* Bishop Joseph (Jozef) Ofton was consecrated on June 25, 1977 at the Church of the Holy Cross in New York City, New York, for the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite, by Metr. Francis Ryan, assisted by Bishop James Edward Burns and Bishop Bennett Holmes Dayhoff.
* Due to the July 4, 1985 heart attack and stroke suffered by Patriarch Francis, from which he never fully recovered, the North American Holy Synod met on August 28, 1985 and elected Bishop Denis Garrison to succeed as EOCC Primate II and AOC Primate VIII; he was elevated at that time to Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore; he was installed and enthroned by the Holy Synod on April 5, 1986 at St. Nicholas Orthodox Catholic Church in Eldersburg, Maryland, at the Council of Baltimore of the North American Holy Synod.
Bp. Francis Joseph Ryan - EOCC Primate I and AOC Primate VII - was consecrated as the AOC Auxiliary Bishop of New York, December 7, 1969, at the American Orthodox Church Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection, 675 East 183rd Street, the Bronx, New York, by His Eminence, Metropolitan Walter Propheta, assisted by Archbishop John Christian Chiasson. [According to Francis' own report (supported by other oral reports of the fact), Metr. Walter was also assisted by Metr. Andrei (William Andrew) Prazsky (Metropolitan-Archbishop in Canada of the Autocephalous Slavonic Orthodox Church {In Exile}). The consecration certificate, however, is not signed by Metr. Andrei. We believe that Metr. Andrei did indeed assist; all of Metr. Francis' other claims have been proven, so his word is very credible, and, furthermore, the certificate for the elevation of Fr. Francis Ryan to Archpriest on November 10, 1968 is signed by Metr. Walter, Bp. John Christian, and Bp. Andrei, so Metr. Andrei's assistance at the consecration of Francis Ryan is certainly quite a likely possibility. Still, we do not claim Metr. Andrei's succession through Metr. Francis, as we cannot verify it. Nonetheless, we certainly did receive Metr. Andrei's succession through Bp. Joseph (Jozef) Ofton, who was consecrated by Metr. Francis, assisted by Bishop James Edward Burns and Bp. Bennett Dayhoff, because Bp. James Burns was consecrated by Abp. Hubert Augustus Rogers, assisted by Metr. Walter Myron Propheta and Metr. Andrei (W. A.) Prazsky.] Metr. Francis incorporated the Church in New York as the Ecumenical Orthodox Church of Christ, Inc., in 1974. As successor to Patriarch Christian I in 1977, Metr. Francis became the Patriarch of the Americas; nonetheless, he rarely used the patriarchal title, preferring to be addressed as Abp. Francis. In the last years of his life, he took monastic vows and the name Metr. James. Metr. James (Francis Ryan), Patriarch III of the Americas, reposed in Christ on December 4, 1987.
Bp. Christian (John Arthur) Chiasson - AOC Primate VI - was consecrated as AOC Auxiliary Bishop of New York, July 31, 1966, at the Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection by Metr. Walter Propheta, assisted by Abp. Theodotus DeWitow. [According to Abp. Francis Ryan's records (supported by other oral and printed reports of the fact), Metr. Walter was also assisted by Bp. Theoklitus Kantaris of Salamis, Greece (himself consecrated by Abp. Makarios III {Michael Kykkotis} of the Old Calendar Greek Orthodox succession {Ecumenical Patriarchate}. However, the consecration certificate is not signed by Bp. Theoklitus. We believe that Bp. Theoklitus did indeed assist (again, Metr. Francis is a very credible witness, plus there are many printed reports which agree) but we do not claim his succession as we cannot verify it. Bp. Walter Propheta was elevated to Archbishop on March 30, 1965 .
Bishop Walter (Wolodymyr I) Myron Propheta - AOC Primate V - was consecrated, to carry on the work of the American Orthodox Church which was founded February 2, 1927 and of which Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh was the first primate, as the American Orthodox Bishop of New York on October 3, 1964, at the AOC Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection in the Bronx, by Abp. Joachim Souris of the Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America, assisted by Abp. Theodotus DeWitow. Bp. Walter incorporated the Church in New York as the American Orthodox Catholic Church, Inc. Bp. Walter was raised to the archiepiscopacy on March 30, 1965 by Abp. Theodotus and Bp. Theoklitus Kantaris, as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York. [Reports that Bp. Theoklitus participated in the consecration of Walter Propheta are erroneous.] Metr. Walter was proclaimed by the North American Holy Synod, on January 14, 1968, as Patriarch Wolodymyr I of the American Orthodox Church. Both of the lines of apostolic succession from Abp. Saint Aftimios Ofiesh, those of Bp. Sophronios Bishara and those of Abp. Ignatius Nichols, joined together in Walter Propheta. Metr. Wolodymyr I, First Patriarch of the Americas, reposed in Christ on October 8, 1972.
Abp. Theodotus (Stanislaus Witowski) DeWitow - AOC Primate IV (born February 9, 1890) - was consecrated as Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1936, in the Pro-Cathedral Chapel of Saint Joseph of Glastonbury, the See House, New York City, by Abp. Georgius Plummer, Archbishop of New York, assisted by Abp. Ignatius Nichols and by Bp. Irenaeus (Henry Van Arsdale) Parsell, Bishop Auxiliary. Archbishop Theodotus was primate of the Holy Orthodox Church in America (Eastern Catholic and Apostolic), the New York incorporated American Orthodox Church. He saw the need for the continuation of the work of the American Orthodox Church of Saint Aftimios and in 1964 he, along with Archbishop Joachim Souris (also in succession from Abp. Aftimios Ofiesh), consecrated the Ukrainian Orthodox mitered Archpriest, Walter Myron Propheta, as Bishop of the American Orthodox Catholic Church, specifically for that purpose. Abp. Theodotus DeWitow reposed in Christ on April 23, 1969.
Bp. Georgius (George Winslow) Plummer - AOC Primate III - was consecrated Bishop of New York on May 6, 1934, at Holy Trinity Oratory, 321 West 101st St. in New York City, by Abp. Ignatius Nichols, assisted by Bishop Ambrosius (Maitland Ambrose) Raynes. Abp. Georgius and Abp. Ignatius incorporated the American Orthodox Church in New York on March 16, 1936 as the "Holy Orthodox Church in America (Eastern Catholic and Apostolic)". Archbishop Georgius reposed in Christ on January 23, 1944.
Abp. Ignatius (William Albert) Nichols - AOC Primate II - was consecrated in the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Brooklyn, New York, on September 27, 1932 as AOC Bishop of Washington, D.C. and Vicar for the English-speaking Americans by Abp. Aftimios Ofiesh - AOC Primate I, assisted by Bp. Sophronios Bishara and Bp. Joseph A. Zuk, Bishop of New York. Abp. Ignatius Nichols was the first native-born American ever to be consecrated as an Orthodox Bishop. Abp. Ignatius Nichols reposed in Christ on February 6, 1947.
* Bishop Joseph A. Zuk was consecrated by Abp. Aftimios Ofiesh, assisted by Bp. Sophronios Bishara and Bp. Emmanuel Abouhatab, on September 25, 1932 as the AOC Bishop of New York for the Ukrainian jurisdiction of the American Orthodox Church. Bp. Joseph's jurisdiction is today called the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America (Ecumenical Patriarchate). Bp. Joseph was succeeded as primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America by Metropolitan-Primate Bohdan T. Shpilka (consecrated in New York in 1937 by order of the Ecumenical Patriarch; Archpriest Walter Myron Propheta [AOC Primate V] was Metr. Bohdan's Chancellor), who was succeeded in December 1966 by Metropolitan-Primate Andrei Kuschak (consecrated by order of the Ecumenical Patriarch). Bp. Joseph Zuk reposed in Christ in February 1934.
* Bishop Sophronios Bishara (born in 1888, his name is also rendered Sophronius Beshara or Bashira) was consecrated as the American Orthodox Bishop of Los Angeles and the West on May 26, 1928, in New York City, by Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh, the first primate of the American Orthodox Church, assisted by Bp. Emmanuel Abouhatab and by His Eminence, Elias II, Metropolitan of Tyre and Sidon of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. Bp. Sophronios Bishara reposed in Christ on October 8, 1940 (not in 1934, as is widely reported).
* Bishop Emmanuel (Rizkallah) Abouhatab (Abo-Hatab) was consecrated, in New York City, on September 11, 1927, as the American Orthodox Church Bishop of Montreal, by Abp. Aftimios Ofiesh, assisted by the Russian Orthodox Bishops, Bishop Theophilus (Theodore Nicholaevich) Pashkovsky, Bishop of Chicago, and Bishop Arseny (Andrew Lvovich) Chavtsov, Bishop of Winnipeg.
