Saint Melangell's Orthodox Church

A Western Orthodox Church in Greater Manchester, UK

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A Directory

Communities of the Orthodox Church of the Gauls

Original Diocese (Western Europe)

Ruling Bishop: Bishop Grégoire (Gregory) of Arles

The Monastery of St Michael & St Martin, Bois-Aubry, France

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: French
Conversation: French with some English

Clergy:

  • Bishop Grégoire (Gregory) of Arles
  • Priest Odon Michot
  • Deacon Thierry Girard
  • Deacon Christophe LeBeon

The Church of Our Lady & St Thiebault (The Bethany Community), Gorze, France.

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: French
Conversation: French with some English

Clergy:

  • Priest Pascal Sauvage
  • Deacon Arnaud Macquart

The Church of the Visitation & the Holy Encounter, Nancy France

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: French
Conversation: French with some English

Clergy:

  • Priest Thomas ten Berge (Rector)
  • Priest Francis Dekeseyer (Rector Emeritus)

The Church of St Nicholas & St Eubert, Lille, France

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: French
Conversation: French

Contact:

  • Christian Leroy

The Church of Our Lady of the Fiat & St John the Evangelist, Craponne, France.

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: French
Conversation: French

Clergy:

  • Vacant

The Church of the Annunciation, Montpellier-Castelnau, France

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: French
Conversation: French with some English

Clergy:

  • Priest Stéphane Prouet

The Church of St OdileAlsace, France.

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: French
Conversation: French

Clergy:

  • Priest Pascal Sauvage
  • Deacon Michel Prouet

The Church of St Athanasius & St Amandus, Llilois, Belgium.

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: French
Conversation: French with some English

Clergy:

  • Priest Bernard Goublomme

The Antiochian Apostolic Church of Spain, Barcelona, Spain

Liturgical rite: West Syriac
Liturgical language: Spanish
Conversation: Spanish

Clergy: 

  • Priest Alfonso

The Church of St Melangell of Powys, Manchester, United Kingdom

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: English with some Latin
Conversation: English

Clergy:

The Exarchate of Poland

Exarch: Bishop Gorazd Sawicki

The Exarchate of Ss Cyril & Methodius

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: Polish
Conversation: Polish

Clergy:

The Exarchate of Brazil


Exarch: 
Bishop Jones (Jonah) Godinho

The Fraternity of St Nicholas

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: Portuguese & Latin
Conversation: Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian

Clergy:

  • Bishop Jones (Jonah) Godinho
  • Priestmonk Serafim

The Parish of St George,Fortaleza and Aquiraz

Liturgical rite: Gallican
Liturgical language: Portuguese and Latin
Conversation: Portuguese

Clergy:

  • Priest Franscico Nélio

The Vicariate of North America

Vicar: Priest Thomas Brouillard

Clergy of the Vicariate

  • Priest Thomas Brouillard (Vicar, mission priest & military chaplain)
  • Priest John Reid (Mission priest)
  • Priest Fausto Kaverenge (Hospital chaplain)


Peculiars

The below communities are extra-territorial and are directly under the episcopal care of His Grace Bishop Gregory of Arles.

The Church of St Helen & the Holy Cross, Seymour, Indiana, USA

Liturgical rite: Primarily Roman, occasionally Gallican on the feasts of certain Gallican saints.
Liturgical language: English, Latin, and German
Conversation: English and German

Clergy:

  • Archimandrite Wolfgang

Our family of churches: