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Legendary Succession of Abbots of Glastonbury Abbey

(According to ancient tradition and medieval monastic chronicles)

Joseph of Arimathea
Founder of the Glastonbury community; bearer of the Gospel to Britain.
Joseph’s Twelve Companions
The first custodians of the holy place; names vary by tradition.
Philip the Apostle
Named symbolically as apostolic overseer of the British Church.
Aristobulus
Traditionally called the first bishop in Britain.
Joseph the Younger(sometimes identified as Joseph’s son)
Patrick the Elder
Early British missionary; distinct from Patrick of Ireland.
Patrick of Ireland
Said to have retired to Glastonbury near the end of his life.
Benignus
Companion of St. Patrick; guardian of the sacred enclosure.
Collen
Early British saint associated with monastic discipline.
Gildas the Wise
Teacher and scholar; author of De Excidio Britanniae.
David of Wales
Patron saint of Wales; traditionally visited and endowed Glastonbury.
Paulinus
Early missionary bishop in Britain.
Augustine the Briton(not Augustine of Canterbury)
Haemgils (Haimo)
Last of the semi-legendary abbots before firm historical records.

APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

The Celtic Anglican Communion and Celtic Order of Benedictine chaplains adheres to the following principles regarding the validity of orders and Apostolic Succession.

Historically the offices of the church are denoted as Deacon, Priest and Bishop and each is, in and for itself, constituted as a distinct order, sacramental in nature, and deriving its validity from the visible sign of the laying on of hands by those who have been themselves been duly created ministers of the Church in this manner by previously having been ordained and consecrated Priests and Bishops in Apostolic Succession.

Apostolic Succession describes a system of ordination and consecration which began with the Disciples who were chosen by Jesus and who, according to the Pastoral Letters contained in Holy Scripture, ordained and consecrated their successors, or who assented to the ordination and consecration of successor ministers of the early Christian Church.

In the writings of the Early Church Fathers, in the historical writings of Hegesippus and Irenaeus, and in the injunctions and canons of the Council of Nicea are to be found the early and definitive records of those who were invested with Apostolic Succession and the requirements set forth for such investiture.

It is incumbent upon this Church, therefore, to assure that those to whom it would entrust the cure of souls to minister servants of Christ, whether as Deacons, Priests or Bishops, possess an upright character, an acceptable knowledge and understanding of the Christian religion, appropriate academic learning, and those qualities of unfailing charity, humility, and whose personal lives provide a prayerful example of Christian devotion and godly living

The concept of Apostolic Succession attempts to ensure that those who would serve as ministers of the Gospel meet with the approbation of the whole Church and not merely that of a single congregation or a sect within a denomination or even a denomination alone. Nevertheless, in every Christian community of faith some have obtained clerical status without fulfilling the justifiable expectations of the Church as a whole or the denomination in which their ordination or consecration occurred. Yet the benefit of Apostolic Succession has been successively passed to many, not by the virtue of mankind, but by the Grace of God.

Irregularity of conferral of Apostolic Succession has occasionally occurred. The Church has always distinguished between irregular consecrations and invalid consecrations. A variety of circumstances may lead to the conclusion that a particular bishop was irregularly consecrated but that in no way prevents that bishop from imparting valid orders or sacraments to others. A bishop, on the other hand, whose consecration is invalid, is deemed not to have received Apostolic Succession in any way. The difficulty, for example in having the consecration performed by three bishops in person, often resulted in letters of consent being used as proxies for the absent prelates. Archbishops, Metropolitans, Patriarchs and Popes were assumed to have the power to make bishops solo, occasionally at some great distance, and often by other bishops commissioned for that purpose. An example of an invalid bishop would be an individual who simply took the title, style, and powers without regard to the Laying on of Hands, election or appointment to that office by competent authority.

The Deacons, Priests and Bishops of the Communion of Anglican Churches derive their orders from a number of different lines of Apostolic Succession, some of which intersect, overlap, and offer an arcane study in Church history. Mindful of the history of the Church, that is, the whole of Christian church history, a brief discourse on the major sources of Apostolic Succession for clergy of this denomination may prove useful. Our clerics and bishops derive their orders from one or more of these sources of which the following list offers more specific information. The list is arranged in alphabetical order. In some cases only the name of one consecrating bishop is given for the simple reason that that person represents the chain of title of Apostolic Succession and the inclusion of other co-consecrators would provide no greater surety of that succession but their inclusion would, of necessity, provide a much longer, if less readable, table.

APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION Of

+Michael Zulinke, PhD., OCB. , OSB.

Hebraic Celtic Line

James, Bishop of Jerusalem & Brother of Christ (Acts 15)

Simeon 3. Justus I 4. Zaccheus 5. Tobias 6. Benjamin 7. John I 8. Matthias 9. Philip 10. Seneca 11. Justus II
Levi 13. Ephraim 14. Joseph 15. Judas 16. Marcus 17. Cassianus 18. Publius 19. Maximus I 20. Julian 21. Caius 22. Symmachus 23. Caius 24. Julian II 25. Capito 26. Maximus II 27. Antonius 28. Valius 29. Daleanus 30. Narcissus 31. Dius 32. Germanio 33. Gordius 34..Narcissus 35. Alexander 36.Mazabanes 37. Hymenacus 38. Zambodas 39. Hermon 40. Marcarius I 41. Maximus 42. Herenius 43. Hilary 44. John II 45. Praglius 46. Juvenal 47. Anastacius 48. Martyrius 49. Salutis 50. Elias 51. John III of Jerusalem consecrated David who traveled from Wales to Jerusalem52. David as Celtic Bishop of Mineva of Wales 1519, 53. Cynog 54. Teilo 55. Ceven 56. Morfall 57. Haerwneu 58. Elwaed 59. Gwrnwen 60. Llumverth 61. Gwrgwyst 62. Gwgan 63. Eineon 64. Clydawg 65. Elfod 66. Ethelman 67. Elane 68. Magelsgwyd 69. Made 70. Cadell 71. Sadwrnfen 72. Novis 73. Sulhaithnay 74. Idwall 75. Asser 76. Arthwael 77. Samson 78. Reubin 79. Rhydderch 80. Elwin 81. Morbiw 82. Llunwerth 83. Hubert 84. Enerius 85. Ivor 86. Morgeneu I 87. Nathan 88. Jenan 89. Arwystl 90. Morgeneu II 91. Ervin 92. Trahacarn 93. Joseph 94. Bleiddud 95. Salien 96. Abraham 97. Rhyddmarch 98. Wilfrid 99. Bernard 100. D. Fitzgerald 101. P. deLeia 102. G. Camb 103. G. deHenelawe 104. Jowerth 105. Gross 106. deCarew 107. T. Hech 108. D. Martin 109. H. Gower 110. J. Thorsby 111. R. Brian 112. F. Fastolfe 113. H. Doughton 114. J. Gilbert 115. G. deMona 116. Henry Chichele as Celtic Bishop of St. David's Wales, Archbishop of Canterbury 117. J. Stalford 118. J. Kemp 119. T. Bourchier 120. J. Morton 121. H. Dean 122. W. Wareham 123. Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury 124. R. Pole 125. M. Parker 126. E. Grindall 127. J. Whitgift 128. R. Bancroft 129. G. Abbott who co-consecrated with George Montaigne 130. William Laud, Bishop of St. David's, Archbishop of Canterbury. 131. W. Juxon 132. G. Sheldon 133. William Sancroft 134. T. White 135. G. Hickes 136. J. Gadderar 137. T. Rattray 138. W. Falconar 139. R. Kilgour Bishop of Aberdeen. 140. Samuel Seabury Bishop of Connecticut 141. T. J. Claggett 142. E. Bass 143. A. Jarvis 144. J. H. Hobart 145. H. Onderdonk 146. A. M. McCroskey 147. W. E. McClaren 1865 148. W. M. Brown 1884 149. W. Brothers 1925 150. William Crow 1943 151. W.W. Wallace 1945 and in 1979 he consecrated 152. J.W. Forrester 153. M.P. Zulinke 2011.