Bishop Aftimios (Abdullah) Ofiesh - AOC Primate I - was consecrated on May 13 (N.S.), 1917 (April 30, O.S.) at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, 15 East 97th Street, New York City, by Archbishop Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky (Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Alaska and North America, ruling hierarch in the western hemisphere of the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia), assisted by Bp. Stephen Alexander Dzubay of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Bp. Alexander Alexandrovich Nemolovsky, Russian Orthodox Bishop of Canada. Aftimios Ofiesh was consecrated Russian Orthodox Bishop of Brooklyn, New York and Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Syro-Arab Mission; in 1923 he was elevated to Archbishop of Brooklyn by Metr. Platon Rozhdestvensky. In 1926, Abp. Aftimios was the Head of the Syrian Greek Orthodox Catholic Mission in North America, First Vicar and the Acting Head of the Russian Orthodox Catholic Jurisdiction in North America, the Archdiocese of Alaska and North America; that is, Abp. Aftimios then was the senior Orthodox Catholic hierarch in the Western Hemisphere. The American Orthodox Church was founded by the Russian Orthodox Authority in the Americas. By the Russian Orthodox Church Charter granted on February 2, 1927, Abp. Aftimios became the first Primate of the American Orthodox Church [AOC]. Archbishop Aftimios of Brooklyn reposed in Christ on July 24, 1966. On April 5, 1986, Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh was canonized by the North American Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Church as Saint Aftimios of America. Memory Eternal !!!
Bp. Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky was consecrated as a vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Moscow on December 13th (Old Style), 1903, in Moscow, Russia, by Archbishop Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij, assisted by Bp. Innokentij of St. Petersburg, Russia; Bp. Evdokim was Rector of the Novgorod Seminary and later Dean of the Moscow Theological Academy.
Bishop Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij was consecrated in 1884 in Moscow, Russia by Metropolitan Nikon of Moscow.
Metropolitan Nikon of Moscow received the line of episcopal Apostolic Succession which passes through the Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople and the Holy Metropolitans of Kiev, Vladimir, and Moscow, and which originated from the Holy and All-Praised Apostle Andrew the First-Called, Apostle to the Scythians.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated as Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland on April 13, 1985 by Patriarch Francis Joseph Ryan, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York City, assisted by Bishop Joseph (Jozef) Ofton of the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite and by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson of the Western Orthodox Catholic Church.
Bp. Francis Joseph Ryan was consecrated as the AOC Auxiliary Bishop of New York, December 7, 1969 by His Eminence, Metropolitan Walter Propheta, assisted by Archbishop John Christian Chiasson.
Bishop Walter (Wolodymyr I) Myron Propheta was consecrated as the American Orthodox Bishop of New York on October 3, 1964 by Abp. Joachim Souris of the Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America, assisted by Abp. Theodotus DeWitow.
Bp. Joachim Souris was consecrated to the episcopacy for the American Holy Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church on June 2, 1951, at SS. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Abp. Joseph Klimovicz of the American Holy Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church, assisted by Bp. Peter (Petros) Zurawetzky, Metropolitan Clement Cyril Sherwood, Metropolitan Jozef Zielonka, & Bp. Peter M. Williamowicz. Bp. Joachim later became primate of the Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America, and yet later became a Bishop of the True Orthodox Church of Greece (Old Calendarists) in Athens, Greece.
* Bp. Peter (Petros) Andreas Zurawetzky (Zhurawetsky) was consecrated for the American Holy Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church on October 15, 1950 at SS. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Abp. Joseph Klimovicz, assisted by Abp. Konstantin Jaroshevich, Bp. Nicholas Bohatyretz, Metropolitan Jozef Zielonka, and Bp. Peter M. Williamowicz. Peter Zurawetzky had been ordained Priest on March 20, 1932 by Abp. Athenagoras Spyrou (who became Patriarch of Constantinople in 1948). In the 1940's, Fr. Peter joined the Alexandrian Exarchate under Bp. Christopher Contogeorge (Christoforos Kontogiorgios). Bp. Peter was raised to the archiepiscopacy on March 14, 1955 by Abp. Konstantin Jaroshevich, Patriarch of the Holy Orthodox Church of Christ and Bp. Miroslav Simonis of the Holy Orthodox Church of Christ. His Holiness, Nikolaos, Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria, in a letter dated June 29, 1978, formally recognized Abp. Peter as a canonical Bishop due to his acceptance into the jurisdiction of Bp. Christopher Contogeorge.
* Abp. Konstantin Jaroshevich was consecrated by Bp. Christopher Contogeorge and the Albanian Orthodox Metropolitan Theophan (Fan) Stylian Noli. Bp. Nicholas Bohatyretz was consecrated on Oct. 14, 1950 by Abp. Joseph Klimovicz, assisted by Abp. Konstantin Jaroshevich, Metr. Jozef Zielonka, and Bp. Peter M. Williamowicz.
Bp. Joseph Klimovicz (Klimovitch) was consecrated for the Russian Orthodox Church in 1935, at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, 15 East 97th Street, New York City, by Bishop Arsenias Saltas, assisted by Bp. Nicholas Kedroff (Kedrovsky), Russian Orthodox Bishop of North America and the Aleutian Islands, and by Abp. Benjamin (John Athanasievich) Fedchenkov (Fedtschenkow), Exarch in America of the Holy Synod of Moscow. Bp. Joseph was elevated October 14, 1950 to Archbishop of the American Holy Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church and Patriarch of the Orthodox Catholic Partriarchate of America. Abp. Joseph reposed in Christ on August 20, 1961. (Some records have Bp. Nicholas Kedroff as the principal Consecrator of Bp. Joseph Klimovicz, rather than Bp. Arsenias Saltas.)
Bp. Arsenias Saltas was consecrated for the Autocephalous Greek Eastern Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church of North America, August 25, 1934, at the Church of St. John the Baptist in New York City, by Metropolitan Theophan (Fan) Stylian Noli (the Albanian Orthodox Church primate in America), assisted by Bishop Christopher Contogeorge. Bp. Arsenias Saltas, in 1954, became the Exarch in America of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Bishop Arsenias reposed in Christ on December 4, 1955.
* Metr. Theophan (Fan) Stylian Noli was consecrated by Metropolitan Hierotheos Andon Yaho, then Bishop of Korcha, assisted by Metropolitan Kristofor Kissi (Kisi, Kisis) of Syradon (who was later the Metropolitan-Archbishop of Albania), by the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarch, on November 21, 1923 (Old Style) at the Cathedral of St. George in Korcha, Albania; Theophan Noli was consecrated as the Metropolitan of Durrazzo (Durres), Gora, and Shpata and Primate of All Illyria, the Western Sea, and All Albania. Metropolitan Theophan Noli reposed in Christ on March 13, 1965. On April 5, 1986, Metropolitan Theophan Noli was canonized by the North American Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Church as Saint Theophan of America.
Bp. Christopher Contogeorge (Kontogiorgios), the pastor of St. Nicholas Greek Church (Greek Orthodox Catholic Church), Cedar Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was consecrated for the American Orthodox Church as Bishop of Philadelphia, on February 10, 1934, at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, 986 Forest Avenue, the Bronx, New York City, by Bishop Sophronios Bishara, AOC Bishop of Los Angeles and the West, assisted by Metropolitan Theophan Noli. Bp. Christopher Contogeorge's episcopate and American Orthodox Church ecclesiastical affiliations were formally ratified by the Ecumenical Patriarch and Abp. Athenagoras of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America on March 1, 1945. Bp. Christopher Contogeorge, in 1947, became Metropolitan of Pentapolis and the Exarch in America of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Metr. Christopher reposed in Christ on August 30, 1950.
Bishop Sophronios Bishara was consecrated as the American Orthodox Bishop of Los Angeles and the West on May 26, 1928 by Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh, assisted by Bp. Emmanuel Abouhatab and by His Eminence, Elias II, Metropolitan of Tyre and Sidon of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East.
* Bp. Sophronios Bishara consecrated Bp. John Chrysostom More-Moreno in November 1933, from whom the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church in America, under Metropolitan Dismas Markle, is in succession.
Bishop Aftimios (Abdullah) Ofiesh was consecrated on May 13 (N.S.), 1917 (April 30, O.S.) by Archbishop Evdokim Meschersky, assisted by Bp. Stephen Alexander Dzubay of Pittsburgh and Bp. Alexander Alexandrovich Nemolovsky of Canada.
Bp. Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky was consecrated as a vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Moscow on December 13th (Old Style), 1903, in Moscow, Russia, by Archbishop Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij, who was consecrated in 1884 in Moscow, Russia by Metropolitan Nikon of Moscow, who received the line of episcopal Apostolic Succession which passes through the Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople and the Holy Metropolitans of Kiev, Vladimir, and Moscow, and which originated from the Holy and All- Praised Apostle Andrew the First-Called, the Apostle to the Scythians.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated, on April 13, 1985, by Metr. Francis Ryan, assisted by Bp. Carey Leopold Presson of the Western Orthodox Catholic Church and Bp. Joseph Ofton.
Bishop Carey Leopold Presson was consecrated on September 24, 1983, by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino, assisted by Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino was consecrated on June 26, 1983 by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Bp. Martin Hill, Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bishop Martin J. Hill was consecrated, in San Francisco, on February 5, 1983, by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey and Bishop C. David Luther.
