary of American Cult and Sect Leaders. Garland Reference Library of Social Science, vol. 212. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Pruter, Karl, and J. Gordon Melton. The Old Catholic Sourcebook. New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1983.
"Carmel Henry Carfora", in Religious Leaders of America, 2nd ed., Gale Group, 1999. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center, Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006.