Anglican Episcopal Sucsession

The Apostolic Succession of the Anglican Church was through the Roman Church from the arrival of St. Augustine in A.D. 597 until the Act of Supremacy A.D.1534 when King Henry VIII asserted control over the English Church. Thomas Cranmer was at that time Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of all England.

Pope St. Nicholas I c.858
Formosus c.864
St. Plegmund c.891
Althelm c.909
Wulfhelm c.914
Odo c.927
St. Dunstan c.957
St. Aelphege c.984
Elfric c.990
Wulfstan c.1003
Ethelnoth c.1020
Eadsige c.1035
Stigand c.1043
Siward c.1058
Bl Lanfranc c.1070
Thomas c.1070
St. Anselm c.1094
Richard de Belmeis c.1108
William of Corbeuil c.1123
Henry of Blois c.1129
St. Thomas Becket c.1162
Roger of Gloucester c.1164
Peter de Leia c.1176
Gllbert Glanvillle c.1185
William of St. Mere L’eglise    c.1199
Walter de Gray c.1214
Walter Kirkham c.1249
Henry c.1255
Anthony Beck c.1284
John of Halton c.1292
Roger Northborough     c.1322
William Wyvil c.1330
Ralph Stratford c.1340
William Edendon c.1346
Imon Sudbury c.1362
Thomas Brentingham    c.1370
Robert Braybrooke c.1382
Roger Walden c.1398
Henry Beaufort c.1398
Thomas Bourchier c.1435
John Morton c.1479
Richard Fitzjames c.1497
William Warham c.1502
John Longlands c.1521
Thomas Cranmer c.1533                   Archbishop of Canterbury.

Church of England
William Barlow c.1536
Matthew Parker c.1559
Edmund Grindal c.1559
John Whitgift c.1577
Richard Bancroft c.1597
George Abbot c.1609
George Montaigne c.1617
Bl William Laud c.1621
Brian Duppa c.1638
Gilbert Sheldon c.1660
Henry Compton c.1674
William Sancroft c.1678
Thomas White c.1685
George Hickes c.1693
James Gadderar c.1712
Thomas Rattray c.1727
William Falconar c.1741
Robert Kilgour c.1768                      Bishop of Aberdeen
Samuel Seabury c.1784                    First Bishop of The Protestant Episcopal Church        of America .T. J. Claggett c.1792
Edward Bass c.1797
Abraham Jarvis c.1797
A.,V. Griswold c 1811
J. H. Hopkins c.1832
G. D. Cummins c.1866
Charles E. Cheney c.1873
W. R. Nicholson c.1876
A. S. Richardson c.1879
Leon Chechemian c.1890
Andrew Charles Albert McLagen c.1897
James Heard c.1922
William Bernard Crow c.1943

W.W. Wallace 1945

J.W. Forrester 1979

Michael Zulinke 2011.

Celtic Tables & Lines of Succession
It is important to recognize that, prior to approximately the 11th century, the tables of succession primarily refer to the lineages of those who held specific offices within the Church. While we can be confident in the validity of the consecrations themselves, the precise details surrounding who consecrated whom—or, in some instances, the exact time and circumstances of those consecrations—remain uncertain. The process of succession within the Celtic tradition, rooted deeply in the spiritual and apostolic mission of figures like St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland, is revered for its sacred continuity. However, due to the passage of time and the lack of comprehensive records, some aspects of these sacred transitions remain shrouded in mystery, inviting us to trust in the spiritual integrity and grace that guided these holy orders.

1) St. Patrick– consecrated 432

2) (Seachnaill) St Secundinius - consecrated

3) Sen-Phátraic - consecrated

4) Benén mac Sescnén – consecrated 467

5) Jarlaithe mac Treno – consecrated 481

6) Cormac – consecrated 497 Called bishop and abbot

7) Dubthach (elder) – consecrated 513 Called bishop

8) Ailill (elder) – consecrated 526 Called bishop

9) Ailill (younger) – consecrated 536 Called bishop

10) Dubthach – consecrated Called abbot

11) Fedelmid Find – consecrated Called abbot

12) Carláen – consecrated 588 Called bishop

13) Eochu – consecrated Called abbot

14) Senach – consecrated Called abbot

15) Mac Laisre – consecrated 623 Called abbot

16) Tómméne MacRonan – consecrated 640 bishop

17) Ségéne – consecrated 688 bishop

18) Forannán – consecrated

19) Fland Feblae mac Scandláin – consecrated abbot/bishop

20) Suibne nepos Mruichessaich – consecrated 730 bishop

21) Congusa – consecrated 732 Called bishop (also scribe)

22) Célé Petair – consecrated

23) Fer dá Chrích mac Suibni – consecrated

24) Cú Dínaisc mac Conasaig – consecrated

25) Dub dá Leithe I mac Sínaig – consecrated

26) Fóendelach mac Móenaig – consecrated

27) Airechtach ua Fáeláin – consecrated

28) Fóendelach mac Móenaig – consecrated

29) Gormgal mac Dindataig – consecrated (abbot)

30) Condmach mac Duib dá Leithe – consecrated (recognised as coarb in the Annals of Ulster in 804)

31) Torbach mac Gormáin – consecrated

32) Toicthech ua Tigernaig – consecrated

33) Nuadu – consecrated 811

34) Flandgus mac Loingsig – consecrated

35) Artrí mac Conchobair – consecrated 818 Acted as abbot and Coarb

36) Suibne mac Forandáin – consecrated Called Abbas

37) Eógan Mainistrech mac Ainbthig – consecrated abbot

38) Forindán mac Murgile – consecrated

39) Diarmait ua Tigernáin – consecrated abbot

40) Cathassach – consecrated

41) Féthgno mac Nechtain – consecrated

42) Máel Cobo mac Crundmaíl – consecrated

43) Ainmere ua Fáeláin – consecrated

44) Cathassach mac Robartaig – consecrated Bishop

45) Máel Brigte mac Tornáin – consecrated Coarb

46) Ioseph mac Fathaig – consecrated

47) Máel Pátraic mac Máel Tuile – consecrated 862

48) Fethgna – consecrated 875

49) Cathassach mac Doilgén – consecrated 883

50) Muiredach mac Fergussa – consecrated

51) Dub dá Leithe II mac Cellaig – consecrated Coarb

52) Muirecén mac Ciaracáin – consecrated Coarb

53) Máel Muire mac Eochada – consecrated

54) Amalgaid mac Máel Muire – consecrated

55) Dub dá Leithe III Máel Muire – consecrated

56) Cummascach Ua hErodáin – consecrated

57) Máel Ísu mac Amalgada – consecrated

58) Domnall mac Amalgada – consecrated

59) Cellach of Armagh consecrated bishop of Armagh on 23 September 1105

60) Muirchertach mac Domnall – consecrated

61) Mael mac Áeda meic Máel Ísu(Celsus) – consecrated 1105Ua

62) Morgair [Malachais] – consecrated 1132

63) Gilla Meic Liac mac Diarmata meic Ruaidri [Gelasius] – consecrated 1137

64) Conchobar O Conchaille [Concors] – consecrated 1174

65) Gille in Coimhedh O Caran [Gilbertus] – consecrated 1175

66) Tomaltach O Conchobair [Thomas] – consecrated 1180

67) Mael Isu Ua Cerbaill [Malachias] – consecrated 1184

68) Echdonn mac Gilla Uidir [Eugenius] – consecrated 1202

69) Lucas Neterville – consecrated 1217

70) Donatus O Fidabra – consecrated 1227

71) Albert Suebeer of Cologne – consecrated 1240

72) Reginald – consecrated 1247

73) Abraham O’Conallain – consecrated 1258

74) Mael Patraic O Scannail – consecrated 1261

75) Nicol Mac Mael Isu – consecrated 1270

76) Michael MacLochlainn – consecrated 1303

77) Dionysius – consecrated 1304

78) John Taaffe – consecrated 1306

79) Walter Jorz – consecrated 1307

80) Roland Jorz – consecrated 1311

81) Stephen Segrave – consecrated 1324

82) David Mag Oireachtaigh – consecrated 1334

83) Richard FitzRalph – consecrated 1347

84) Milo Sweetman – consecrated 1362

85) John Colton – consecrated 1383

86) Nicholas Fleming – consecrated 1404

87) John Swayne – consecrated 1418

88) John Prene – consecrated 1439

89) John Mey – consecrated 1444

90) John Bole [Bull] – consecrated 1457

91) John Foxhalls or Foxholes – consecrated 1471

92) Edmund Connesburgh – consecrated 1475

93) Ottaviano Spinelli [de Palatio] – consecrated 1480

94) John Kite – consecrated 1513

95) George Cromer – consecrated 1521

96) George Dowdall – consecrated 1543

97) Hugh Goodacre – consecrated 1552

98) Donat MacTeague – consecrated 1560

99) Adam Loftus – consecrated 1563

100) Thomas Lancaster – consecrated 1568

101) John Long – consecrated 1584

102) John Garvey – consecrated 1589

103) Henry Ussher – consecrated 1595

104) Christopher Hampton – consecrated 1613

105) George Montaigne – consecrated 1616

106) William Laud – consecrated 1633 Archbishop of Canterbury

107) William Juxon – consecrated 1660

108) Gilbert Sheldon – consecrated October 28, 1660

109) William Sancroft – consecrated January 27, 1678

110) Thomas White – consecrated 1685

111) George Hickes – consecrated 1693

112) James Gadderar – consecrated 1712

113) Thomas Rattray – consecrated June 4, 1727

114) William Falconar – consecrated Sept 10, 1741

115) Robert Kilgour – consecrated September 21, 1768

116) Samuel Seabury – consecrated November 14, 1784

117) Thomas John Claggett – consecrated September 17, 1792

118) Edward Bass - consecrated May 7, 1797

119) Abraham Jarvis - consecrated October 18, 1797

120) Alexander Viets Griswold - consecrated May 29, 1811

121) John Henry Hopkins - consecrated October 31, 1832

122) George D. Cummins - consecrated November 15, 1866

123) Charles Edward Cheney - consecrated December 14, 1873

124) William Rufus Nicholson - consecrated February 24, 1876

125) Alfred Spenser Richardson - consecrated June 22, 1879

126) Leon Chechemian - consecrated May 4, 1890

127) Andrew Charles Albert McLagen - consecrated November 2, 1897

128) James Heard - consecrated June 4, 1922

129) William Bernard Crow - consecrated June 13, 1943

130)W.W. Wallace 1945

131)J.W. Forrester 1979

132)Michael Zulinke 2011.

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from Donagh, Archbishop of Dublin

1) Dúnán (also known as Donat, Donagh or Donatus) Consecrated in circa 1028

(2) Gilla Pátraic (also known as Patricius) Consecrated in 1074

(3) Donngus Ua hAingliu (also recorded as Donngus Ua hAingliu and Donat O'Haingly)Consecrated 1085

(4) Samuel Ua hAingliu consecrated 27 April 1096

(5) Gréne (also known as Gregorius) Consecrated bishop 2 October 1121

(6) Lorcán Ua Tuathail (St Laurence O'Toole) consecrated archbishop in 1162

(7) John Comyn (also known as John Cumin) consecrated 21 March 1181

(8) William of S. Mere L’Eglise consecrated on May 23, 1199

(9) Walter de Gray consecrated on October 5, 1214

(10) Walter Kirkham consecrated on December 5, 1249

(11) Henry consecrated on February 7, 1255

(12) Anthony Beck consecrated on January 9, 1284

(13) John of Halton consecrated on September 14, 1292

(14) Roger Northborough consecrated on June 27, 1322

(15) Robert Wyvil consecrated on July 15, 1330

(16) Ralph Stratford consecrated on March 12, 1340

(17) William Edendon consecrated on May 15, 1346

(18) Simon Sudbury consecrated on March 20, 1362

(19) Thomas Brentingham consecrated on May 12, 1370

(20) Robert Braybrooke consecrated on January 5, 1382

(21) Roger Walden consecrated on February 3, 1398

(22) Henry Beaufort consecrated on July 14, 1398

(23) Thomas Bourchier consecrated on May 15, 1435

(24) John Morton Consecrated on January 31, 1479

(25) Richard FitzJames consecrated on May 21, 1497

(26) William Warham consecrated on September 25, 1502

(27) John Longlands consecrated on May 15, 1521

(28) Thomas Cranmer consecrated on March 30, 1533

(29) William Barlow consecrated on June 1536

(30) Matthew Parker consecrated December 17(19), 1559

(31) Edmund Grindall consecrated December 21,1559

(32) John Whitgift consecrated April 21, 1577

(33) Richard Bancroft consecrated on May 8, 1597

(34) George Abbott consecrated December 3, 1609

(35) George Montaigne consecrated on December 14, 1617

(36) William Laud consecrated Bishop of St. David’s on November 18, 1621

(37) Brian Duppa consecrated Bishop of Chichester on June 17, 1638

(38) Gilbert Sheldon consecrated Bishop of London on October 28, 1660

(39) Henry Compton consecrated on December 6, 1674

(40) William Sancroft consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury on January 27, 1678

(41) Thomas White consecrated Bishop of Peterborough on October 25, 1685

(42) George Hickes consecrated Bishop of Thetford Febuary 21, 1693

(43) James Gadderar consecrated Bishop at Large on Febuary 24, 1712

(44) Thomas Rattray consecrated on June 24, 1727

(45) William Falconar consecrated Bishop of Caithness on Sept 10, 1741

(46) Robert Kilgour consecrated on September 21, 1768

(47) Samuel Seabury consecrated at Aberdeen on November 14, 1784

(48) Thomas John Claggett consecrated on September 17, 1792

(49) Edward Bass consecrated on May 7, 1797

(50) Abraham Jarvis consecrated on October 18, 1797

A.,V. Griswold c 1811

H. Hopkins c.1832
D. Cummins c.1866

Charles E. Cheney c.1873

R. Nicholson c.1876
S. Richardson c.1879

Leon Chechemian c.1890

Andrew Charles Albert McLagen c.1897

James Heard c.1922

William Bernard Crow c.1943

W.W. Wallace 1945 and in 1979 he consecrated

J.W. Forrester

Michael Zulinke 2011.