Bishop Charles David Luther was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Emesa, at the Church of All Saints in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1977, by Abp. Jerome Joachim of Albuquerque, assisted by Bp. Charles Robert McCarthy of Philadelphia, American Orthodox Catholic Church.
Bishop Charles Robert McCarthy was consecrated, at Cite de Marie, Mirabel, Canada, on April 30, 1977, by Abp. Rainer Laufers of the Old Holy Catholic Church in Canada, assisted by Bishop Patrick J. Healy of Philadelphia, Abp. Andre I Barbeau of Canada, Abp. Andre LeTellier, and Bishop Jean Marie Breault.
Bishop Patrick J. Healy was consecrated on January 20, 1973 by Abp. Lawrence F. Pierre of the American Orthodox Catholic Church, assisted by Bishop Gabre Kristos Medhim Jeremiah (David William Worley) and Abp. Christian I Chiasson.
Bishop Gabre Kristos Medhim Jeremiah (David William Worley) was consecrated as Bishop for the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church with the American Orthodox Church, on November 28, 1972 in New York City by Abp. Francis Joseph Ryan, assisted by Bishop Gabre Mikael Kristos of the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church, and by Bp. James Edward Burns of the American Orthodox Catholic Church.
Bishop Gabre Mikael Kristos of the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America was consecrated as a chorbishop in 1959 in Ethiopia, by Abuna Basilios, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church. Bp. Gabre was raised and consecrated as a Bishop for the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church in 1962 by the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Patriarch, Abuna Basilios.
Abuna Basilios, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church, received the line of episcopal Apostolic Succession which passes through the Holy Patriarchs of Alexandria and the Holy Patriarchs of Ethiopia, and which originated from the Holy and All-Praised Apostle, Saint Mark the Evangelist, Apostle to All-Africa. Saint Frumentius, Abuna Salama, was consecrated by Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria and then returned home and converted Ethiopia to Christianity. His Markan-Alexandrian line of apostolic succession was passed on by him to the Orthodox Coptic Patriarchs of Ethiopia.
Archbishop Denis Garrison received several lines of apostolic succession from Bishop Carey Leopold Presson besides those of the American Orthodox Church. Since Bishop Joseph Ofton and Bishop Walter Dobrzynski, who were themselves consecrated by Patriarch Francis Joseph Ryan, were the assisting Bishops at the consecration of Carey Presson, the American Orthodox lines described in the Annexes of Eastern Orthodox Succession, which come to Archbishop Denis Garrison through Patriarch Francis, also were invested in Bishop Carey. The lines of succession detailed in Part I below are Roman Catholic lines through the Popes of Rome, which come to Archbishop Denis Garrison through Archbishop Carlos da Duarte Costa and his National Catholic Apostolic Churches, Patriarchate of Brazil (Igrejas Catolicas Apostolicas Nacionais [ICAN], Patriacardo do Brasil). The other lines detailed, in Parts II ff., below are from the Roman Catholic Church through: the Glastonbury Western Orthodox connection, that is, from Archbishop Georgius I (Hugh George De Willmott Newman) of England; the Order of Corporate Reunion; the Old Holy Catholic Church (Dutch Old Catholic Succession); and the Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated to the episcopate, as Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland for the Mid-Atlantic Diocese, on April 13, 1985, at St. Francis Church in Manhattan, New York City, by Patriarch III of the Americas, Francis Joseph Ryan, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York City, assisted by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson of the Western Orthodox Catholic Church and by Bp. Joseph (Jozef) Ofton of the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite.
Bishop Carey Leopold Presson was consecrated at his own parish church in Washington, D.C., on September 24, 1983, as the Western Orthodox Catholic Church Bishop of Washington, D.C. and Titular Bishop of Bethel, by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino, Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (Igreja Catolica Apostolica Norteamericana) Metropolitan Archbishop of Manhattan-Trenton, assisted by Bishop Joseph (Jozef) Ofton and Bishop Walter (Wladyslaw) Dobrzynski of the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite (a Polish-language jurisdiction whose Bishops sat on the Holy Synod of the American Orthodox Church). Rev. Father Denis Garrison was Master-of-Ceremonies at the consecration Divine Liturgy, where he first met Bishop Joseph Ofton. Bp. Carey's jurisdiction, the Western Orthodox Catholic Church, was a branch of the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America, which is the reason that Abp. Jerome Joachim issued the mandate for his consecration, which was carried out by Abp. Justo with the assistance of the Polish Bishops.
Bishop Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino was consecrated Bishop of Manhattan-Trenton for the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (Igreja Catolica Apostolica Norteamericana) on June 26, 1983, at his own parish church, the Church of the Holy Spirit and of Our Lady of Charity, in New York City, by Abp. Francis Jerome Joachim, assisted by Bishop Martin J. Hill, Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski. Archbishop Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino succeeded Archbishop Jerome Joachim as Archbishop of Albuquerque and Primate of CACINA on December 1, 1990.
Bishop Francis Jerome Joachim was consecrated, on September 28, 1974, at the request and mandate of Abp. Esteban Meyer Corradi-Scarella, as Titular Bishop of Nova Segovia (with right of succession to the Exarchy of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church) by Abp. Robert Norton, Abp. Oliver Wendell Skelton- Miller (Mark I), and Archbishop David Mark Johnson of the Orthodox Church of America. Bishop Jerome succeeded Abp. Esteban on December 1, 1974 as Archbishop of Albuquerque of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church of America (the Exarchy had then been declared autocephalous by Abp. Esteban; it was eventually renamed Catholic Apostolic Church in North America [CACINA - Igreja Catolica Apostolica Norteamericana]). Archbishop Jerome retired as Archbishop of Albuquerque on December 1, 1990.
Bishop Robert Norton was consecrated on June 2, 1974 by Abp. Oliver Wendell Skelton-Miller (Mark I), assisted by Archbishop Emile Frederico Rodriguez y Fairfield and Bishop William R. Nesselrode.
Bishop Emile Frederico Rodriguez y Fairfield [Fairfield-Rodriguez] was consecrated on August 15, 1954 by Abp. Esteban Meyer Corradi-Scarella (who was Titular Archbishop of Nova Segovia and had a mandate to establish an Exarchy in the United States of America of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira [Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church]) in Abp. Esteban's Pontifical Chapel of Saint Catherine of Siena in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Bishop Esteban (Stephen) Meyer Corradi-Scarella was consecrated in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 23, 1949 as Titular Bishop of Nova Segovia by Archbishop Luis Fernando Castillo-Mendez, Primate in Venezuela of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Venezulna, and by Archbishop Carlos da Duarte Costa, Patriarch I of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira. Bishop Esteban left Panama and emigrated to Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States of America, where he established the U.S. Exarchy of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira. Abp. Esteban was born in 1912; he reposed in Christ on November 13, 1979.
Bishop Luis Fernando Castillo-Mendez was consecrated on May 6, 1948, by Patriarch I of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira, Archbishop Carlos da Duarte Costa. Upon the repose of St. Carlos in 1961, Abp. Luis Fernando Castillo-Mendez was elected Patriarch II of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira. In December 1990, Archbishop Denis Garrison concelebrated Pontifical Divine Liturgy, in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit and of Our Lady of Charity in New York City, with Brazilian Patriarch II Dom Luis Fernando Castillo- Mendez, Abp. Francis Jerome Joachim (then retiring as Primate of the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America [CACINA - Igreja Catolica Apostolica Norteamericana]), Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino (then the incoming Primate of CACINA), and Bishop Donald J. Buttenbusch of Philadelphia, who is presently Primate of CACINA.
Bishop Carlos da Duarte Costa was consecrated to the episcopate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 8, 1924, by Abp. Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra, Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro and Titular Abp. of Orthosia. Bishop Carlos was raised to Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil of the Roman Catholic Church. Abp. Carlos became, in 1945, the founder and first Patriarch of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira and the Patriacardo do Brasil.
