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Apostolic Succession LinesThese are my lines of apostolic succession. I include them here for historical
purposes, not to establish a doctrinal position which would deny the validity of the ministerial orders of those who have
not been ordained into the "traditional" apostolic succession/historic episcopate. My position on succession remains.
My spiritual ancestors also include the Anabaptists and their spiritual kin from the most ancient churches
all down through the centuries who were almost persecuted out of existence by Catholics and Magisterial Protestants. They
are martyrs and heroes of the faith, and I proudly include them in my lines of apostolic succession--true apostolic succession
being an adherence to the apostolic faith as taught by Jesus Christ and the apostles and found in sacred scripture.
FIRST LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Roman - Old Catholic Succession
St. Peter the Apostle
-- to 64 A.D. St. Linus -- 67 to 76 St. Anacletus -- 76 to 91 St. Clement I -- 91 to 101 St. Evaristus --
100 to 109 St. Alexander I -- 109 to 116 St. Sixtus I -- 116 to 125 St. Telesphorus -- 125 to 136 St. Hyginus
-- 138 to 140 St. Pius I -- 140 to 155 St. Anicetus -- 155 to 166 St. Soter -- 166 to 174 St. Eleutherius
-- 174 to 189 St. Victor I -- 189 to 198 St. Zephyrinus -- 198 to 217 St. Callistus I -- 217 to 222 St. Urban
I -- 222 to 230 St. Pontian -- July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235 St. Anterus -- Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236 St. Fabian
-- Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20, 250 St. Cornelius -- Mar. 251 to June 253 St. Lucius I -- June 25, 253 to March 5, 254
St. Stephen I -- May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257 St. Sixtus II -- Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258 St. Dionysius -- July
22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268 St. Felix I -- Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274 St. Eutychian -- Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283 St.
Caius -- Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296 St. Marcellinus -- June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304 St. Marcellus I -- May 27, 306
to Jan. 16, 308 St. Eusebius -- Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310 St. Miltiades -- July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314 St.
Silvester -- Jan. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335 St. Mark -- Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336 St. Julius I -- Feb. 6, 337 to Apr.
12, 352 St. Liberius -- May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366 St. Damasus -- Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384 St. Siricius --
Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399 St. Anastasius I -- Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19, 401 St. Innocent I -- Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12,
417 St. Zosimus -- Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418 St. Boniface I -- Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422 St. Celestine I
-- Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432 St. Sixtus III -- July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440 St. Leo I "The Great" -- Sept. 29,
440 to Nov. 10, 461 St. Hilarus -- Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468 St. Simplicius -- Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483 St.
Felix III -- Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492 St. Gelasius I -- Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496 Anastasius II -- Nov. 24, 496
to Nov. 19, 498 St. Symmachus -- Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514 St. Hormisdas -- July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523 St.
John I -- Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526 St. Felix IV -- July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530 Boniface II -- Sept. 22, 530 to
Oct. 17, 532 St. John II -- Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535 St. Agapitus I -- May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536 St. Silverius
-- June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537 Vigilius -- Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555 Pelagius I -- Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561 John
III -- July 17, 561 to July 13, 574 Benedict I -- June 2, 575 to July 30, 579 Pelagius II -- Nov. 26, 579 to Feb.
7, 590 St. Gregory I "The Great" -- Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604 Sabinianus -- Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606 Boniface
III -- Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607 St. Boniface IV -- Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615 St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) -- Oct. 19,
615 to Nov. 8, 618 Boniface V -- Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625 Honorius I -- Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638 Severinus
-- May 28 to Aug. 2, 640 John IV -- Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642 Theodore I -- Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649 St.
Martin I -- July 649 to May 14, 653 St. Eugenius I -- Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657 St. Vitalian -- July 30, 657 to
Jan. 27, 672 Adeodatus II -- Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676 Donus -- Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678 St. Leo II -- Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683 St. Benedict II -- June 26, 684 to May 8, 685
John V -- July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686 Conon -- Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687 St. Sergius I -- Dec. 15, 687 to
Sept. 8, 701 John VI -- Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705 John VII -- Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707 Sissinius -- Jan.
15 to Feb. 4, 708 Constantine -- Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715 St. Gregory II -- May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731 St.
Gregory III -- Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741 St. Zacharias -- Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752 Stephen II -- Mar. 26, 752 to
Apr. 26, 757 St. Paul I -- 29 May 757 to June 28, 767 Stephen III -- Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772 Adrian I -- Feb.
1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795 St. Leo III -- Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816 Stephen IV -- June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817 St.
Paschal I -- Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824 Eugenius II -- Feb. 824 to Aug. 827 Valentine -- Aug. 827 to Sept. 827 Gregory
IV -- 827 to Jan. 844 Sergius II -- Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847 St. Leo IV --Jan. 847 to July 17, 855 Benedict III
-- July 855 to Apr. 17, 858 St. Nicholas I -- Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867 Adrian II -- Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872
John VIII -- Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882 Marinus I -- Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884 St. Adrian III -- May 17, 884
to Sept. 885 Stephen V -- Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891 Formosus -- Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896 Boniface VI -- Apr.
896 to Apr. 896 Stephen VI -- May 896 to Aug. 897 Romanus -- Aug. 897 to Nov. 897 Theodore II -- Dec. 897 John
IX -- Jan. 898 to Jan. 900 Benedict IV -- Jan. 900 to July 903 Leo V -- July 903 to Sept. 903 Sergius III -- Jan.