Canterbury Line

1 597 Augustine

2 604 Laurentius

3 619 Mellitus

4 624 Justus

5 627 Honorius

6 655 Deusdedit

7 668 Theodore

8 693 Berhtwald

9 731 Tatwine

10 735 Nothelm

11 740 Cuthbert

12 761 Bregowine

13 765 Jaenbert

14 793 Ethelhard

15 805 Wulfred

16 832 Feologeld

17 833 Ceolnoth

18 870 Ethelred

19 890 Plegmund

20 914 Athelm

21 923 Wulfhelm

22 942 Oda

23 959 Aelfsige

24 959 Brithelm

25 960 Dunstan

26 988 Ethelgar

27 990 Sigeric

28 995 Aelfric

29 1005 Alphege

30 1013 Lyfing

31 1020 Ethelnoth

32 1038 Eadsige

33 1051 Robert of Jumieges

34 1052 Stigand

35 1070 Lanfranc

36 1093 Anselm

37 1114 Ralph d'Escures

38 112? William de Corbeil

39 1139 Theobald

40 1162 Thomas a Becket

41 1174 Richard (of Dover)

4 1184 Baldwin

43 1193 Hubert Walter

44 1207 Stephen Langton

45 1229 Richard le Grant

46 1234 Edmund of Abingdon

47 1245 Boniface of Savoy

48 1273 Robert Kilwardby

49 1279 John Peckham

50 1294 Robert Winchelsey

51 1313 Walter Reynolds

52 1328 Simon Meopham

53 1333 John de Stratford

54 1349 Simon Islip

55 1349 Thomas Bradwardine

56 1366 Simon Langham

57 1368 William Whittlesey

58 1375 Simon Sudbury

59 1381 William Courtenay

60 1396 Thomas Arundel

61 1398 Roger Walden

1399 Thomas Arundel (restored)

62 1414 Henry Chichele

63 1443 John Stafford

64 1452 John Kempe

65 1454 Thomas Bourchier

66 1486 John Morton

67 1501 Henry Deane

68 1503 William Warham

69 1533 Thomas Cranmer

70 1556 Reginald Pole

71 1559 Matthew Parker

72 1576 Edmund Grindal

73 1583 John Whitgift

74 1604 Richard Bancroft

75 1611 George Abbot

76 1633 William Laud

77 1660 William Juxon

78 1663 Gilbert Sheldon

79 1678 William Sancroft

Thomas White consecrated Bishop of Peterborough on October 25, 1685

George Hickes consecrated Bishop of Thetford Febuary 21, 1693

James Gadderar consecrated Bishop at Large on Febuary 24, 1712

Thomas Rattray consecrated on June 24, 1727

William Falconar consecrated Bishop of Caithness on Sept 10, 1741

Robert Kilgour consecrated on September 21, 1768

Samuel Seabury consecrated at Aberdeen on November 14, 1784

Thomas John Claggett consecrated on September 17, 1792

Edward Bass consecrated on May 7, 1797

Abraham Jarvis consecrated on October 18, 1797

A.,V. Griswold c 1811

H. Hopkins c.1832
D. Cummins c.1866

Charles E. Cheney c.1873

R. Nicholson c.1876
S. Richardson c.1879

Leon Chechemian c.1890

Andrew Charles Albert McLagen c.1897

James Heard c.1922

William Bernard Crow c.1943

W.W. Wallace 1945 and in 1979

J.W. Forrester

Michael Zulinke 2011.

Anglican Succession through the Communion of Anglican Churches

Protestant Episcopal Church USA

Robert Kilgour, after 1789 a non-juring Bishop, consecrated Samuel Seabury on November 14, 1784

Seabury consecrated Thomas John Claggett, Bishop of Maryland on September 17, 1792

Claggatt consecrated Edward Bass, Bishop of Massachusetts on May 7, 1797

Bass consecrated Abraham Jarvis, Bishop of Connecticut on October 18, 1797

Jarvis consecrated John Henry Hobart, Bishop Coadjutor of New York on May 29, 1811

Hobart consecrated Henry Ustick Onderdonk, Bishop of Pennsylvania on October 25, 1827

Ondedonk consecrated Allan M. McCroskey, Bishop of Michigan on July 7, 1836

McCoskey consecrated William Edward McClaren, Bishop of Chicago on December 8, 1875

McClaren consecrated William Montgomery Brown, Bishop of Arkansas on June 24, 1898

Brown consecrated Wallace David de Ortega Maxey on January 2, 1927

Maxey consecrated sub conditione Archbishop Leofric of Suthonia on January 2, 1927

Leofric consecrated sub conditione Mar. Gegorious I, Patriarch of Glastonbury in 1945

Mar. Georgius I consecrated Mar. Johannes, Archbishop of Karim on May 27, 1950

Mar. Johannes consecrated Philip Stuart Singer in 1952

Singer consecrated Ignatius Carolus, Archbishop of Danum of the Old Holy Catholic Church on November 14, 1954

Carolus consecrated Andre Barbeau, Archbishop, Primate of the Province of Quebec of the Old Holy catholic Church on December 21, 1969

Barbeau, Andre Lettellier and Jean Marie Breault consecrated Walter G. Allard on October 22, 1983

Allard, James F. Mondok and Ray Rensville consecrated Michael F. Hembre in Concord, Michigan on January 17, 1988

Hembre, James F. Mondok and Walter C. Allard consecrated Donald C. Locke in Euclid, Ohio on February 14, 1988

Locke consecrated Robert James Cash on November 12, 1989

Cash, Max Broussard and William Oldring consecrated George T Smith on November 7, 1992

Smith, Max Broussard and Willam Oldring consecrated Gregory A. Francisco on November 12, 1994

Francisco, Max Broussard and George T. Smith consecrated Peter William Riola on November 4, 1995 to be Auxiliary Bishop in the Provincial Diocese of the Holy Spirit of the United Catholic Church

++ John D. Keliher, ++ Peter Riola, together with letters of consent from + Jay Bunting, + T.J. Gentry, + Douglas Halverson and +John of India consecrated + John L. Simons whom in 2013 incardinated +Michael Zulinke to HOB and Elected to Arch Bishop 2

Anglican Succession –Church of England

Anglican-Episcopal Churches

+Samuel Seabury’s consecration at the hands of non-juring Bishops in Scotland made him the unintended heir of Archbishop William Laud and his allegiance to those Bishops, remnant of those deposed for refusing to support William of Orange rather than James II, caused the fledgling Protestant Episcopal Church USA to modify the theological framework of its Book of Common Prayer to accommodate Seabury.. However, the United Kingdom has been host to a number of curious situations in which Apostolic Succession was validly conveyed with unintended consequences.

The Holy See developed a plan for an Uniate movement in England which ultimately failed to develop the intended Roman Catholic English Church but it did create three canonical bishops named Lees, Mossman and Seecombe to whom Bishop Stevens could trace his consecration. Stevens, in collaboration with the son in law of the Archbishop of Dublin, Leon Chechemain, an Armenian Bishop, and Alfred Richardson, a Reformed Episcopal Church Bishop, created a number of Bishops in an attempt to proselytize nominally Roman Catholic parts of Europe. Richardson, of course, derived his Apostolic orders through the Bishops who withdrew from the Episcopal Church USA in protest against the Oxford Movement.

During the reign of James I, Marco-Antonio Dominis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Spaiato and Primate of Damatia, became a member of, and bishop in, the Church of England. On December 14, 1617, he participated in the consecration of George Monteigne.

Monteigne consecrated William Laud, later Archbishop of Canterbury, on November 18, 1621.