The Papal Succession: From Saints Peter and Paul, the Holy Leaders of the Apostles, the Apostolic Succession passes through the Holy Roman Popes to Archbishop Carlos da Duarte Costa and through him to Archbishop Denis Garrison. Abp. Carlos Duarte Costa's line of succession here begins with Pope Benedict XIV. Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini) (1675-1758), Vicarius Christi (1740) of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome and Pontiff. Pope Benedict XIV, on March 19, 1743, consecrated Bishop Carlo della Torre Rezzonico (1693-1769), Pope Clement XIII, Vicarius Christi (1758) of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome and Pontiff. Pope Clement XIII, on April 26, 1767, assisted by Archbishops Scopio Borghese and Ignatius Reali, consecrated Bishop Bernardinus Giraud (1721-1777); Cardinal in Italy (1771). Cardinal Giraud, on February 23, 1777, assisted by Archbishop Marcus Antonius Conti and Bishop Iosefus Maria Carafa, consecrated Bishop Alexander Matthaeus [Mattei] (1744-1820); Cardinal in Italy (1779). Cardinal Matthaeus on September 12, 1819, assisted by Bishops Geraldus Macioti and Franciscus Albertini, consecrated Bishop Petrus Franciscus Galeffi [Galleffi] (1770-1837); Cardinal in Italy (1803). Cardinal Galeffi, on December 8, 1822, assisted by Archbishops Icannes Franciscus Falzacappa and Iosephus della Porta Rodiani, consecrated Bishop Iacobus Philippus Fransoni (1775-1856); Cardinal in Italy (1826). Cardinal Fransoni, on June 8, 1851, assisted by Patriarch Joseph Valerga and Bishop Rudesindus Salvado, consecrated Bishop Carlus Sacconi (1808-1889); Cardinal in Italy (1861). Cardinal Sacconi, on June 30, 1872, assisted by Archbishops Salvator Nobili Vitelleschi and Franciscus Xavierus Fridericus de Merode, consecrated Bishop Eduard Howard (1829-1892); Cardinal in Italy (1877). Cardinal Howard, on December 8, 1882, assisted by Archbishop Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabrarella and Bishop Guilio Lenti, consecrated Bishop Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1842-1913); Cardinal in Italy (1887). Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, on October 26, 1890, consecrated Bishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque-Cavalcanti (1850-1930); Cardinal in Brazil (1905). Cardinal de Albuquerque-Cavalcanti, on June 4, 1911 consecrated Bishop Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra (Oliveira Contra) (1882-1942) Titular Archbishop of Orthosia. Archbishop Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra, then Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, assisted by Dom Alberto Jose Concalves and Dom Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza, in Brazil, on December 8, 1924, consecrated Bishop Carlos da Duarte Costa (1888-1961), who became Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Archbishop Carlos Duarte Costa left the Roman Catholic Church and established an Apostolic Episcopacy for Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira (the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church) on June 6, 1945. Archbishop Carlos Duarte Costa consecrated the following four Bishops for Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira: first, on August 15, 1945, Bishop Salomao Ferraz; second, on May 6, 1948, Bishop Luis Fernando Castillo-Mendez; third, on January 3, 1949, Bishop Esteban (Stephen) Meyer Corradi-Scarella; and fourth, on June 5, 1960, Bishop Milton Cunha.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated, on April 13, 1985, by Patriarch Francis Ryan, assisted by Bp. Carey Presson and Bp. Joseph Ofton.
Bishop Carey Leopold Presson was consecrated on September 24, 1983, by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez- Trimino, assisted by Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino was consecrated on June 26, 1983 by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Bp. Martin Hill, Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bishop Martin J. Hill was consecrated, in San Francisco, on February 5, 1983, by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey and Bishop C. David Luther.
Bishop Charles David Luther was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Emesa, at the Church of All Saints in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1977, by Abp. Jerome Joachim of Albuquerque, assisted by Bp. Charles Robert McCarthy of Philadelphia, American Orthodox Catholic Church. [Abp. Jerome Joachim was not assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey, as some publications report; that misunderstanding is based on the fact of a mutual exchange of Orders between Abp. Maxey and Bp. Luther in San Francisco in 1983, of which Archbishop Denis Garrison has personal knowledge.]
Bishop Charles Robert McCarthy was consecrated as Bishop in November 1976, by Bishop Michel Staffiero of Eglise de l'Unite Catholique & Apostolique.
Bishop Michel Staffiero was consecrated, on August 22, 1972, by Bishop Giuseppe Santo Eusebio Pace of the American Orthodox Catholic Church (Italy) {during this period a representative of the American Orthodox Church was credentialed at the Vatican}.
Bishop Giuseppe Santo Eusebio Pace, on October 3, 1968, was consecrated by Bishop Milton Cunha, of the American Orthodox Church.
Bishop Milton Cunha, on June 5, 1960, was consecrated by Archbishop Carlos da Duarte Costa of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira. Bishop Milton transferred to the American Orthodox Church.
Bishop Carlos da Duarte Costa was consecrated to the episcopate of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 8, 1924, by Abp. Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra, Abp. of Rio de Janeiro. Bishop Carlos was raised to Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil of the Roman Catholic Church. Abp. Carlos became, in 1945, the founder and first Patriarch of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira and the Patriacardo do Brasil.
Bishop Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra (Oliveira Contra) (1882-1942), Titular Archbishop of Orthosia and later Metropolitan-Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, was consecrated to the episcopate by Cardinal de Albuquerque - Cavalcanti, on June 4, 1911.
Bishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque - Cavalcanti (1850-1930), Cardinal in Brazil (1905), was consecrated to the episcopate by Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, on October 26, 1890.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated, on April 13, 1985, by Patriarch Francis Ryan, assisted by Bp. Carey Presson and Bp. Joseph Ofton.
Bishop Carey Leopold Presson was consecrated on September 24, 1983, by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez- Trimino, assisted by Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino was consecrated on June 26, 1983 by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Bp. Martin Hill, Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bishop Martin J. Hill was consecrated, in San Francisco, on February 5, 1983, by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey and Bishop C. David Luther.
Bishop Charles David Luther was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Emesa, at the Church of All Saints in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1977, by Abp. Jerome Joachim of Albuquerque, assisted by Bp. Charles Robert McCarthy of Philadelphia, American Orthodox Catholic Church.
Bishop Charles Robert McCarthy was consecrated as Bishop in November 1976, by Bishop Michel Staffiero of Eglise de l'Unite Catholique & Apostolique.
Bishop Michel Staffiero was consecrated (sub conditione), on April 29, 1973, by Bishop Oscar Cairoli y Fernandez of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Independente, Patriarcardo do Brasil.
Bishop Oscar Cairoli y Fernandez was consecrated, on December 2, 1967, by Bishop Jose Marcolino Machado of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Independente, Patriarcardo do Brasil.
Bishop Jose Marcolino Machado was consecrated, on August 1, 1966, by Bishop Benedito Pereira Lima of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Independente, Patriarcardo do Brasil.
Bishop Benedito Pereira Lima was consecrated, on August 15, 1965, by Bishop Manoel Ceia Laranjeira of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Independente, Patriarcardo do Brasil.
Bishop Manoel Ceia Laranjeira was consecrated, on June 27, 1951, by Bishop Salomao Ferraz of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira.
Bishop Salomao Ferraz (Salomon Ferrez) was consecrated, on August 15, 1945, by Archbishop Carlos Duarte Costa of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira. [Bp. Salomao made his submission to Rome; he was accepted with full episcopal functions, although he was married; Pope John XXIII gave Bp. Salomao the titular See of Eleuterna. He was a participant in Vatican Council II and, on October 29, 1962, he led a discussion of the Council on the Liturgy. Pope Paul VI appointed Bp. Salomao Co-Adjutor to the Abp. of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He reposed in Christ on May 13, 1968 within the Church of Rome.]
Bishop Carlos da Duarte Costa was consecrated to the episcopate of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 8, 1924, by Abp. Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra, Abp. of Rio de Janeiro. Bishop Carlos was raised to Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil of the Roman Catholic Church. Abp. Carlos became, in 1945, the founder and first Patriarch of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira and the Patriacardo do Brasil.
Bishop Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra (Oliveira Contra) (1882-1942), Titular Archbishop of Orthosia and later Metropolitan-Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, was consecrated to the episcopate by Cardinal de Albuquerque - Cavalcanti, on June 4, 1911.
Bishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque - Cavalcanti (1850-1930), Cardinal in Brazil (1905), was consecrated to the episcopate by Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, on October 26, 1890.
Bishop Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1842-1913), Cardinal in Italy (1887), was consecrated to the episcopate by Bishop Eduard Howard (1829-1892, Cardinal in Italy), on December 8, 1882, assisted by Archbishop Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabrarella and Bishop Guilio Lenti. Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro became Vatican Secretary of State in the reign of Pope Leo XIII.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated, on April 13, 1985, by Patriarch Francis Ryan, assisted by Bp. Carey Leopold Presson and by Bp. Joseph Ofton.
Bishop Carey Leopold Presson was consecrated on September 24, 1983, by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino, assisted by Bishop Joseph Ofton and Bishop Walter Dobrzynski.
Bishop Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino was consecrated on June 26, 1983 by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Bishop Martin J. Hill, Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bishop Martin J. Hill was consecrated, in San Francisco, on February 5, 1983, by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey and Bishop C. David Luther.
Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey (Mar David I) was consecrated, in New Barnet, Hertford, England, on June 6, 1946, by Archbishop Georgius (Hugh George De Willmott Newman - Mar Georgius I), the primate of the Western Orthodox Church, known as the Glastonbury Orthodox, and several assisting Bishops.
Archbishop Georgius (Hugh George De Willmott Newman - Mar Georgius I): Much has been published on the multiple lines of apostolic succession which Abp. Georgius (De Willmott Newman) received. He planned to advance Church unity by bringing the many lines of the various Churches together in himself. The consecration certificate of Abp. David (de Ortega Maxey) issued by Abp. Georgius includes Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Syro-Jacobite, Old Catholic, Anglican, and many other lines. The Roman Catholic scholar, Yves Congar, is reported to have investigated the lines of Abp. Georgius and to have determined their validity. Just two of Abp. Georgius's lines of succession are detailed below.