29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911 Anastasius III -- Apr. 911 to June 913 Lando -- July 913 to Feb. 914 John X -- Mar. 914
to May 928 Leo VI -- May 928 to Dec. 928 Stephen VII -- Dec. 928 to Feb. 931 John XI -- Feb. 931 to Dec. 935 Leo
VII -- Jan. 936 to July 13, 939 Stephen VIII -- July 14, 939 to Oct. 942 Marinus II -- Oct. 30, 942 to May 946 Agapetus
II -- May 10, 946 to Dec. 955 John XII -- Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964 Leo VIII -- Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965 Benedict
V -- May 22, 964 to July 4, 966 John XIII -- Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972 Benedict VI -- Jan. 19, 973 to June 974 Benedict
VII -- Oct. 974 to July 10, 983 John XIV -- Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984 John XV -- Aug. 985 to March 996 Gregory
V -- May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999 Sylvester II -- Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003 John XVII -- June 1003 to Dec. 1003 John
XVIII -- Jan. 1004 to July 1009 Sergius IV -- July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012 Benedict VIII -- May 18, 1012 to Apr.
9, 1024 John XIX -- Apr. 1024 to 1032 Benedict IX -- 1032 to 1044 Sylvester III -- Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045
Gregory VI -- May 5, 1045 to Feb. 1046 Clement II -- Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047 Damasus II -- July 17, 1048
to Aug. 9,1048 St. Leo IX -- Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054 Victor II -- Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057 Stephen
IX -- Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058 Nicholas II -- Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061 Alexander II -- Oct. 1, 1061 to
Apr. 21, 1073 St. Gregory VII -- Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085 Blessed Victor III -- May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087
Blessed Urban II -- Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099 Paschal II -- Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118 Gelasiur II --
Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119 Callistus II -- Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124 Honorius II -- Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb.
13, 1130 Innocent II -- Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143 Celestine II -- Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144 Lucius
II -- Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145 Blessed Eugenius III -- Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153 Anastasius IV -- July 12,
1153 to Dec. 3, 1154 Adrian IV -- Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159 Alexander III -- Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181 Lucius
III -- Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185 Urban III -- Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20 1187 Gregory VIII -- Oct. 21, 1187 to
Dec. 17, 1187 Clement III -- Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191 Celestine III -- Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198 Innocent
III -- Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216 Honorius III -- July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227 Gregory IX -- Mar. 19, 1227 to
Aug. 22, 1241 Celestine IV -- Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1251 Innocent IV -- June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254 Alexander
IV -- Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261 Urban IV -- Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264 Clement IV -- Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29,
1268 Blessed Gregory X -- Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276 Blessed Innocent V -- Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276 Adrian
V -- July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276 John XXI -- Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277 Nicholas III -- Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug.
22, 1280 Martin IV -- Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285 Honorius IV -- Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287 Nicholas IV --
Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 4, 1292 St. Celestine V (resigned) -- July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294 Boniface VIII -- Dec. 24,
1294 to Oct. 11, 1303 Blessed Benedict XI -- Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304 Clement V -- June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314
John XXII -- Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334 Nicholas V -- May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330 Benedict XII -- Dec. 20,
1334 to Apr. 25, 1342 Clement VI -- May 7, 1342 to Dec. 6, 1352 Innocent VI -- Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362 Blessed
Urban V -- Sept. 28,1362 to Dec. 19, 1370 Gregory XI --Dec. 30, 1370 to Mar. 26, 1378 Urban VI -- April 8, 1378 to
Oct.15, 1389 Boniface IX -- Nov.2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404 Innnocent VII -- Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov.6,1406 Gregory XII
-- Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415 Martin V -- Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431 Eugenius IV -- Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb. 23,
1447 Nicholas V -- Mar. 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455 Callistus III -- Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug. 6, 1458 Pius II -- Aug.19,
1458 to Aug. 15, 1464 Paul II -- Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471 Sixtus IV -- Aug. 9, 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484 Innocent
VIII -- Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492 Alexander VI -- Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503 Pius III -- Sept. 22, 1503 to
Oct. 18, 1503 Julius II -- Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513 Leo X -- Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521 Adrian VI -- Jan.
9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523 Clement VII -- Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534 Paul III -- Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov. 10, 1549
Julius III -- Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555 Marcellus II -- Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555 Paul IV -- May 23, 1555
to Aug. 18, 1559 Pius IV -- Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565 St. Pius V -- Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572 Gregory XIII
-- May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585 Sixtus V -- Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590 Urban VII -- Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept. 27,
1590 Gregory XIV -- Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591 Innocent IX -- Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591 Clement VIII --
Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605 Leo XI -- Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605 Paul V -- May 16, 1605 to Jan. 28 1621 Gregory
XV -- Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623 Urban VIII -- Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644 Innocent X -- Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan
7, 1655 Alexander VII -- Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667 Antonio Barberini -- 1657 to 1671 Michael le Tellier - 1659
Jaques Benigne de Bousseut - 1670 James Coyon de Matignon - 1693 Dominicus Marie Varlet - February 12, 1719 Peter
John Meindaerts - October 17, 1739 Johannes Van Stiphout - July 11, 1745 Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen - February
7, 1768 Adrian Broekman - June 21, 1778 Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijin - July 5, 1797 Gilbertus de Jong - November
7, 1805 Wilibrordus Van Os - April 24, 1814 Johannes Bon - April 22, 1819 Johannes Van Santen - June 14, 1825
Hermanus Heijkamp - July 17, 1854 Casparus Johannes Rinkel - August 11, 1873 Anglin Lawrence James - 17 June 1945
Grant Timothy Billet - 25 December 1950 Norman Richard Parr - 23 October 1979 Maurice Darryl McCormick - 14 July
1991 Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997 Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003 Martin McGuire - March 20,2004
SECOND
LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Antiochian - Jacobite Succession
Peter the Apostle 35 A.D. Eyodius 44 Ignatius
(Martyr) 68 Earon 107 Cornelius 137 Eados 142 Theophilus 157 Maximus 171 Seraphim 179 Asclepiades
(Martyr) 189 Philip 210 Zebinus 219 Babylos (Martyr) 237 F'abius 250 Demeirius 251 Paul I 259 Domnus
I 270 Timotheus 281 Cyrilus 291 Tyrantus 296 Vitalius 301 Philogonius 318 Eustachius 323 Paulinus
338 Philabianus 383 Evagrius 386 Phosporius 416 Alexander 418 John I 428 Theodotus 431 Domnus
II 442 Maximus 450 Accacius 454 Martyrius 457 Peter II 464 Phiadius 500 Serverius the Great 509 Sergius
544 Domnus III 547 Anastasius 560 Gregory I 564 Paul II 567 Patra 571 Domnus IV 586 Julianus 591
Athanasius I 595 John II 636 Theodorus I 649 Severus 668 Athanasius II 684 Julianus II 687 Elias
I 709 Athanasius III 724 Evanius I 740 Gervasius I 759 Joseph 790 Cyriacus 793 Dionsius I 818 John
III 847 Ignatius II 877 Theodosius 887 Dinousius II 897 John IV 910 Evanius 922 John V 936 Evanius
II 954 Dionysius 958 Abraham I 962 John VI 965 Athanasius IV 987 John VII 1004 Theodorus II 1042 Athanasius
V 1058 John VII 1064 Basilius II 1074 Abdoone 1076 Dionysius V 1077 Evanius III 1080 Dionysius VI
1088 Athanasias VI 1091 John IX 1131 Athanasius VI 1139 Michael I (the Great) 1167 Athanasius VIII 1200
Michael II 1207 JohnX 1208 Ignatius III 1223 Dionysius VII 1253 John XI 1253 Ishmael 1333 Ignatius
Basilius III 1366 Ignatius Abraham II 1382 Ignatius Basilius IV 1412 Ignatius Bahanam I 1415 Ignatius l~aIejih
1455 Ignatius John XII 1483 Ignatius Noah 1492 Ignatius Jesus I 1509 Ignatius Jacob I 1510 Ignatius David
I 1519 Ignatius Abdullah 1520 Ignatius Naamathalak 1557 Ignatius David II 1576 Ignatius Philathus 1591 Ignatius
Abdullah II 1597 Ignatius Cadhal 1598 Ignatius Simeon 1640 Ignatius Jesus II 1653 Ignatius A. Massiah I 1661
Ignatius Cabeed 1686 Ignatius Gervasius III 1687 Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708 Ignatius Siccarablak 1722 Ignatius
Qervasius III 1746 Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768 Ignatius Mathias 1781 Ignatius Bahanam II 1810 Ignatius Jonas
1817 Ignatius Gervasius V 1818 Ignatius Elias II 1839 Ignatius Jacob II 1847 Ignatius Peter III 1872 Mar
Paul Athanasius - 1877 Julius Alvarez - July 29, 1889 Joseph Rene Vilatte - June 5, 1892 Paolo Miraglia Guilaotte
- May 6, 1900 Carmel Henry Carfora - 1911 Earl Anglin James - June 17, 1945 Grant Timothy Billet - December 25,
1950 Norman R. Parr - October 23, 1979 Maurice Darryl McCormick - July 14, 1991 Rodney P. Rickard - April 26,
1997 Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003 Martin McGuire - March 20,2004
THIRD LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Antiochian
- Jacobite Succession
Peter the Apostle 35 A.D. Eyodius 44 Ignatius (Martyr) 68 Earon 107 Cornelius
137 Eados 142 Theophilus 157 Maximus 171 Seraphim 179 Asclepiades (Martyr) 189 Philip 210 Zebinus
219 Babylos (Martyr) 237 F'abius 250 Demeirius 251 Paul I 259 Domnus I 270 Timotheus 281 Cyrilus
291 Tyrantus 296 Vitalius 301 Philogonius 318 Eustachius 323 Paulinus 338 Philabianus 383 Evagrius
386 Phosporius 416 Alexander 418 John I 428 Theodotus 431 Domnus II 442 Maximus 450 Accacius 454
Martyrius 457 Peter II 464 Phiadius 500 Sergius 544 Domnus III 547 Anastasius 560 Gregory I 564
Paul II 567 Patra 571 Domnus IV 586 Julianus 591 Athanasius I 595 John II 636 Theodorus I 649
Severus 668 Athanasius II 684 Julianus II 687 Elias I 709 Athanasius III 724 Evanius I 740 Gervasius
I 759 Joseph 790 Cyriacus 793 Dionsius I 818 John III 847 Ignatius II 877 Theodosius 887 Dinousius
II 897 John IV 910 Evanius 922 John V 936 Evanius II 954 Dionysius 958 Abraham I 962 John VI 965
Athanasius IV 987 John VII 1004 Dionysius III 1032 Theodorus II 1042 Athanasius V 1058 John VII 1064
Basilius II 1074 Abdoone 1076 Dionysius V 1077 Evanius III 1080 Dionysius VI 1088 Athanasias VI 1091
John IX 1131 Athanasius VI 1139 Michael I (the Great) 1167 Athanasius VIII 1200 Michael II 1207 JohnX
1208 Ignatius III 1223 Dionysius VII 1253 John XI 1253 Ignatius IV 1264 Philanus 1283 Ignatius Baruhid
1293 Ignatius Ishmael 1333 Ignatius Basilius III 1366 Ignatius Abraham II 1382 Ignatius Basilius IV 1412 Ignatius
Bahanam I 1415 Ignatius l~aIejih 1455 Ignatius John XII 1483 Ignatius Noah 1492 Ignatius Jesus I 1509 Ignatius
Jacob I 1510 Ignatius David I 1519 Ignatius Abdullah 1520 Ignatius Naamathalak 1557 Ignatius David II 1576
Ignatius Philathus 1591 Ignatius Abdullah II 1597 Ignatius Cadhal 1598 Ignatius Simeon 1640 Ignatius Jesus
II 1653 Ignatius A. Massiah I 1661 Ignatius Cabeed 1686 Ignatius Gervasius III 1687 Ignatius Gervasius IV
1708 Ignatius Siccarablak 1722 Ignatius Qervasius III 1746 Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768 Ignatius Mathias 1781
Ignatius Bahanam II 1810 Ignatius Jonas 1817 Ignatius Gervasius V 1818 Ignatius Elias II 1839 Ignatius
Jacob II 1847 Ignatius Peter III 1872 Mar Paul Athanasius - 1877 Julius Alvarez - July 29, 1889 Joseph Rene
Vilatte - June 5, 1892 Frederick E. Lloyd - 1915 Gregory Lines - 1923 Justin A. Boyle - 1928 Lowell Paul Wadle
- 1940 Herman Adrian Spruit - 1957 Paul Michael Clemens - 1988 Joseph Philip Sousa - July 14, 1991 Willibrord
Van Campent - Oct. 10, 1993 William Dennis Donovan - November 14, 1993 Carl Thomas Swaringim - July 28, 1995 Maurice
McCormick - Feb. 3, 1996 Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997 Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003 Martin McGuire - March
20,2004
FOURTH LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Antiochian - Jacobite Succession
Peter the Apostle
35 A.D. Eyodius 44 Ignatius (Martyr) 68 Earon 107 Cornelius 137 Eados 142 Theophilus 157 >BR>
Maximus 171 Seraphim 179 Asclepiades (Martyr) 189 Philip 210 Zebinus 219 Babylos (Martyr) 237 F'abius
250 Demeirius 251 Paul I 259 Domnus I 270 Timotheus 281 Cyrilus 291 Tyrantus 296 Vitalius 301
Philogonius 318 Eustachius 323 Paulinus 338 Philabianus 383 Evagrius 386 Phosporius 416 Alexander
418 John I 428 Theodotus 431 Domnus II 442 Maximus 450 Accacius 454 Martyrius 457 Peter II 464
Phiadius 500 Serverius the Great 509 Sergius 544 Domnus III 547 Anastasius 560 Gregory I 564 Paul
II 567 Patra 571 Domnus IV 586 Julianus 591 Athanasius I 595 John II 636 Theodorus I 649 Severus
668 Athanasius II 684 Julianus II 687 Elias I 709 Athanasius III 724 Evanius I 740 Gervasius I 759
Joseph 790 Cyriacus 793 Dionsius I 818 John III 847 Ignatius II 877 Theodosius 887 Dinousius II
897 John IV 910 Evanius 922 John V 936 Evanius II 954 Dionysius 958 Abraham I 962 John VI 965
Athanasius IV 987 John VII 1004 Dionysius III 1032 Theodorus II 1042 Athanasius V 1058 John VII 1064
Basilius II 1074 Abdoone 1076 Dionysius V 1077 Evanius III 1080 Dionysius VI 1088 Athanasias VI 1091
John IX 1131 Athanasius VI 1139 Michael I (the Great) 1167 Athanasius VIII 1200 Michael II 1207 JohnX
1208 Ignatius III 1223 Dionysius VII 1253 John XI 1253 Ignatius IV 1264 Philanus 1283 Ignatius Baruhid
1293 Ignatius Ishmael 1333 Ignatius Basilius III 1366 Ignatius Abraham II 1382 Ignatius Basilius IV 1412 Ignatius
Bahanam I 1415 Ignatius l~aIejih 1455 Ignatius John XII 1483 Ignatius Noah 1492 Ignatius Jesus I 1509 Ignatius
Jacob I 1510 Ignatius David I 1519 Ignatius Abdullah 1520 Ignatius Naamathalak 1557 Ignatius David II 1576
Ignatius Philathus 1591 Ignatius Abdullah II 1597 Ignatius Cadhal 1598 Ignatius Simeon 1640 Ignatius Jesus
II 1653 Ignatius A. Massiah I 1661 Ignatius Cabeed 1686 Ignatius Gervasius III 1687 Ignatius Gervasius IV
1708 Ignatius Siccarablak 1722 Ignatius Qervasius III 1746 Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768 Ignatius Mathias 1781
Ignatius Bahanam II 1810 Ignatius Jonas 1817 Ignatius Gervasius V 1818 Ignatius Elias II 1839 Ignatius
Jacob II 1847 Ignatius Peter III 1872 Mar Paul Athanasius - 1877 Julius Alvarez - July 29, 1889 Joseph Rene
Vilatte - June 5, 1892 Paolo Miraglia Gulotti - June 6, 1900 Carmel Henry Carfora - June 14, 1911 Earl Anglin
James - June 17, 1945 Grant Timothy Billet - Dec. 25, 1950 Norman Parr - October 23, 1979 Maurice McCormick -
July 14, 1991 Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997 Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003 Martin McGuire - March 20,2004
FIFTH
LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Roman - Old Catholic Succession
St. Peter the Apostle -- to 64 A.D. St. Linus
-- 67 to 76 St. Anacletus -- 76 to 91 St. Clement I -- 91 to 101 St. Evaristus -- 100 to 109 St. Alexander
I -- 109 to 116 St. Sixtus I -- 116 to 125 St. Telesphorus -- 125 to 136 St. Hyginus -- 138 to 140 St. Pius
I -- 140 to 155 St. Anicetus -- 155 to 166 St. Soter -- 166 to 174 St. Eleutherius -- 174 to 189 St. Victor
I -- 189 to 198 St. Zephyrinus -- 198 to 217 St. Callistus I -- 217 to 222 St. Urban I -- 222 to 230 St. Pontian
-- July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235 St. Anterus -- Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236 St. Fabian -- Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20,
250 St. Cornelius -- Mar. 251 to June 253 St. Lucius I -- June 25, 253 to March 5, 254 St. Stephen I -- May 12,
254 to Aug. 2, 257 St. Sixtus II -- Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258 St. Dionysius -- July 22, 259 to Dec.26, 258 St.
Felix I -- Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274 St. Eutychian -- Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283 St. Caius -- Dec. 17, 283 to Apr.
25, 296 St. Marcellinus -- June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304 St. Marcellus I -- May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308 St. Eusebius
-- Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310 St. Miltiades -- July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314 St. Silvester -- Jan. 31, 314 to Dec.
31, 335 St. Mark -- Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336 St. Julius I -- Feb. 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352 St. Liberius -- May
17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366 St. Damasus -- Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384 St. Siricius -- Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399 St.
Anastasius I -- Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19,401 St. Innocent I -- Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417 St. Zosimus -- Mar. 18,
417 to Dec. 26, 418 St. Boniface I -- Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422 St. Celestine I -- Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432
St. Sixtus III -- July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440 St. Leo I "The Great" -- Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461 St. Hilarus
-- Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468 St. Simplicius -- Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483 St. Felix III -- Mar. 13, 483 to Mar.
1, 492 St. Gelasius I -- Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496 Anastasius II -- Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498 St. Symmachus
-- Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514 St. Hormisdas -- July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523 St. John I -- Aug. 13, 523 to May 18,
526 St. Felix IV -- July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530 Boniface II -- Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532 St. John II --
Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535 St. Agapitus I -- May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536 St. Silverius -- June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537
Vigilius -- Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555 Pelagius I -- Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561 John III -- July 17, 561 to
July 13, 574 Benedict I -- June 2, 575 to July 30, 579 Pelagius II -- Nov.26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590 St.Gregory I
"The Great" -- Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604 Sabinianus -- Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606 Boniface III -- Feb. 19 to
Nov. 12, 607 St. Boniface IV -- Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615 St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) -- Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8,
618 Boniface V -- Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625 Honorius I -- Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638 Severinus -- May 28
to Aug. 2, 640 John IV -- Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642 Theodore I -- Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649 St. Martin
I -- July 649 to May 14, 653 St. Eugenius I -- Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657 St. Vitalian -- July 30, 657 to Jan. 27,
672 Adeodatus II -- Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676 Donus -- Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678 St. Agatho -- June 27, 678
to Jan. 10, 681 St. Leo II -- Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683 St. Benedict II -- June 26, 684 to May 8, 685 John V
-- July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686 Conon -- Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687 St. Sergius I -- Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701
John VI -- Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705 John VII -- Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707 Sissinius -- Jan. 15 to Feb. 4,
708 Constantine -- Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715 St. Gregory II -- May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731 St. Gregory III --
Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741 St. Zacharias -- Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752 Stephen II -- Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757 St.
Paul I -- 29 May 757 to June 28, 767 Stephen III -- Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772 Adrian I -- Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25,
795 St. Leo III -- Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816 Stephen IV -- June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817 St. Paschal I -- Jan.
25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824 Eugenius II -- Feb. 824 to Aug. 827 Valentine -- Aug. 827 to Sept. 827 Gregory IV -- 827
to Jan. 844 Sergius II -- Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847 St. Leo IV --Jan. 847 to July 17, 855 Benedict III -- July
855 to Apr. 17, 858 St. Nicholas I -- Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867 Adrian II -- Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872 John
VIII -- Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882 Marinus I -- Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884 St. Adrian III -- May 17, 884 to Sept.
885 Stephen V -- Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891 Formosus -- Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896 Boniface VI -- Apr. 896 to
Apr. 896 Stephen VI -- May 896 to Aug. 897 Romanus -- Aug. 897 to Nov. 897 Theodore II -- Dec. 897 John IX
-- Jan. 898 to Jan. 900 Benedict IV -- Jan. 900 to July 903 Leo V -- July 903 to Sept. 903 Sergius III -- Jan.
29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911 Anastasius III -- Apr. 911 to June 913 Lando -- July 913 to Feb. 914 John X -- Mar. 914
to May 928 Leo VI -- May 928 to Dec. 928 Stephen VII -- Dec. 928 to Feb. 931 John XI -- Feb. 931 to Dec. 935 Leo
VII -- Jan. 936 to July 13, 939 Stephen VIII -- July 14, 939 to Oct. 942 Marinus II -- Oct. 30, 942 to May 946 Agapetus
II -- May 10, 946 to Dec. 955 John XII -- Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964 Leo VIII -- Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965 Benedict
V -- May 22, 964 to July 4, 966 John XIII -- Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972 Benedict VI -- Jan. 19, 973 to June 974 Benedict
VII -- Oct. 974 to July 10, 983 John XIV -- Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984 John XV -- Aug. 985 to March 996 Gregory
V -- May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999 Sylvester II -- Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003 John XVII -- June 1003 to Dec. 1003 John
XVIII -- Jan. 1004 to July 1009 Sergius IV -- July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012 Benedict VIII -- May 18, 1012 to Apr.
9, 1024 John XIX -- Apr. 1024 to 1032 Benedict IX -- 1032 to 1044 Sylvester III -- Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045
Gregory VI -- May 5, 1045 to Feb. 1046 Clement II -- Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047 Damasus II -- July 17, 1048
to Aug. 9,1048 St. Leo IX -- Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054 Victor II -- Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057 Stephen
IX -- Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058 Nicholas II -- Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061 Alexander II -- Oct. 1, 1061 to
Apr. 21, 1073 St. Gregory VII -- Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085 Blessed Victor III -- May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087
Blessed Urban II -- Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099 Paschal II -- Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118 Gelasiur II --
Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119 Callistus II -- Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124 Honorius II -- Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb.
13, 1130 Innocent II -- Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143 Celestine II -- Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144 Lucius
II -- Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145 Blessed Eugenius III -- Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153 Anastasius IV -- July 12,
1153 to Dec. 3, 1154 Adrian IV -- Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159 Alexander III -- Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181 Lucius
III -- Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185 Urban III -- Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20 1187 Gregory VIII -- Oct. 21, 1187 to
Dec. 17, 1187 Clement III -- Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191 Celestine III -- Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198 Innocent
III -- Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216 Honorius III -- July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227 Gregory IX -- Mar. 19, 1227 to
Aug. 22, 1241 Celestine IV -- Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1251 Innocent IV -- June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254 Alexander
IV -- Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261 Urban IV -- Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264 Clement IV -- Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29,
1268 Blessed Gregory X -- Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276 Blessed Innocent V -- Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276 Adrian
V -- July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276 John XXI -- Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277 Nicholas III -- Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug.
22, 1280 Martin IV -- Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285 Honorius IV -- Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287 Nicholas IV --
Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 4, 1292 St. Celestine V (resigned) -- July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294 Boniface VIII -- Dec. 24,
1294 to Oct. 11, 1303 Blessed Benedict XI -- Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304 Clement V -- June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314
John XXII -- Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334 Nicholas V -- May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330 Benedict XII -- Dec. 20,
1334 to Apr. 25, 1342 Clement VI -- May 7, 1342 to Dec. 6, 1352 Innocent VI -- Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362 Blessed
Urban V -- Sept. 28,1362 to Dec. 19, 1370 Gregory XI --Dec. 30, 1370 to Mar. 26, 1378 Urban VI -- Apr. 8, 1378 to
Oct. 15, 1389 Boniface IX -- Nov. 2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404 Innocent VII -- Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov. 6, 1406 Gregory
XII -- Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415 Martin V -- Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431 Eugenius IV -- Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb.
23, 1447 Nicholas V -- Mar. 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455 Callistus III -- Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug. 6, 1458 Pius II --
Aug.19, 1458 to Aug. 15, 1464 Paul II -- Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471 Sixtus IV -- Aug. 9, 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484
Innocent VIII -- Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492 Alexander VI -- Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503 Pius III -- Sept.
22, 1503 to Oct. 18, 1503 Julius II -- Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513 Leo X -- Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521 Adrian
VI -- Jan. 9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523 Clement VII -- Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534 Paul III -- Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov.
10, 1549 Julius III -- Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555 Marcellus II -- Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555 Paul IV -- May
23, 1555 to Aug. 18, 1559 Pius IV -- Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565 St. Pius V -- Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572 Gregory
XIII -- May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585 Sixtus V -- Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590 Urban VII -- Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept.
27, 1590 Gregory XIV -- Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591 Innocent IX -- Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591 Clement VIII
-- Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605 Leo XI -- Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605 Paul V -- May 16, 1605 to Jan. 28 1621 Gregory
XV -- Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623 Urban VIII -- Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644 Innocent X -- Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan
7, 1655 Alexander VII -- Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667 Antonio Barberini -- 1657 to 1671 Michael le Tellier - 1659
Jaques Benigne de Bousseut - 1670 James Coyon de Matignon - 1693 Dominicus Marie Varlet - February 12, 1719 Peter
John Meindaerts - October 17, 1739 Johannes Van Stiphout - July 11, 1745 Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen - February
7, 1768 Adrian Broekman - June 21, 1778 Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijin - July 5, 1797 Gilbertus de Jong - November
7, 1805 Wilibrordus Van Os - April 24, 1814 Johannes Bon - April 22, 1819 Johannes Van Santen - June 14, 1825
Hermanus Heijkamp - July 17, 1854 Casparus Johannes Rinkel - August 11, 1873 Geradus Gul - May 11, 1892 Arnold
Harris Matthew - 28 April 1908 Frederick Samuel Willoughby - October 28, 1914 James I. Wedgewood - 1916 Irving
S. Cooper - 1919 Charles Hampton - 1931 Herman A. Spruit - 1957 Paul Michael Clemens - 1988 Joseph Philip
Sousa - 1991 Willibrord Johannes Van Campenhout - 1993 William Dennis Donavan - 1993 Carl Thomas Swaringim - July
28, 1995 Maurice D. McCormick - February 3, 1996 Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997 Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003
Martin McGuire - March 20,2004
SIXTH LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Russian Orthodox Succession
The
Apostolic Succession of the Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople and the Holy Metropolitans of Kiev, Vladimir and Moscow which
originated with the APOSTLE ANDREW, the First Called Apostle to the Scythians. Metropolitan Nikon of Moscow, in Moscow, Russia,
did consecrate Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij in 1884; Metropolitan Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij did consecrate
Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky as Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Moscow on December 13th, 1903 (old style) in Moscow,
Russia, assisted by Bishop Innokentij of St. Petersburg, Russia. Archbishop Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky (Russian
Orthodox Archbishop of Alaska and North America, ruling Hierarch in the Western Hemisphere for the Patriarchate of Moscow
and all Russia) did on May 13 (N.S.), 1917 (April 30, O.S.) consecrate Aftimios (Abdullah) Ofiesh at the Russian Orthodox
Cathedral of St. Nicholas, New York City, assisted by Bishop Stephen Alexander Dzubay of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Bishop
Alexander Alexandrovich Nemolovsky, Russian Orthodox Bishop of Canada. Metropolitan Aftimios Ofiesh, Russian Orthodox Bishop
of Brooklyn, New York and head of the Syrian Greek Orthodox Catholic Mission did on September 27, 1932 consecrate Ignatius
William Albert Nichols as Bishop of Washington, D.C. Ignatius William Albert Nichols in 1940 did consecrate Frank Dyer; Frank
Dyer on March 16, 1947 did consecrate Matthew Nicholas Nelson; Bishop Nicholas Nelson, Titular Bishop of Hawaii, on July 27,
1947 did consecrate Lowell Paul Wadle; Lowell Paul Wadle on June 22, 1957 did consecrate Herman Adrian Spruit; Bishop Herman
Adrian Spruit in 1988 did consecrate Paul Michael Clemens; Paul Michael Clemens on July 14th, 1991 did consecrate Joseph Philip
Sousa; Joseph Philip Sousa on October 10, 1993 did consecrateWillibrord J. van Campen; Willibrord J. van Campen on November
14, 1993 did consecrate William Dennis Donovan; William Dennis Donovan on July 28, 1995 did consecrate Carl Thomas Swaringim;
Carl Thomas Swaringim on February 3, 1996 did consecrate Maurice D. McCormick; Maurice D. McCormick on April 26, 1997 did
consecrate Rodney P. Rickard; Rodney P. Rickard on May 10, 2003 did consecrate Michael Wrenn; Micheal Wrenn on March 20, 2004
did consecrate Martin McGuire.