Laud consecrated Brian Duppa on June 16, 1638

Duppa consecrated Gilbert Sheldon on October 18, 1660

Sheldon consecrated Henry Compton on December 6, 1674

Compton consecrated William Sancraft, later Archbishop of Canterbury, on January 27, 1677

Sancraft consecrated Thomas White on October 25, 1685

White consecrated George Hickes on February 24, 1685

Hickes consecrated James Gadderar on February 24, 1712

Gadderar consecrated Thomas Rattray, Bishop of Dunkeld, on June 4, 1727, later Bishop Primus of Scotland

Rattray consecrated William Falconar, date uncertain

Falconar consecrated Robert Kilgour on September 28, 1768; Kilgour, subsequent to 1689, was deposed for failing to swear allegiance to William III and became a non-juring Bishop in Scotland

Kilgour consecrated Samuel Seabury on November 14, 1784 as Bishop of Connecticut

Seabury consecrated Thomas John Claggett on September 17, 1792 as Bishop of Maryland

Claggett consecrated Edward Bass on May 7, 1797 as Bishop of Massachusetts

Bass consecrated Abraham Jarvis on October 17, 1797 as Bishop of Connecticut

Jarvis consecrated A. V. Criswold on May 29, 1811 as Bishop of the Eastern Diocese

Criswold consecrated John Henry Hopkins on October 31, 1832 as Bishop of Vermont

Hopkins consecrated C. D. Cummins in November of 1866 as Assistant Bishop of Kentucky

Cummins consecrated Charles Edward Cheney on December 14, 1873 as a Bishop in the Reformed Episcopal Church

Cheney consecrated William Rufus Nicholson on February 24, 1879

Nicholson consecrated Alfred Spencer Richardson on June 22, 1879

Richardson consecrated Leon Chechemain on May 4, 1890

Chechemain consecrated Andrew Charles Albert McLaglen on November 2, 1897

McLaglen consecrated Herbert James Monzani-Herd on June 4, 1922

Monzani-Herd consecrated William Bernard Crow on June 13, 1943

Crow consecrated Hugh George de Willmont Newman on April 10, 1944

Newman consecrated Wallace David de Ortega Maxey on June 6, 1946

Maxey consecrated C. David Luther on September 25, 1977

Luther consecrated Patrick Michael Richard Cronin on June 4, 1988

Cronin consecrated David Lionel Jones on February 26, 1989

Jones consecrated William J. Oldring on November 17, 1991

Oldring consecrated George T. Smith on November 7 1992

Smith consecrated Gregory A. Francisco on November 12, 1994

Francisco consecrated Peter William Riola on November 4, 1995

The Vicariate of the Holy Spirit of United Catholic Church

Which Subsequently Became

The Province of St. Alcuin

The Communion of Anglican Churches

The United Catholic Church derived its orders from an interesting blend of sources: the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht, The Old Catholic Church of Poland ( Polish National Catholic Church), the Coptic (Orthodox) Church, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchal See of Antioch, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the Uniate Greek Melkhite Church of Antioch.

Francisco, Broussard, Smith, with the assent of Riola, consecrated Jay Bunting in 1996.

+ Peter W. Riola consecrated + Dan Thornhill as Bishop – Abbot Maumell, Arkansas April 12, 1997

+ Peter W. Riola consecrated + David Sigvertsen Bishop-Abbot Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 15, 1997

+ Peter Riola and + Pat McKay consecrated + Alfred Beach Abbot with Apostolic Order Glendale, Arizona; on July 18, 1998

+ Peter Riola and + Jacob Perna consecrated + John Dee Czaplewiski, Bishop, Vicariate of the Holy Spirit, Province of Christ the Good Shepherd on June 28, 1997

Francisco, Broussard, Smith, with the assent of Riola, consecrated Jay Bunting on December 6, 2003.

++ Max Broussard, + George T. Smith, + Randy DeHart, + Peter Riola, and + James Young consecrated Josep Rossello on December 6, 2003; + John Dee Czaplewiski added his Apostolic Blessing on June 15, 2004 and + Douglas Halverson and + Jay Bunting added their Apostolic Blessing on June 19, 2004

+ Peter Riola, +John Dee Czaplewiski, + James Young, together with letters of consent from + Jay Bunting, consecrated + Douglas Halverson, Order of St. Benedict, as Bishop Ordinary and Abbot, in Coon River, Minnesota on June 19, 2004

++ Max Broussard, ++ James Meola, ++ Peter W. Riola, + Douglas Halverson, + Jay Bunting, + James Young, + Charles Erskine consecrated Jose Aparecido Peracoli Moreno on December 11, 2004

++ Peter W. Riola, ++ James Meola, + Jay Bunting and James Young consecrated Thomas J. Gentry for the Diocese of St. Paul on January 9, 2005

++ Peter W. Riola, + David Sigversten, John Dee Czaplewiski, + Douglas Halverson, together with letters of consent from + Thomas J. Gentry, + Jay Bunting , and + James Young consecrated + John D. Keliher for the Diocese of the Holy Trinity (Washington State and the Pacific Northwest) on September 25, 2005

Roman Catholic Succession

Roman Catholic – Mexico

In the 1890’s, Msgr Eduardo Sanchez Camecho, Bishop of Tamaulipas, consecrated Msgr. Benedict Donkin, Bishop of the Holy Cross, who, in 1905, in London, England, consecrated others to the episcopate, from whom some of the present clergy can trace their orders in line.

Roman Catholic – Brazil

Dom Carlos Duarte Costa, who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil, became the Patriarch of the Brazilian Apostolic Church. + Duarte traced his orders through twenty Cardinals and four Popes and he passed his legacy to Bishops Locke and Cronin, who subsequently appear in these lists.

+ Scipion Cardinal Rebiba consecrated + Santorio at St. Peter’s in Rome on March 12, 1566

+Santorio, Archbishop of St. Severine, as Cardinal, consecrated + Bernerio at St. Peter’s in Rome on September 7, 1586

+ Bernerio, as a Cardinal, consecrated + Sanvitale as Archbishop of Bari on April 4, 1604

+ Sanvitale, as Cardinal, consecrated + Ludovisi on May 2, 1621

+ Ludovisi, as Cardinal, consecrated + Caetani at St. Peter’s in Rome on June 12, 1622

+ Caetani, as Cardinal, consecrated + Carpegna at St. Peter’s in Rome on October 7, 1630

+ Carpegna, as Cardinal consecrated + Altieri at St. Peter’s in Rome on May 2, 1666

+ Altieri, as Cardinal, consecrated + Orsini at St. Peter’s at st. Peter’s in Rome on February 3, 1675

+ Orsini, as Pope Benedict XIII, consecrated + Lambertini at St. Peter’s in Rome on

July 16, 1723

+ Lambertini, as Pope Benedict XIV, consecrated + Rezzonico at St. Peter’s in Rome on March 19, 1743

+ Rezzonico, as Pope Clement XIII, consecrated + Giraud at St. Peter’s in Rome on April 15, 1767

+ Giraud, as Cardinal, consecrated + Mattei at St. Peter’s in Rome on February 23, 1977

+ Mattei, as Cardinal consecrated + Galeffi at St. Peter’s on September 12, 1789

+ Galeffi, as Cardinal, consecrated + Fransoni at St. Peter’s in Rome on December 8, 1822

+ Fransoni, as Cardinal consecrated + Sacconi at St. Peter’s on June 8, 1851

+ Sacconi, a Cardinal, consecrated + Pecci at St. Peter’s in Rome on June 30, 1851

