Nordic Catholic Church

Nordic Catholic Church
Classification Old Catholic
Polity Episcopal
Leader Roald Nikolai Flemestad
Associations Union of Scranton
Region Europe
Origin 2000
Oslo, Norway
Separated from Church of Norway

The Nordic Catholic Church (Norwegian: den nordisk-katolske kirke) is a church body in Norway of High Church Lutheran origin, under the auspices of the Polish National Catholic Church and Scranton Union.

The Nordic Catholic Church was founded in 1999 by a group of Catholic-minded people belonging to the “orthodox opposition” in the Lutheran state Church of Norway when they left the state church due to, for example, the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate. During the process both the Anglican Forward in Faith organisation and the Free Synod of the Church of Sweden were kept fully informed. In Sweden it was paralleled by the foundation of the Mission Province of the Church of Sweden.

The "Statement of Faith" of the Nordic Catholic Church states that it adheres to its Lutheran heritage to the extent that it has embraced and transmitted the orthodox and catholic faith of the undivided church, therefore also embracing the Catholic faith as taught by the Polish National Catholic Church.

The bishop of the Nordic Catholic Church in Scandinavia is Roald Nikolai Flemestad.

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