
The Most Reverend Carmel Henry Carfora succeeded Archbishop Berghes, serving as the Second Primate of The North American Old Roman Catholic Church from October 12, 1919 until his death on January 11, 1958, having held the Office of Primate for 38 years and 3 months. Archbishop Carfora presided over the Church during its greatest missionary expansion and activity, guiding the Church’s apostolic labours and growth in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, South America and even into parts of Africa and Asia. Archbishop Carfora fell asleep in the Lord on January 11, 1958 in Chicago at the age of 78, after a long and valiant battle against multiple illnesses.

Coat of Arms
1 | 1908 April 28th + Arnold Harris Mathew, Archbishop, London |
2 | 1912 June 29th + Rudolphe de Landes Berges, Bishop, Scotland |
3 | 1916 October 4th + Carmel Henry Carfora, Archbishop, Chicago |
Principal Consecrator of: | |
1921 May 30th + Roman W. Slocinski | |
1921 June 12th + Samuel Durlin Benedict | |
1924 February 11th + Edwin Wallace Hunter | |
1926 October 17th + Antonio Benigno Lopez y Sierra | |
1932 June 26th + Vincente Jose Linan | |
1940 December 8th + Francis Xavier Resch | |
1941 April 16th + Richard Arthur Marchenna | |
1942 July 30th + Hubert A. Rogers | |
1943 August 24th + Frederick Littler Pyman | |
1945 May 27th + Franciszek J. Mazur | |
1945 June 17th + Earl Anglin James | |
1946 November 3rd + Photios Francis Michael Donahue |