+ Pecci as Pope Leo XIII consebcrated + Rampolla Del Tindaro at St. Peter’s in Rome on December 8, 1882

+ Del Tindaro, as Cardinal and Secretary of State, consecrated + Joaquin Arcoverde de Albequerque-Cavalcanti at St. Peter’s on October 26, 1890

+ Albequerque-Cavalcanti, as Cardinal consecrated + Sebastian Lema de Silveria Cintra as Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro at St. Peter’s in Rome on June 4, 1911

+ de Silveria Cintra, as Cardinal, consecrated + Carlos Duarte Costa on December 8, 1924

+ Duarte Costa withdrew from communion with the Holy See on July 6, 1945 and founded the Brazilian National Catholic Church which was also known as the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church. . As Primate, he consecrated + Dom Salomon Ferrez for the Brazilian National Catholic Church on May 3, 1948. Subsequently, + Duarte Costa consecrated + Dom Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez

+ Dom Salomon Ferrez returned to communion with the Holy See under Pope John XXIII who assigned him titular Bishop of the see of Eleuterna and + Ferrez participated in Vatican II . Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop Coadjutor Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before + Ferrez returned to Rome, as a Bishop of the Brazilian National Catholic Church he consecrated + Manuel Ceja Laranjeira who co founded the Patriarchate of the Independent Church of Brazil.

+ Laranjeira consecrated + Benedito Pereira Lima on August 15, 1965

+ Lima consecrated + Dom Jose M. Machado on August 1, 1966

+ Machado consecrated + Dom Oscar Oswaldo Cairoli Fernandez on December 2, 1967

+ Cairoli Fernadez consecrated + Michael Staffiero on April 19, 1973

+ Staffiero consecrated + Rainier Laufers in November 1976 for Canada

+ Laufers consecrated + C. R. McCarthy on April 30, 1977

+ McCarthy consecrated + C. David Luther on September 25, 1977

+ Luther, and + Dom Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez, Patriarch of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church consecrated + Patrick Michael Richard Cronin on June 4, 1988

+ Cronin consecrated David Lionel Jones as Presiding Bishop of the Unitred American Orthodox Catholic Church on February 26, 1989

+ Jones consecrated + William J. Oldring as the Bishop of the Diocese of North Florida for the United Catholic Church on November 17, 1991

+ Oldring consecrated + George T. Smith as Provincial of the Diocese of Christ the King for the United catholic Church on November 7, 1992

+ Smith consecrated + Gregory A. Francisco as Provincial of the Diocese of the Holy Spirit for the United catholic Chuirch on November 12, 1994

+ Francisco consecrated + Peter William Riola as Auxiliary for the Diocese of the Holy spirit for the United Catholic Church on November 4, 1995

Russian Orthodox of Moscow Succession

Orthodox Church – Russian Orthodox – Orthodox Church of Moscow

Early in the history of the Christian Church five patriarchates emerged: Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem and Rome. Constantinople established the Moscow Patriarchate in order serve the Slavic people and the Scythian Churches. In turn, at a much later date, the Patriarch of Moscow created the exachate for the United States and Canada. The Russian Orthodox lines are derived from American Orthodox Catholic Church which was founded by Archbishop Aftimod Ofiesh as authorized by +Patriarch Tikon of Moscow and through the exarchate headed by + Tikon of the Russian Orthodox Church in America. In turn these trace their Apostolic Succession to Macarius of Moscow, and others.

As World War I came to its end on the Eastern Front, emerges fled to the East and the West to escape the Russian Civil War between the White Armies and the Red Armies. Attempting to maintain stability in the midst of chaos and provide ministry for its Orthodox followers wherever they might be. Russian Orthodox Church Prelates Evdokim Merschersky, + Nemolosky and +Dzubai consecrated Aftimios Ofiesh on April 30, 1917

Ofiesh, +Beshara and + Zuk consecrated William Albert Nichols who took the name Ignatius, on September 27, 1932

Nichols and + Raines consecrated George Winslow Plummer on May 8, 1934

Plummer and + Nichols consecrated Theodatus Stanislaus Witowski (De Witow) on November 29, 1936

Witowski and + Joachim Souris consecrated Walter M. Propheta on October 3, 1964

Propheta and Peter A. Zurawetzky consecrated Uladslau Ryzy-Ryski on September 20, 1965

Ryzy-Ryski consecrated Emigidius J. Ryzy in 1976

Ryzy consecrated Robert James Cash who took the name Ignatius on June 7, 1986

Cash, + Broussard, + Turnage and + Cronin consecrated David Lionel Jones on February 26, 1989

Jones, +Broussard and + Justin Foster consecrated William J. Oldring on November 17, 1991

Oldring, +Broussard and + Cash consecrated George T. Smith on November 7, 1992

Smith, + Broussard and + Oldring consecrated Gregory A. Francisco on November 4, 1994

Francisco, + Broussard and + Smith consecrated Peter William Riota on November 4, 1995

Syrio Chaldean Succession

Two Centuries before the rise of Islam prevented the Patriarch of Constantinople from exercising total control over the scattered Orthodox communities of faith in the Levant, separatists had established themselves claiming the ancient privileges derived from the Patriarch of Antioch. The Nestorian controversy added a further dimension since, at a safe distance from Constantinople, the Emperor and the Patriarch, Nestorius was viewed as a hero and his theology was adopted throughout the Persian Empire. Theoretically, the Patriarch of this branch of Orthodoxy had his See in Antioch, he was generally styled as the Bishop of Babylon and he frequently held court in Damascus. To compound the historical confusion, this form of Orthodoxy reached India where, in time, it became the Malabar Rite. Parts of this Church were occasionally affiliated with Rome, parts were accepted as Orthodox by Constantinople and in and for itself it metamorphosed into several distinct branches. To begin with Mar Shimum XVIII Reuben, Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon is an admittedly arbitrary beginning point for tracing is appearance in the West, however, most lines of subsequent Apostolic Succession trace to this source.

Mar Shimun XVIII Reuben consecrated Mar Abdeso Antonios as Metropolitan of Malabar on December 17, 1862

Mar Abdeso Antonios consecrated Mar Basilius as Metropolitan of India, Ceylon, Mylapore, Socotara and Messina on July 24, 1899

Mar Basilius consecrated Ulric Vernon Herford as Bishop of Mercia and Middlesex on November 30, 1902

Herford consecrated Mar Paulus, Bishop of Kent on February 28, 1925

Mar Paulus consecrated Mar Hedley, Bishop of Siluria on October 18, 1931

Mar Headly consecrated Hugh George de Willmott Newman on May 20, 1945

Newman consecrated Wallace David de Ortega Maxey on June 6, 1946

Maxey consecrated C. David Luther on September 25, 1977

Luther consecrated Patrick Michael Richard Cronin on June 4, 1988

Cronin consecrated David Lionel Jones Presiding Bishop of the United American Orthodox Catholic Church on February 26, 1989

Jones consecrated William J, Oldring for the Diocese of North Florida of the united Catholic Church on November 17, 1991

Oldring consecrated George T. Smith for the Provincial Diocese of Christ the King of the United Catholic Church on November 7, 1992

Smith consecrated Gregory A. Francisco for the Provincial Diocese of the Holy Spirit of the United Catholic Church on November 12, 1994

Francisco consecrated Peter William Riola as Auxiliary to the Provincial of the Diocese of the Holy Spirit of the United Catholic Church on November 4, 1995

Old Catholic Church – Europe

The Old Catholic Church of Utrecht is often thought to include several essentially autonomous Roman Catholic diocese in Northern Germany and the Lowlands and the Polish National Catholic Church, all of whom left the Roman Catholic Church after Vatican I. In general, the term Old Catholic, may be applied as a generic description of all of these despite their singular and separate governance. However, when the Old Catholic movement reached the United States only the Polish National Catholic Church maintained it direct links to the European source of its Apostolic Succession and governance. The United Catholic Church derived part of its Apostolic Succession from the Polish National Catholic Church. In consequence, then, some lineage within the Communion of Episcopal Churches is derived from one or more of these sources.