A. Archbishop Georgius (De Willmott Newman) was consecrated, in England, on April 10, 1944, by Bishop William Bernard Crow; who, on June 13, 1943, was consecrated by Bishop Herbert James Monzani Heard; who, on June 4, 1922, was consecrated by Bishop Andrew Charles Albert McLaglen; who, on November 2, 1897, was consecrated by Archbishop Leon Chechemian, Archbishop of Selsey; who, on April 23, 1878, was consecrated by Archbishop Leon Chorchorunian, Archbishop of Malatia of the Armenian Catholic Church; who, on April 7, 1861, was consecrated by the Most Reverend Gregoire Pierre VIII, Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church (one of the Uniate bodies of the Roman Catholic Church).
B. Archbishop Georgius (De Willmott Newman) was consecrated, in England, on May 20, 1945, by Bishop Hedley Coward Bartlett; who, on October 18, 1931, was consecrated by Bishop William Stanley McBean Knight; who, on February 28, 1925, was consecrated by Bishop Ulric Vernon Herford; who, on August 10, 1904, in London, England, was consecrated by Bishop Count Edward Rufane Benedict Donkin, Bishop of the Holy Cross in Sicily; who, in 1899 at the Chapel of Amadeus of Savoy in Naples, Italy, was consecrated by Bishop Eduardo Sanchez y Camacho, Roman Catholic Bishop of Tamaulipas, Mexico; who, on June 29, 1880, was consecrated by Bishop Pedro Loza y Pardave of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison (who served as Coadjutor to Abp. Francis Cajetan Spataro, USA Provincial X of the Order of Corporate Reunion) was consecrated, on April 13, 1985, by Patriarch Francis Ryan, assisted by Bp. Carey Leopold Presson and by Bp. Joseph Ofton.
Bp. Francis Joseph Ryan was consecrated on December 7, 1969, at the Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection in the Bronx, New York, by Patriarch Wolodymyr I (Walter Myron) Propheta, assisted by Abp. John Christian Chiasson.
Bp. Walter (Wolodymyr I) Myron Propheta was consecrated on October 3, 1964, at the Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection in the Bronx, by Abp. Joachim Souris, assisted by Abp. Theodotus DeWitow.
Bp. Theodotus (Stanislaus Witowski) DeWitow was consecrated on November 29, 1936, in New York City, by Abp. Georgius Plummer, assisted by Abp. Ignatius Nichols and Bp. Irenaeus (Henry Van Arsdale) Parsell.
Bp. Ignatius (William Albert) Nichols (USA Provincial I of the Order of Corporate Reunion) was consecrated (sub conditione) on September 28, 1933 by Abp. Arthur William Howarth (Primate IV of the Order of Corporate Reunion), assisted by Abp. Percy Dearmer (OCR), and Abp. Friedrich Johann Heiler (Primate V of the Order of Corporate Reunion). Bp. Ignatius was enthroned on September 29, 1933 by Abp. Friedrich Heiler as the First Provincial of the United States of America of the Order of Corporate Reunion.
* Bp. Friedrich Johann Heiler (Primate V of the Order of Corporate Reunion) was consecrated sub conditione August 7, 1933 by Abp. Arthur William Howarth, assisted by Abp. Percy Dearmer.
Bp. Arthur William Howarth (Primate IV of the Order of Corporate Reunion) was consecrated June 13, 1910 by Abp. Arnold Harris Mathew, assisted by Abp. Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare and Abp. Henry Arthur Stanton (Primate II of the Order of Corporate Reunion).
* Bp. Arnold Harris Mathew (Primate III of the Order of Corporate Reunion) was consecrated November 1, 1909 by Abp. Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, assisted by Abp. Percy Dearmer and Abp. Henry Arthur Stanton (Primate II of the OCR)
* Bp. Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare was consecrated August 15, 1894 by the founding Bishops of the Order of Corporate Reunion, Bp. Thomas (Frederick Lee), Bishop of Dorchester and Pro-Provincial of Canterbury (Primate I of the Order of Corporate Reunion); Bp. Joseph (Thomas Mossman), Bishop of Selby and Provincial of York; and Bp. Laurence (John Seccombe), Bishop and Provincial of Caerleon. Bp. Percy Dearmer was consecrated on the same day by the same three Bishops.
Bp. Henry Arthur Stanton (Primate II of the Order of Corporate Reunion) was consecrated December 26, 1882 by the founding Bishops of the Order of Corporate Reunion, Bp. Thomas (Frederick Lee) of Dorchester (Primate I of the OCR); Bp. Joseph (Thomas Mossman) of Selby, and Bp. Laurence (John Seccombe) of Caerleon [whose surname is often misspelled "Seecombe"].
Bishop Frederick George Lee (Primate I of the Order of Corporate Reunion), Bishop Thomas Wimberley Mossman, and Bishop John Thomas Seccombe, the founding Bishops of the Order of Corporate Reunion, were consecrated according to the ancient Ambrosian Rite on the Feast of St. John the Baptist and Holy Fore-Runner of the Lord, June 24, 1877, in Venice, Italy, by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Venice, Patriarch Dominicus Agostino, assisted by a Byzantine Catholic Bishop, by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Milan, Italy, Luigi Nazari di Calabiana, by the Abbot-General of Ordo Mechitaristarum Venetiarum from the Island of Saint Lazarus near Venice, Archbishop Ignatios Ghiurekian, and by Vincentius Moretti, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ravenna. The three consecrands, before their consecrations, had been received into Roman Catholicism by Baptism and Confirmation, and had received Holy Orders up to and including the Sacred Presbyterate, by Archbishop Luigi Nazari di Calabiana, at the chapel of his residence in Milan.
Nota Bene: The Order of Corporate Reunion was established in 1874 to promote the restoration of the Church of England to apostolic unity with the universal Church. The Roman Catholic authority for its founding was the Patriarch of Venice, Joseph Aloysius Cardinal Trevisanato. The actual consecrations of the three Order of Corporate Reunion Bishops were authorized in May 1877 by Pope Pius IX, Bishop of Rome.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated, on April 13, 1985, by Patriarch Francis Ryan, assisted by Bp. Carey Leopold Presson and by Bp. Joseph Ofton.
Bp. Francis Joseph Ryan was consecrated on December 7, 1969, at the Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection in the Bronx, New York, by Patriarch Wolodymyr I (Walter Myron) Propheta, assisted by Abp. John Christian Chiasson.
Bp. Walter (Wolodymyr I) Myron Propheta was consecrated on October 3, 1964, at the Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection in the Bronx, by Abp. Joachim Souris, assisted by Abp. Theodotus DeWitow.
Bp. Theodotus (Stanislaus Witowski) DeWitow was consecrated on November 29, 1936, in New York City, by Abp. Georgius Plummer, assisted by Abp. Ignatius Nichols and Bp. Irenaeus (Henry Van Arsdale) Parsell.
Bp. Ignatius (William Albert) Nichols was consecrated (sub conditione) on September 28, 1933 by Abp. Arthur William Howarth, assisted by Abp. Percy Dearmer and Abp. Friedrich Johann Heiler.
Bp. Arthur William Howarth was consecrated June 13, 1910 by Abp. Arnold Harris Mathew, assisted by Abp. Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare and Abp. Henry Arthur Stanton.
Bp. Arnold Harris Mathew was consecrated as Regionary Old Catholic Archbishop of Britain on April 28, 1908 by Abp. Gerardus Gul, Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Abp. Gerard Gul was consecrated May 11, 1892 by Bp. Gaspard John Rinkel, Bishop of Haarlem.
Bp. Gaspard John Rinkel was consecrated August 11, 1873 by Bp. Herman Keykamp, Bishop of Deventer.
Abp. Herman Keykamp was consecrated November 13, 1825 by Abp. John van Santen, Archbishop of Utrecht.
Abp. John van Santen was consecrated April 25, 1819 by Bp. John Bon, Bishop of Haarlem.
Bp. John Bon was consecrated April 24, 1814 by Abp. Willibrord van Os, Archbishop of Utrecht.
Abp. Willibrord van Os was consecrated November 7, 1805, by Bp. Gisbert de Jong, Bishop of Deventor.
Bp. Gisbert de Jong was consecrated July 5, 1797 by Abp. John James van Rhijn, Archbishop of Utrecht.
Abp. John James van Rhijn was consecrated June 21, 1778 by Bp. Adrian Brockman, Bishop of Haarlem.
Bp. Adrian Brockman was consecrated February 7, 1768 by Abp. Walter Michael van Niewenbuizen, Archbishop of Utrecht.
Abp. Walter Michael van Niewenbuizen was consecrated July 11, 1745 by Bp. John van Spithout, Bishop of Haarlem.
Bp. John van Spithout was consecrated October 17, 1739 by Bp. Peter John Meindaerts, Bishop of Utrecht.