SEVENTH LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Anglican Succession
St.
Peter the Apostle -- to 64 A.D. St. Linus -- 67 to 76 St. Anacletus -- 76 to 91 St. Clement I -- 91 to 101 St.
Evaristus -- 100 to 109 St. Alexander I -- 109 to 116 St. Sixtus I -- 116 to 125 St. Telesphorus -- 125 to 136
St. Hyginus -- 138 to 140 St. Pius St. Anicetus -- 155 to 166 St. Soter -- 166 to 174 St. Eleutherius
-- 174 to 189 St. Victor I -- 189 to 198 St. Zephyrinus -- 198 to 217 St. Callistus I -- 217 to 222 St. Urban
I -- 222 to 230 St. Pontian -- July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235 St. Anterus -- Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236 St. Fabian
-- Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20, 250 St. Cornelius -- Mar. 251 to June 253 St. Lucius I -- June 25, 253 to March 5, 254
St. Stephen I -- May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257 St. Sixtus II -- Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258 St. Dionysius -- July
22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268 St. Felix I -- Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274 St. Eutychian -- Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283 St.
Caius -- Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296 St. Marcellinus -- June 30, 296 to Oct.25, 304 St. Marcellus I -- May 27, 306
to Jan. 16, 308 St. Eusebius -- Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310 St. Miltiades -- July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314 St.
Silvester -- Jan. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335 St. Mark -- Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336 St. Julius I -- Feb. 6, 337 to Apr.
12, 352 St. Liberius -- May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366 St. Damasus -- Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384 St. Siricius --
Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399 St. Anastasius I -- Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19,401 St. Innocent I -- Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12,
417 St. Zosimus -- Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418 St. Boniface I -- Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422 St. Celestine I
-- Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432 St. Sixtus III -- July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440 St. Leo I "The Great" -- Sept. 29,
440 to Nov. 10, 461 St. Hilarus -- Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468 St. Simplicius -- Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483 St.
Felix III -- Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492 St. Gelasius I -- Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496 Anastasius II -- Nov. 24, 496
to Nov. 19, 498 St. Symmachus -- Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514 St. Hormisdas -- July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523 St.
John I -- Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526 St. Felix IV -- July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530 Boniface II -- Sept. 22, 530 to
Oct. 17, 532 St. John II -- Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535 St. Agapitus I -- May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536 St. Silverius
-- June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537 Vigilius -- Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555 Pelagius I -- Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561 John
III -- July 17, 561 to July 13, 574 Benedict I -- June 2, 575 to July 30, 579 Pelagius II -- Nov. 26, 579 to Feb.
7, 590 St. Gregory I "The Great" -- Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604 Sabinianus -- Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606 Boniface
III -- Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607 St. Boniface IV -- Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615 St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) -- Oct. 19,
615 to Nov. 8, 618 Boniface V -- Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625 Honorius I -- Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638 Severinus
-- May 28 to Aug. 2, 640 John IV -- Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642 Theodore I -- Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649 St.
Martin I -- July 649 to May 14, 653 St. Eugenius I -- Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657 St. Vitalian -- July 30, 657 to
Jan. 27, 672 Adeodatus II -- Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676 Donus -- Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678 St. Agatho -- June
27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681 St. Leo II -- Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683 St. Benedict II -- June 26, 684 to May 8, 685 John
V -- July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686 Conon -- Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687 St. Sergius I -- Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8,
701 John VI -- Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705 John VII -- Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707 Sissinius -- Jan. 15 to Feb.
4, 708 Constantine -- Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715 St. Gregory II -- May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731 St. Gregory III
-- Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741 St. Zacharias -- Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752 Stephen II -- Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757
St. Paul I -- 29 May 757 to June 28, 767 Stephen III -- Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772 Adrian I -- Feb. 1, 772 to
Dec. 25, 795 St. Leo III -- Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816 Stephen IV -- June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817 St. Paschal
I -- Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824 Eugenius II -- Feb. 824 to Aug. 827 Valentine -- Aug. 827 to Sept. 827 Gregory
IV -- 827 to Jan. 844 Sergius II -- Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847 St. Leo IV --Jan. 847 to July 17, 855 Benedict III
-- July 855 to Apr. 17, 858 St. Nicholas I -- Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867 Formosus - 864 St. Plegmund - 891 Althelm
- 909 Wulfhelm - 914 Odo - 927 St. Dunstan - 957 St. Aelphege - 984 Elfric - 990 Wulfstan - 1003 Eadsige - 1035 Stigand - April 3, 1043 Siward - 1058 Bl. Lanfranc - September
29, 1070 Thomas - 1070 St. Anselm - December 4, 1094 Richard De Delmeis - July 26, 1108 William of Corbeuil
- February 18, 1123 Henry of Blois - November 17, 1129 St. Thomas Becket - June 3, 1162 Roger of Gloucester -
August 23, 1164 Peter De Leia - November 7, 1176 Gilbert Glanville - September 29, 1185 William of S. Mere LEglise
- May 23, 1199 Walter De Gray - October 5, 1214 Walter Kirkham - December 5, 1249 Henry - February 7, 1255 Anthony
Beck - January 9, 1284 John of Halton - September 14, 1292 Roger Northborough - June 27, 1322 Robert Wyvil - July
15, 1330 Ralph Stratford - March 12, 1340 William Edendon - May 15, 1346 Simon Sudbury - March 20, 1362 Thomas
Brentingham - May 12, 1370 Robert Braybrooke - January 5, 1382 Roger Walden - February 3, 1398 Henry Beaufort
- July 14, 1398 Thomas Bourchier - May 15, 1435 John Morton - January 31, 1479 Richard Fitzjames - May 21, 1497
William Warham - September 25, 1502 John Longlands - May 15, 1521 Thomas Cranmer - March 30, 1533 William
Barlow - June 1536 Matthew Parker - December 17, 1559 Edmund Grindal - December 21, 1559 John Whitgift - April
21, 1577 Richard Bancroft - May 8, 1597 George Abbot - December 3, 1609 George Montaigne - December 14, 1617 Bl.