Cardinal Antonio Barerini, Archbishop of Rheims, consecrated Charles Maurice LeTellier in the Church of the Sorbonne, Paris in 1657. LeTellier became Barerini’s successor as Archbishop of Rheims.

LeTellier consecrated James Benigne Bissuet (The Illustrious) (The Eagle of Meaux) as Bishop of Condon on November 12, 1668. Pope Clement XI translated Bissuet from Condon to the See of Meaux on September 21, 1670

Bissuet consecrated James Goyan de Matignon, Bishop of Condon in 1671

Matignon, at the direction of Pope Clement XI, consecrated Dominic of Varlet as Bishop of Ascalon (in Partibus) and as Bishop Coadjutor to the Bishop of Babylon in the Kingdom of Persia.. This was accomplished in Paris in 1693

Dominic of Varlet consecrated Peter John Meindaerts as Bishop of Utrecht on February 12, 1739, at the request of the Cathedral Chapter of Utrecht. Meindaerts had previously been ordained in Ireland by + Luke Fagen, Bishop of Meath, who was later Archbishop of Dublin. Fagen’s intent was to strengthen the Church in the Netherlands that had been founded by St. Willibrod and had long enjoyed the privilege of electing its own to the local episcopate.

Meindaerts consecrated John Van Spitout as Bishop of Haarlem on October 17, 1739.

Van Spitout consecrated Walter Michael van Niewenbuizen as Archbishop of Utrecht on July 11, 1745.

Van Niewenbuizen consecrated John James van Rhijn to be his successor as Archbishop of Utrecht on February 7, 1768

Van Rhijn consecrated Gisbert de Jong as Bishop of Deventor on July 5, 1797

De Jong consecrated Willibrod van Os as Archbishop of Utrecht on November 7, 1805

Van Os consecrated Jon Bon as Bishop of Haarlem on April 24, 1814

Bon consecrated John van Santen as bishop of Utrecht on April 22, 1819

van Santen consecrated Herman Heykamp as Bishop of Deventor on June 14, 1825

Heykamp consecrated Casparus Johannes Rinkel as the Bishop of Haarlem on July 17, 1854. Rinkel withdrew from communion with the Holy See following Vatican I and became the Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem.

Rinkel consecrated Gerald Gul as Archbishop of Utrecht on May 11, 1892

Gul consecrated Arnold Harris Matthew as Old Catholic Bishop of Great Britain on April 28, 1913

Matthew consecrated Prince de Landes Berghes on June 29, 108

de Landes Berghes consecrated Carmel Henry Carfora on October 4, 1916

Carfora consecrated Frederick Littler Pyman on August 15, 1943

Pyman consecrated John L. Schaffer on June 9, 1972

Schaffer consecrated M. Joseph Turnage on May 4, 1982

Turnage consecrated Max Broussard as Presiding bishop of the United Catholic Church on June 14, 1988

++ Peter W. Riola, ++ James Meola, + Jay Bunting and James Young consecrated Thomas J. Gentry for the Diocese of St. Paul on January 9, 2005

Order of Corporate Reunion

Frederick George Lee, under instruction from the Holy See to found the basis for an English Uniate Church, consecrated Mar Theophiluis, Archbishop of Caerleon –upon-Usk in 1879

Mar Theophilius consecrated sub conditione Mar + Leon, titular Archbishop of Malatia in 1890

Mar + Leon consecrated Mar + Andries, Archbishop of Claremont on November 2, 1897

Mar + Andries consecrated Mar + Jacobus, Archbishop of Selsey on June 4, 1922

Mar + Jacobus consecrated Mar + Basilius Abdullah III, Patriarch of Antioch of the ancient Orthodox Church on June 13, 1943

Mar + Basilius Abdullah III consecrated Hugh George de Willmott Newman on April 10, 1946

Newman consecrated Wallace David de Ortega Maxey on June 6, 1946

Maxey consecrated C. David Luther on September 25, 1977

Luther consecrated Patrick Michael Richard Cronin on June 4, 1988

Cronin consecrated David Lionel Jones as the Presiding Bishop of the United American Orthodox Catholic Church on February 26, 1989

Jones consecrated William J. Oldring for the diocese of North Florida of the United Catholic Church on November 17, 1991

Oldring consecrated George T. Smith for the Provincial Diocese of Christ the King in the united Catholic Church on November 7, 1992

Smith consecrated Gregory A. Francisco for the Provincial Diocese of the Holy Spirit of the United Catholic Church on November 12, 1994

Francisco consecrated Peter William Riola as Auxilliary to the Provincial Diocese of the Holy Spirit in the united Catholic Church on November 4, 1995

Coptic Orthodox Succession

The Coptic Orthodox Church derives its founding to a legendary missionary effort of St. Mark but its historic roots are much shallower. It arose as a reaction to the Byzantine bureaucracy in the Orthodox Church in Empty and as an attempt to provide the Orthodox Divine Liturgy in a native tongue of the Egyptian people rather than in Greek. It maintained its independence from at least 400 A.D. through the period of Turkish domination and when the Turks were replaced as overseers of the government of Egypt by the British, the Coptic grew Church rather astonishingly. With the withdrawal of the colonial powers from the Middle East, a mini migration of Egyptians of the Coptic faith ensued because these families had often been civil servants and middle managers for the British in Egypt and the Italians in Ethiopia. The Coptic Pope and the hierarchy of the Coptic Church in Egypt authorized the extension of its ministry to overseas believers, An effective datum point for this expansion Westward begins with Archbishop St. John the Divine Hickersaon who consecrated Mar Lukos as Archbishop of the West indies on May 27, 1947.

Lukos consecrated sub conditione Mar Johannes, Archbishop of Karim on February 19, 1951

Mar Johannes consecrated Philip Stuart Singer in 1952

Singer consecrated Ignatius Carolus, Archbishop of Danum of the Old Holy Catholic Church

Carolus consecrated Andre Barbeau, Archbishop and Primate of the Province of Quebec of the old Holy Catholic Church on December 21, 1969

Barbeau, Andre Letellier and Jean Marie Breault consecrated Walter G. Allard on October 22, 1983

Allard, James F. Mondok and Ray Rensville consecrated Michael F. Hembre in Concord, Michigan on January 17, 1988

Hembre, James F. Mondok and Walter G. Allard consecrated Donald L. Locke in Euclid, Ohio on February 14, 1988

Locke consecrated Robert James Cash on November 12, 1989

Cash, Max Broussard and William Oldring consecrated George T. Smith on November 7, 1992

Smith, Max Broussard and William Oldring consecrated Gregory A. Francisco on November 12, 1994

Franciso, Max Broussard and George T. Smith consecrated Peter William Riola for the United Catholic Church on November 4, 1995

Chaldean Uniate Succession

Under the Ottoman Empire Christian communities of faith were often assigned to the cure of bishops, archbishops, metropolitans and patriarchs at hand so that some Orthodox Churches found a refuge under the mantle of Rome while some Roman Catholic monasteries were assigned to Orthodox prelates. The Chaldean Uniate Church arose out of this policy in Mesopotamia and the extension of the British Mandate following World War I provided a vehicle for its extension in the West. A convenient, if arbitrary, point from which to trace this transfer begins with Yusip Ummanu’il (Maran Yosef Emanuel II), Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans who consecrated Antoine Lefberner on May 27, 1917.