Bp. Peter John Meindaerts was consecrated as Bishop of Utrecht on February 12, 1739 by Bp. Dominic M. Varlet, Bishop of Ascalon, in response to the appeals of the Chapter of Utrecht. [Bp. Peter was one of several priests ordained by Bishop Luke Fagan of Meath in Ireland (afterwards, Archbishop of Dublin), in order to sustain the Ancient Church of the Netherlands founded in the 7th century by Saint Willibrord. By his consecration, the apostolic succession was perpetuated in Holland.]
Bp. Dominic M. Varlet was consecrated as Bishop of Ascalon (in partibus) and coadjutor to the Bishop of Babylon, Persia, in 1693, by Bp. James Goyon de Matignon, Bishop of Condon, by order of Pope Clement XI. Bp. Dominic retired to Holland and reposed at the Cistercian Abbey of Rhijnwick.
Bp. James Goyon de Matignon, the son of the Count de Thorigny, was consecrated as Bishop of Condon in 1671 in the Church of Chartreuse of Paris, by Bp. James Benigne Bissuet, Bishop of Meaux. Bp. James Goyon de Matignon was the Honorary Vicar of St. Victor in Paris.
Bp. James Benigne Bissuet (The Eagle of Meaux), the Illustrious, was consecrated as Bishop of Condon on November 12, 1668 in the Church of the Cordeliers, Pontiose, by Abp. Charles Maurice Letellier, Archbishop of Rheims. Bp. James Bissuet was transferred to the See of Meaux on September 21, 1670 by Pope Clement X.
Abp. Charles Maurice Letellier, the son of the Grand Chancellor of France, who succeeded the Archbishop of Rheims, was consecrated in 1657 by Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Archbishop of Rheims, in the Church of the Sorbonne in Paris, France.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated, on April 13, 1985, by Patriarch Francis Ryan, assisted by Bp. Carey Presson and Bp. Joseph Ofton.
Bishop Carey Leopold Presson was consecrated on September 24, 1983, by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez- Trimino, assisted by Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino was consecrated on June 26, 1983 by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Bp. Martin Hill, Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski.
Bishop Martin J. Hill was consecrated, in San Francisco, on February 5, 1983, by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey and Bishop C. David Luther.
Bishop Charles David Luther was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Emesa, at the Church of All Saints in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1977, by Abp. Jerome Joachim of Albuquerque, assisted by Bp. Charles Robert McCarthy of Philadelphia, American Orthodox Catholic Church.
Bishop Charles Robert McCarthy was consecrated, at Cite de Marie, Mirabel, Canada, on April 30, 1977, by Abp. Rainer Laufers of the Old Holy Catholic Church in Canada, assisted by Abp. Andre I Barbeau, Catholic Charismatic Patriarch - Prime Archbishop of Canada, Abp. Andre LeTellier, Bishop Patrick J. Healy of Philadelphia, and Bishop Jean Marie Breault.
Archbishop Andre I (Leon Zotique) Barbeau was consecrated by Abp. Ignatius Carolus of Danum (Charles Brearley) of the Old Holy Catholic Church, at the Pro-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cite de Marie, Mirabel, Canada, on May 14, 1968.
* Abp. Ignatius Carolus of Danum (Charles Brearley) was consecrated on June 16, 1957, by Archbishop Prince Alessandro Licastro de la Chastre Grimaldi-Lascaris. Archbishop Prince Alessandro Licastro de la Chastre Grimaldi-Lascaris (Prince de Deols, Marziano II, the Basileus of Constantinople and of All the Christian Orient, the lawful 269th Roman Emperor, successor to Augustus Caesar and Constantine the Great) was consecrated on November 18, 1956 by Abp. Jan Frederick Nico Blom Van Assendelft-Altland. Abp. Jan Frederick Nico Blom Van Assendelft-Altland was consecrated in April 1947 by Abp. Herman Philippus Abbinga of the Eastern Apostolic Episcopal Church; and was consecrated (sub conditione) on January 25, 1953 by Abp. Josef Maria Thiesen of the Alt Rφmisch Katholische Kirche (Old Roman Catholic Church); and was consecrated (sub conditione) as Amba Marcos, Archbishop for Europe of the Coptic Orthodox Church, on June 2, 1974 by Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, assisted by 17 Coptic Bishops.
Abp. Andre was consecrated (sub conditione) by Abp. Robert Schuyler Zeiger of the American Orthodox Catholic Church, assisted by Bp. Gordon Albert Da Costa, on August 8, 1976. Abp. Robert Schuyler Zeiger was consecrated by Abp. Peter A. Zhurawetsky of the Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of the Americas, on July 1, 1961.
Abp. Andre was consecrated (sub conditione) by Abp. Josef Maria Thiesen of the Alt Rφmisch Katholische Kirche (Old Roman Catholic Church), in Germany, on August 19, 1976. Abp. Andre was consecrated (sub conditione) by Abp. Jacques de Aurata Pellis (George Bellemare) at the Pro-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mirabel, Canada, on December 12, 1976. Abp. Andre was consecrated (sub conditione) by Bp. Patrick McReynolds, assisted by Bp. Andre Letellier and Jacques LeTellier, on May 25, 1980.
* Bp. Patrick McReynolds was consecrated by Abp. Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski of American World Patriarchs in the Bronx, New York on November 26, 1976. Abp. Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski was consecrated by Abp. Walter Myron Propheta of the American Orthodox Catholic Church, assisted by Abp. Peter A. Zhurawetsky, Bp. Christopher M. Cragg, Bp. Leonard Hill, and Bp. William O'Neil on September 20, 1965.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated on April 13, 1985 at Saint Francis Church in New York City, New York, as Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland for the Mid-Atlantic Province, by Patriarch Francis Joseph Ryan, assisted by Bishop Joseph Ofton and Bishop Carey Leopold Presson.
Bishop Joseph (Jozef) Ofton was consecrated on June 25, 1977 at the Church of the Holy Cross in New York City, New York, for the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite, by Metr. Francis Joseph Ryan, assisted by Bishop James Edward Burns and Bishop Bennett Holmes Dayhoff.
Bishop James Edward Burns was consecrated on January 21, 1967, by Archbishop Hubert Augustus Rogers, assisted by Metr. Walter Myron Propheta, Primate V of the American Orthodox Church, and by Metropolitan Andrei (William Andrew) Prazsky, the Metropolitan Archbishop in Canada of the Autocephalous Slavonic Orthodox Church (In Exile).
Archbishop Hubert Augustus Rogers was consecrated on November 7, 1937, by Abp. William Ernest James Robertson (Mar James I), Primate II of the African Orthodox Church, assisted by Bishop Edmund Robert Bennett and Bishop Robert Asbury Jackson.
Archbishop William Ernest James Robertson was consecrated on November 18, 1923, at the Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd in New York City, New York, by Abp. George Alexander McGuire (Patriarch Alexander I), Primate I of the African Orthodox Church, assisted by Bishop Frederick Ebenezer John Lloyd of the American Catholic Church. William Robertson had been ordained to the priesthood on September 27, 1921, at the Church of Our Lady of Good Death in Chicago, Illinois, by Mar Timotheos (Abp. Joseph Rene Vilatte) of the American Catholic Church.
* Archbishop Frederick Ebenezer John Lloyd, who in 1886 was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church, was re-ordained by Mar Timotheos (Abp. Joseph Vilatte) to the priesthood on June 20, 1915; further, he was consecrated to the episcopacy for the American Catholic Church, on December 29, 1915, by Mar Timotheos assisted by Bishop Paolo M. Gulotti. Abp. Frederick E. J. Lloyd succeeded as Primate II of the American Catholic Church when Mar Timotheos, Primate I, retired in 1920.
Archbishop George Alexander McGuire, who had been re-ordained by Mar Timotheos (Abp. Joseph Vilatte) to the priesthood on September 27, 1921, at the Church of Our Lady of Good Death in Chicago, Illinois, was consecrated to the episcopacy on September 28, 1921, by Mar Timotheos, assisted by Bishop Carl A. Nybladh. In 1924, Abp. George Alexander McGuire became Primate I of the African Orthodox Church, as Patriarch Alexander I; and at his death in 1934, he was succeeded as Primate by Abp. William Robertson. The African Orthodox Church had been formed on September 2, 1921, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in New York City, New York, by a group of independent black clergy; one of them, Father George McGuire, had been an Episcopal priest with the Protestant Episcopal Church and with the Reformed Episcopal Church. Mar Timotheos, Primate I of the American Catholic Church, brought the group into the apostolic and universal Church.
Archbishop Joseph Rene Vilatte, who on June 7, 1885, in Switzerland, was ordained as an Old Catholic priest by Abp. Eduard Herzog of Christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz (Old Catholic Church of Switzerland), began an Old Catholic mission in Wisconsin, in the United States of America. Joseph Rene Vilatte was consecrated on May 29, 1892 in Ceylon (Sri-Lanka) by Mar Julius I (Antonio Francis Xavier Alvarez) of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Paulose Mar Athanasius (Paulose Kadavil Kooran), and Geevarghese Mar Gregorious (Geevarghese Chathuruthil Pallathitta). Archbishop Joseph took the title of Mar Timotheos, Archbishop-Exarch of North America for the American Catholic Church. Abp. Joseph Vilatte incorporated the American Catholic Church in Illinois, in the United States of America, in 1915; he was Primate I of the American Catholic Church; he was succeeded at his retirement in 1920 by Archbishop Frederick E. J. Lloyd, Primate II.