William Laud - November 18, 1621 Brian Duppa - June 17, 1638 Gilbert Sheldon - October 28, 1660 Henry Compton
- December 6, 1674 William Sancroft - January 27, 1678 Thomas White - October 25, 1685 George Hickes - February
24, 1693 James Gadderar - February 24, 1712 Thomas Rattray - June 4, 1727 William Falconar - 1741 Robert Kilgour
- September 21, 1768 Samuel Seabury - November 14, 1784 T.J. Claggett - September 17, 1792 Edward Bass - May 7,
1797 Abraham Jarvis - October 18, 1797 A.V. Griswold - May 29, 1811 J.H. Hopkins - October 31, 1832 G.D. Cummins
- November 15, 1866 Charles E. Cheney - December 14, 1873 W.R. Nicholson - February 24, 1876 A.S. Richardson -
June 22, 1879 Leon Chechemian - 1890 Andrew Charles Albert McLagen - November 2, 1897 James Heard - June 4, 1922
William Bernard Crow - June 13, 1943 Hugh George De Willmott Newman - April 10, 1944 Wallace David De Ortega Maxey
- June 6, 1946 Lowell Paul Wadle - April 7, 1957 Herman Adrian Spruit - June 22, 1957 Paul Michael Clemens - 1988
Joseph Philip Sousa - July 14, 1991 Willibrord Van Campent - Oct. 10, 1993 Carl Thomas Swaringim - Nov. 14, 1993
Maurice M. McCormick - Feb. 3, 1996 Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997 Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003 Martin
McGuire - March 20,2004
EIGHTH LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Roman Catholic Succession
Pedro Loza y
Pardave Eduardo Sanchez y Comacho - June 29, 1880 Edward Rufane Benedict Donkin - 1899 Vernon Herford - August
10, 1904 Hedley Coward Bartlett - October 18, 1931 George (Mar Georgius I) de Willmott Newman - May 20, 1945 Wallace
David (Mar David I) de Ortega Maxey - June 6, 1946 Lowell Paul Wadle - April 7, 1957 Herman Adrian Spruit - June 22,
1957 Paul Michael Clemens - 1988 Joseph Philip Sousa - July 14, 1991 Willibrord Van Campent - Oct. 10, 1993 Carl
Thomas Swaringim - Nov. 14, 1993 Maurice M. McCormick - Feb. 3, 1996 Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997 Michael
Wrenn - May 10, 2003 Martin McGuire - March 20, 2004
OTHER LINES OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
1. Armenian
Uniate: Chorchurian - Chechamian - Crow - Newman - Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick
- Rickard - Wrenn - McGuire.
2. Syro-Chaldean: St. Thomas - Shimun XVIII - Antony - Bartlett - Newman - Maxey - Wadle
- Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard - Wrenn - McGuire.
3. Anglican, including Celtic
origin: Moore - White - Hopkins - Chechemian - Crow - Newman - Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim
- McCormick - Rickard - Wrenn - McGuire.
4. Greek Melchite: Cyril VI - Savoya - Aneed - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa -
Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard - Wrenn - McGuire.
5. Orthodox Patriarchate: (Constantinople) - Sergius
- Klefish - Aneed - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard - Wrenn - McGuire.
6.
Non Juring Bishops of Scotland: Montaigne - Seabury - Richardson - Newman - Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent
- Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard - Wrenn - McGuire.
By including these apostolic lines here and explaining my position on apostolic succession, I hope to foster
a better understanding and closer unity among the different branches of Christians professing to hold the apostolic faith.
Apostolicity should be measured by scripture and how closely a person or group seeks to live as Jesus Christ lived, for we
should be doers of the word as well as hearers of the word. To be doers of the word, we must love our Christian brothers and
sisters and also our enemies. Being an apostolic Christian demands that we love like this.
Too often in the past, this love was not demonstrated. I have already mentioned the fate of Anabaptists
and other Dissenters. Any church or minister who was engaged in or supportive of systematic persecution, torture, and murder
of Dissenters was apostate; therefore, any alleged apostolic succession was rendered invalid and false in such cases.
The doctrine of apostolic succession has very often been used to deny the validity of the ministerial orders
of those not having the "traditional" apostolic succession/historic episcopate; the effect of this is to deny such Christian
ministers equality in the Body of Christ. It will not be so in St. Philip Neri Reformed Catholic Church; all are
considered to have apostolic succession who follow the faith of the apostles as revealed in scripture.
On the other hand, Protestants and others who do not have the "traditional" apostolic succession/historic
episcopate should not disparage or deny the validity of the ministerial orders of those who have been ordained/consecrated
into this historic episcopate/"traditional" apostolic succession. It is an ancient form of ministry; evidence for monarchial
bishops as a third order of ministry can be found in the late-second century. It is certain, though, that not all churches
at that time had this form of ministry, nor was it universally held in the succeeding centuries, as there were always independent
churches and dissenters from Catholicism or the "established" order.
Being an apostolic Christian thus also should mean that no church, ordained minister, or layperson is treated
unequally based on anyone's definition of apostolic succession.
These are the beliefs and policies of St.Philip Neri Reformed Catholic Church.
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