Lefberner consecrated Arthur Wolfort Brooks as titular Bishop of Sardis on May 4, 1925

Brooks consecrated Charles William Keller as titular Bishop of Amesbury on August 16, 1934

Keller consecrated sub conditione Hugh George de Willmott Newman on April; 29, 1947

Newman consecrated Mar Johannes, Archbishop of Karim, on May 27, 1950

Mar Johannes consecrated Philip Stuart Singer in 1952

Singer consecrated Ignatius Carolus, Archbishop of Danum of the Old Holy catholic Church on November 14, 1954

Carolus consecrated Andre Barbeau, Archbishop and Primate of the Province of Quebec of the Old Holy Catholic Church on December 29, 1969

Barbeau, Andre Letellier and Jean Marie Breault consecrated Walter G. Allard on October 22, 1983

Allard, James Mondok and Ray Rensville consecrated Michael F. Hembre in Concord, Michigan on January 17, 1988

Hembre, James F. Mondok and Walter G. Allard consecrated Donald L. Locke on February 14, 1988

Locke consecrated Robert James Cash on November 12, 1989

Cash, Max Broussard and William Oldruing consecrated George T. Smith on November 7, 1992

Smith, Max Broussard and William Oldring consecrated Gregory A. Francisco on November 12, 1994

Franciso, Max Broussard and George T. Smith consecrated Peter William Riola on November 4, 1995

Antioch Orthodox Succession

The ancient Eastern Patriarchate of Antioch lists 126 Patriarch in succession from A.D. 35 to 1876 when it developed a Western compliment. The list of Eastern Patriarchs follows:

AD 35 Peter the Apostle AD 500 Phiadius

Eyodius 509 Serverius the Great
Ignatius the Martyr 544 Sergius

Earon 547 Domnus III

Comelius 560 Anastasius

142 Eados 564 Gregory I

Theophilus 567 Paul II
Maximinus 571 Patra
Serahim 586 Domnus IV
Asclepiades the Martyr 591 Julianus
Philip 595 Athanasius II
Zebinus 636 John II
Babylos the Martyr 649 Theodorus I
Fabius 668 Severus
Demeirius 684 Athanasius II
Paul I 687 Julianus II
Domnus I 709 Elias I
Timotheus 724 Athanasius III
Cyrilus 740 Evanius I
Tyrantus 759 Gervasius I
Vitalius 790 Joseph
Philogonius 793 Cyriacus
Eustachius 818 Dionysius I
Paulinus 847 John III
Philabianus 877 Ignatius II
Evagrius 887 Theodosius
Phosporius 897 Dionysius II
Alexander 910 John IV
John I 922 Basilius
Theodotus 936 John V
Domnus II 954 Evanius II
Maximus 958 Dionysius III
Accacius 962 Abraham I
Martyrius 965 John VI
Peter II 987 Athanasius IV

AD 1004 John VII

AD 1640 Ignatius Simeon

Dionysius IV 1653 Ignatius Jesus II
Theodorus II 1661 Ignatius A. Massiah I
Athanasius V 1686 Ignatius Cabeed
John VIII 1687 Ignatius Gervasius II
Basilius II 1708 Ignatius Isaac
Abdoone 1722 Ignatius Siccarablak
Dionysius V 1746 Ignatius Gevasiuis III
Evanius III 1768 Ignatius Gervasius IV
Dionysius VI 1781 Ignatius Mathias
Athanasius VI 1810 Ignatius Bahanam II
John IX 1817 Ignatius Jonas
Athanasius VII 1818 Ignatius Gervasius V
Michael I The Great 1839 Ignatius Elias II
Anathasius VIII 1847 Ignatius Jacob II
Michael II 1872 Ignatius Peter III
John X
Ignatius III
Dionysius VII
John XI
Ignatius IV
Philanus
Ignatius Baruhid
Ignatius Ishmael
Ignatius Basilius III
Ignatius Abraham II
Ignatius Basilius IV

1415 Ignatius Bahanam I

Ignatius Kalejih
Ignatius John XII
Ignatius Noah
Ignatius Jesus I
Ignatius Jacob I
Ignatius David I
Ignatius Abdullah I
Ignatius Naamathalak
Ignatius David II
Ignatius Philathus
Ignatius Abdullah II
Ignatius Cadhai

Antioch Orthodox Succession

(Western Development)

Ignatius Peter III, Syrian Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch and the East, as Boutos Lbn Salmo Mesko-Mar Ingnatius Peter III is occasionalluy numbered as Ignatius Peter IV. In any case, on December 4, 1876 he consecrated Kadril Kooran-Mar Paul Athanasius as Bishop of Kottayan and appointed him as the representative of the Patriarch of Antioch.

Under the authority of the Patriarchal Bull of Ignatius Peter III the Patriarch of Antioch, Bishop Kadril Kooran-Mar Paul Athanasius, Metrolpolitan Archbishops George Gegorius and Paul Evenius consecrated Antonio Francis Xavier Alvarez as Mar Julius I, Archbishop of Ceylon on July 28, 1879

Under the authority of the Patriarchal Bull of Ignatius Peter III, the Patriarch of Antioch, dated December 29, 1891, Alvarez, Syrian Archbishops Gregorius and Athanasius consecrated Joseph Rene Vilatte in the Church of Notre Dame de Bonne-Mort in Colombo, Brazil on May 29, 1892 as the Archbishop Metropolitan of all the Orthodox Catholics of the Americas.

Vilatte, Archbishop Alvarez (Julius I), Mar Athanasius of Kittayan, and Mar Geogius, Bishop of Niranum consecrated Paolo Miraglia Gulotti as Bishop of Piacenza on May 6, 1900

Gulotti consecrated Jules Houssaye Bishop of the Gallican Church on December 4, 1904

Houssaye consecrated Louis Marie-Francois Giraud Archbishop of Almyre and Gallican Patriarch on June 21, 1911

Giraud consecrated Jean Bricaud on June 21, 1913

Bricaud consecrated Mar Leon Chechemain, who, as a Uniate Bishop in 1897 had consecrated Mar Andrew Charles Albert McLaglen

McLaglen consecrated Mar Bernard Gullaume Bernard Crow on June 4, 1922

Crow consecrated Victor Blanchard on April 10, 1944

Blanchard consecrated Herbert Jacques Monza Heard, who took the name Mar Jacques II, on January 7, 1945

Heard (Mar Jacques II) consecrated Roger Menard on June 13, 1945

Menard consecrated Hugh George de Willmott Newman on June 10, 1946

Newman consecrated Wallace David de Ortega Maxey on July 6, 1946

Maxey consecrated C. David Luther on September 25, 1997

Luther consecrated Patrick Michael Richard Cronin on June 4, 1988

Cronin consecrated David Lionel Jones on February 26, 1989

Jones consecrated William J. Oldring on November 17, 1991 for the United Catholic Church

Oldring consecrated George T. Smith on November 7, 1992 for the United Catholic Church

Smith consecrated Gregory A. Francisco on November 12, 1994 for the United Catholic Church

Francisco consecrated Peter William Riola as Auxiliary Bishop on November 4, 1995

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