This Line of Succession of Archeveque Rene Bergeron de Quebec is included in these Annexes because, as the first Bishop consecrated by Archbishop Denis Garrison, Archeveque Rene received a new Line of Succession from one of the assisting Bishops, Bishop James Chester Bryan of the Western Orthodox Church in America. Archeveque Rene and Bishop Carey Leopold Presson assisted Archbishop Denis Garrison in consecrating four Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Church Bishops in 1987, and then those Bishops thereafter assisted in the subsequent consecrations for the Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Church. Thus, this Line of Succession of Archeveque Rene's has been passed on to all Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Church Bishops.
Archbishop Rene Bergeron of Beauport, Quebec, Canada, was consecrated as Canadian Orthodox Catholic Bishop of Quebec (Eveque de Quebec) and Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Church Exarch for Canada, at Saint Nicholas Orthodox Catholic Church in Baltimore (Eldersburg), Maryland, on April 6, 1986, by Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison, the Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland and EOCC Primate II, AOC Primate VIII, assisted by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson of the Western Orthodox Catholic Church and Bishop James Chester Bryan of Des Plaines, of the Western Orthodox Church in America.
* The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Michel Garrison was consecrated on April 13, 1985 by Patriarch Francis Joseph Ryan, assisted by Bishop Joseph Ofton and Bishop Carey Leopold Presson. All the Lines in the Annexes of Apostolic Succession of Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison, therefore, were passed on to Archbishop Rene Bergeron.
Bishop James Chester Bryan was consecrated as Bishop of Des Plaines of the Western Orthodox Church in America, in Des Plaines, Illinois, on June 16, 1985, by Abp. James Franklin Seraphim Mondok of the Western Orthodox Church in America, assisted by Bishop Charles Robert Voelker of the Western Orthodox Church in America, and Bishop Robert William Emerus King, Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver, B.C., Canada of the Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada.
Archbishop James Franklin Seraphim Mondok was consecrated as Bishop of Euclid, Ohio of the Western Orthodox Church in America, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 1984, by Abp. Charles David Luther of the Western Orthodox Church in America, assisted by Bishop Peter Paul Brennan of the Ecumenical Diocese of Long Island (NY) and Abp. Alan M. Bain of the Independent Catholic Church Federation (England).
* Archbishop Alan Maxwell Bain of the Independent Catholic Church Federation (England) was consecrated on May 28, 1983, in London, England, by Abp. Nils Bertil Alexander Persson of the Apostolic Episcopal Church, Sweden.
* Abp. Nils Bertil Alexander Persson of the Apostolic Episcopal Church, Sweden was consecrated by Abp. Perry Nikolaus Cedarholm on December 12, 1971.
* Abp. Perry Nikolaus Cedarholm was consecrated by Abp. John Chrysostom More-Moreno of the American Orthodox Church on December 6, 1949.
* Abp. John Chrysostom More-Moreno of the American Orthodox Church was consecrated in November 1933 by Bp. Sophronios Bishara of the American Orthodox Church.
* Bishop Sophronios Bishara was consecrated as the American Orthodox Bishop of Los Angeles and the West on May 26, 1928, in New York City, by Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh, the first primate of the American Orthodox Church, assisted by Bp. Emmanuel Abouhatab and by His Eminence, Elias II, Metropolitan of Tyre and Sidon of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East.
Bishop Robert William Emerus King was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver, B.C., Canada of the Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada, in San Diego, California, on June 18, 1984, by Abp. Walter G. Allard, Archbishop of Vancouver, B.C., Andre I Barbeau, Catholic Charismatic Patriarch - Prime Archbishop of Canada, and Abp. Andre LeTellier, Coadjutor-Archbishop.
Archbishop Andre I (Leon Zotique) Barbeau was consecrated by Abp. Ignatius Carolus of Danum (Charles Brearley) of the Old Holy Catholic Church, at the Pro-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cite de Marie, Mirabel, Canada, on May 14, 1968; who was consecrated on June 16, 1957, by Archbishop Prince Alessandro Licastro de la Chastre Grimaldi-Lascaris (Prince de Deols, Marziano II, the Basileus of Constantinople and of All the Christian Orient, the lawful 269th Roman Emperor, the successor to Augustus Caesar and Constantine the Great); who was consecrated on November 18, 1956 by Abp. Jan Frederick Nico Blom Van Assendelft-Altland; who was consecrated in April 1947 by Abp. Herman Philippus Abbinga of the Eastern Apostolic Episcopal Church, and was consecrated (sub conditione) on January 25, 1953 by Abp. Josef Maria Thiesenof the Alt Rφmisch Katholische Kirche (Old Roman Catholic Church), and was consecrated (sub conditione) as Amba Marcos, Archbishop for Europe of the Coptic Orthodox Church, on June 2, 1974 by Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, assisted by 17 Coptic Bishops.
1986 RENE BERGERON At Saint Nicholas Orthodox Catholic Church in Baltimore (Eldersburg), Maryland, on April 6, 1986, assisted by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson of the Western Orthodox Catholic Church and Bishop James Chester Bryan of the Western Orthodox Church in America, Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison, the Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, consecrated Rene Bergeron of Beauport, Quebec as Canadian Orthodox Catholic Bishop of Quebec (Eveque de Quebec) and as the Exarch for Canada. Bishop Rene was elevated to the archiepiscopal dignity by the Decree of Canadian Autocephaly on May 24, 1987 and was invested with the Pallium and installed by the Holy Synod at St. Mary's Mission in Wilmington, Delaware of St. Nicholas Orthodox Catholic Church, on June 13, 1987, as Canadian Orthodox Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Quebec and Apostolic Primate (Archeveque de Quebec et Primat Apostolique) of the Church in Canada, Eglise Ecumenique Orthodoxe Occidentale au Canada, which had been the Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Church's Canadian Dependency. L'Eglise Ecumenique Orthodoxe Occidentale au Canada became autocephalous and independent of the Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Church in 1987. The Canadian Parliament granted a corporate charter to L'Eglise Ecumenique Orthodoxe Occidentale au Canada [EEOOC] (Western Ecumenical Orthodox Church in Canada), taking into consideration that we had had a Bishop of Montreal, Bishop Emmanuel (Rizkallah) Abouhatab (Abo-Hatab), in September 11, 1927, which fulfilled the Canadian requirement for 25 years existence prior to chartering. On June 26, 1990,
Abp. Rene chartered under the EEOOC a new ministry, L'Ordre Oecumenique des Pretres Ouvriers Catholique Orthodoxe Occidental au Quebec [OOPOCOOQ] (The Western Ecumenical Order of Working Priests Catholic Orthodox in Quebec), to which the Government of Quebec granted a corporate charter on October 30, 1990 (au libro D-34, folio 75).
1986 STANLEY J. ANJULIS, JR. At Saint Nicholas Orthodox Catholic Church in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 6, 1986, assisted by Bishop Carey Presson and Bishop James Bryan, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Stanley J. Anjulis, Jr. as Titular Bishop of Mamre and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore.
1987 PAUL VINCENT DOLAN At Saint Mary's Mission of Saint Nicholas Orthodox Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 13, 1987, assisted by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson and Abp. Rene Bergeron, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Paul Vincent Dolan as Bishop of Norfolk, Virginia and Ordinary for the Chaplaincy.
1987 JOSEPH MARY ROLAND DUBOIS At Saint Mary's Mission in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 13, 1987, assisted by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson and Abp. Rene Bergeron, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Joseph Roland DuBois as Bishop of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
1987 FLOYD WILSON MARY VLADIMIR II SEHORN At Saint Mary's Mission in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 13, 1987, assisted by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson and Abp. Rene Bergeron, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Floyd Wilson (Vladimir II) Sehorn as Titular Bishop of Hebron and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore.
In 1994 Bishop Sehorn consecrated Bishop Louis N. Bernhardt ( see above ).
1987 PAUL JOHN BENTLEY At Saint Mary's Mission of Saint Nicholas Orthodox Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 13, 1987, assisted by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson and Abp. Rene Bergeron, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Paul John Bentley as Titular Bishop of Beersheba and Canadian Orthodox Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec, Canada of l'Eglise Ecumenique Orthodoxe Occidentale au Canada; he reposed in Christ on December 10, 1996.
1987 ALBERT FRANKLIN ROSEVICH (ALEXIS MARY ROZEWICZ) At Saint Mary's Mission in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 26, 1987, assisted by Bishop Paul Vincent Dolan, Bishop Wolodymyr Wilson Sehorn, and Bishop Joseph DuBois, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Albert Franklin (Alexis Rozewicz) Rosevich as Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware. Abp. Alexis reposed in Christ on October 2, 1999.
1988 STEVEN M. SERAPHIM HOLDRIDGE At the Orthodox Church of St. Mary in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 4, 1988, Archbishop Denis Garrison, along with Bishop Wolodymyr Sehorn and Bishop Alexis Rozewicz, assisted Bishop Paul Vincent Dolan in consecrating (sub conditione) Steven M. (Stephanos, Seraphim) Holdridge as Alexandrian Orthodox Bishop of Denver, Colorado and Eparch of Central America.
1988 HARRY C. GREGORY MARY ARMSTRONG At the Orthodox Church of Saint Mary in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 4, 1988, assisted by Bishop Wolodymyr Sehorn, Bishop Alexis Rozewicz, Bishop Paul Dolan, Bishop Carey Presson, and Bishop Seraphim Holdridge, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated the monk Harry C. (Gregory) Armstrong as Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio.
1989 NO CONSECRATIONS.
1990 DONALD J. BUTTENBUSCH At the Chapel of Saint Jude the Apostle in Philadelphia, on September 22, 1990, Archbishop Denis Garrison, along with Abp. Alexis Rozewicz, Abp. Paul Dolan, and the Catholic Apostolic Bishop Jose Juan Villegas, assisted Metr. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino, Archbishop of New York of Catholic Apostolic Church in North America, in consecrating Donald J. Buttenbusch Auxiliary Bishop of New York and Vicar to Metr. Justo for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Catholic Apostolic Church in North America [CACINA] (in Portugese, Igreja Catolica Apostolica Norteamericana) is the United States of America Church of the National Catholic Apostolic Churches, Patriarchate of Brazil (Igreja Catolica Apostolica Nacionais, Patriarcardo do Brasil).
1991 DANIEL MICHAEL MARY MARTINAT At the Orthodox Church of the Blessed Theotokos in Columbia, South Carolina, on December 14, 1991, assisted by Archbishop Vladimir Wilson Sehorn of Columbia, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Daniel Michael Martinat as Bishop of Hickory, North Carolina.
1992 OPTAT BEHANZIN Archbishop Denis Garrison, as International Exarch of the American Orthodox World Missions, on March 6, 1992, mandated the consecration of Monsieur le Tres Reverend Pere Optat Behanzin, the Pastor of Paroisse Archange Saint Michel in Porto Novo, Republique du Benin and Archbishop-elect, to the episcopacy, and further mandated his immediate elevation to the archiepiscopacy as Archeveque de Porto Novo et Primat Apostolique, and his enthronement as Apostolic Primate for the Archdiocese of Porto Novo, the Primatial See of L'Eglise Catholique Orthodoxe du Benin. Paroisse Archange Saint Michel of the Orthodox Catholic Church of Benin was chartered by Archbishop Denis as a Mission of the American Orthodox World Missions on November 8, 1991, and its Pastor, the Very Reverend Father Optat Behanzin, was later elected to the episcopacy by the North American Holy Synod. The mandate for the episcopal consecration of Father Optat Behanzin was carried out immediately thereafter, in 1992, by Archbishop Denis' Exarch for Central and West Africa, Primate II of the Orthodox Catholic Church, Nigeria, Abp. Jonathan Dikie-Dikienwah Abour-Okoh, Abp. of Lagos, Bp. Thomas Okolo of Asaba, and other Bishops of the OCCN. Abp. Optat Behanzin was, in 1996, receiving assistance from His Holiness, Parthenios III, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa. [See the additional entry for Abp. Optat in 1997.] (Bp. Thomas Okolo reposed in Christ in December 1995.)
1993 PATRICK C. TAYLOR At Saint Jude Archepiscopal Chapel (a parish of the Catholic Charismatic Church) in Gorham, New Hampshire, on November 20, 1993, Archbishop Denis Garrison and Abp. Paul Vincent Dolan assisted Abp. Michael (J. Paul A. Boucher, D.D.), the Archbishop of New England of the Catholic Charismatic Church, in consecrating Patrick C. Taylor as the Bishop and Ordinary of the Society of the Virgin Mary, a Community of Traditional Roman Catholic Priests.
1994 PETER JEFFREY STERLING At the Orthodox Church of Saint Mary in Wilmington, Delaware, on October 16, 1994, Archbishop Denis Garrison, along with Abp. Paul Vincent Dolan, assisted Metropolitan Alexis Rozewicz in consecrating (sub conditione) Peter Jeffrey Sterling of Laurence Harbor, New Jersey, as the Byzantine Orthodox Catholic Residential Bishop of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania for the Byzantine Orthodox Ecclesiastical Community.
1995 ANTONY JOSEPH EPAPHRAS At the Orthodox Chapel of Our Lady of the Dormition in Trenton, New Jersey, on July 23, 1995, assisted by Abp. Paul Vincent Dolan of Philadelphia and Bishop L. Sylvester Young of the African Orthodox Church, Metr. Alexis Rozewicz of Wilmington, Delaware, Metropolitan of the Byzantine Orthodox Ecclesiastical Community, consecrated Antony Joseph Epaphras of Manchester, New Hampshire, as the Bishop for India and Southeast Asia for the Byzantine Orthodox Ecclesiastical Community. Archbishop Denis Garrison did not take part in this consecration, although he had intended and expected to do so, because he was detained in Baltimore by illness; but Archbishop Denis fully recognizes Bishop Antony as a bishop in his own line of succession.
1995 EUGENE DUANE ANDREW KYLE At the Orthodox Church of Saint Mary in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 3, 1995, assisted by Abp. Paul Vincent Dolan of Philadelphia and by Metr. Alexis Rozewicz of Wilmington, Delaware, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Eugene Duane Andrew Kyle of Stafford, Virginia, as the Celtic Orthodox Catholic Bishop of Stafford, Virginia.
1996 NO CONSECRATIONS.
NO CONSECRATIONS.
1999 DAVID EDWIN PRESTRIDGE At Saint Patrick's Parish, Oratory of Saint Herman, in Monkton, Maryland, on June 5, 1999, assisted by Archbishop Paul Vincent Dolan of Norfolk, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated David Edwin Prestridge, Pastor of Saint Hippolytus Parish in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as the Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore and Vicar of the South, for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland.
1999 WILLIAM LOUIS SHEDRICK, JR. At Saint Patrick's Parish, Oratory of Saint Herman, in Monkton, Maryland, on June 6, 1999, assisted by Archbishop Paul Vincent Dolan of Norfolk and Bishop David Edwin Prestridge of Baltimore, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated William Louis Shedrick, Jr. as Bishop of Los Angeles, California for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
1999 THOMAS PATRICK MURRAY At Saint Patrick's Parish, Oratory of Saint Herman, in Monkton, Maryland, on June 6, 1999, assisted by Archbishop Paul Vincent Dolan of Norfolk and Bishop David Edwin Prestridge of Baltimore, Archbishop Denis
Garrison consecrated Thomas Patrick Murray as Bishop of Lansing, Michigan for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
1999 MICHAEL THEODORE FISCHER At Saint Patrick's Parish, Oratory of Saint Herman, in Monkton, Maryland, on June 6, 1999, assisted by Archbishop Paul Vincent Dolan of Norfolk and Bishop David Edwin Prestridge of Baltimore, Archbishop Denis Garrison consecrated Michael Theodore Fischer as Bishop of Elizabethtown, Kentucky for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
2000 NO CONSECRATIONS.
2001 KIRK PAUL MASON At Saint Innocent's Parish in Auburn, Pennsylvania, on February 18, 2001, Bishop Paul Vincent Dolan of Johnstown, Pennsylvania consecrated Kirk Paul Mason as Bishop of Syracuse, New York. On April 22, 2001, at Saint Patrick's Parish in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison, assisted by Bishop Paul Vincent Dolan, conditionally re-consecrated Kirk Paul Mason as Bishop of Syracuse. Bishop Kirk now serves as an Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore.
2001 ROBERT H. MARTIN On April 22, 2001, at Saint Patrick's Parish in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison, assisted by Bishop Paul Vincent Dolan and Bishop Kirk Paul Mason, consecrated Robert H. Martin as Bishop of Minoa, New York. Bishop Robert now serves as an Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore.
2001 ROBERT CYPRIAN WILLIAM SMITH On May 19, 2001, at Saint Paul Parish in Minoa, New York, Bishop Kirk Paul Mason of Syracuse, assisted by Bishop Robert H. Martin of Minoa, consecrated Father Robert William Smith of Burlington, Ontario, Canada as Bishop Cyprian William of Burlington. Archbishop Denis Garrison did not take part in this consecration, although he had mandated it, because he was detained in Baltimore; but Archbishop Denis fully recognizes Bishop Cyprian William Smith as a bishop in his own line of succession.
2002 BYRON STROTHER BRANHAM At Saint Patrick's Parish, Oratory of Saint Herman, in Monkton, Maryland, on January 19, 2002, Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison, with the approval and the mandate of the Holy Synod, consecrated Byron Strother Branham as Bishop of Kernersville, North Carolina.
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