Apostolic Succession

 

1.   Arnold Harris Mathew, who on October 28, 1914, consecrated:
2.   Frederick Samuel Willoughby, who on July 9, 1922, consecrated:
3.   James Bartholomew Banks, James I, Sovereign Primate and Primate of The Service Church, who on May 28, 1940, consecrated:
4.   Sidney Ernest Page Needham, who on January 4, 1945, consecrated:
5.   Hugh George de Willmott Newman, Max Georgius I, who on July 6, 1956, consecrated:
6.   Charles Dennis Boltwood, who on October 16, 1966, consecrated:
7.   Albert J. Fuge, who of May 27, 1972, consecrated:
8.   John Lawrence Brown, who on December 31, 1973, consecrated:
9.   Donald Lawrence Jolly, who on March 16, 1980, consecrated:
10. Robert Vincent Bernard Dawe, who on October 18, 1981, consecrated:
11. Francis Thorne-Coley, who on August 20, 1998, consecrated:
12. Lee Allen who on August 13, 2000, consecrated:
13. Lana Livingston who on May 31 2003, consecrated:
14. Gwendolyn Gable
 
II.  LIBERAL CATHOLIC -

          When the Old Catholic priests in England elected Willoughby, the next in order of voting was the Rev. James Ingall Wedgewood who had introduced a number of Theosophists into the Old Catholic Church.  On August 6, 1915, Archbishop Mathew issued a Pastoral letter condemning Theosophy as a heresy and calling upon those of his clergy who were Theosophists to recant.  They refused and so left the Old Catholic movement.  These clergy and their lay followers did for a time continue to operate under the title, "The Old Catholic Church," which was available to them because the followers of Archbishop Mathew had chosen to use of the title Old Roman Catholic.  Eventually they adopted the title The Liberal Catholic Church, which they felt to be more appropriate to their views.  Bishop Willoughby was in negotiation with Rome with a view to reconciliation, but nothing final had been arranged.  When approached by the Theosophical clergy, he consented to consecrate Wedgewood.  It appears that Willoughby believed it only honorable to pass on to the clergy who had elected him the episcopal office in which he no longer intended to serve.  Thus, on February 13, 1916, he consecrated:

1.   James Ingall Wedgewood as Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church, who on July 22, 1916, consecrated:
2.   Charles Webster Leadbeater, Regionary Bishop for Australia, who on October 17, 1926, consecrated:
3.   Ray Marshall Wardall, Regionary Bishop for the USA, who on September 14, 1947, consecrated:
4.   Edward Murray Matthews for the USA, who on October 22, 1955, consecrated:
5.   William Henry Daw for Canada, who on April 27, 1978, consecrated:
6.   Peter Wayne Goodrich, who on March 16, 1980, consecrated:
7.   Robert Vincent Bernard Dawe, who on October 18, 1981, consecrated:
8.   Francis Thorne-Coley, who on August 20, 1998, consecrated:
9.   Lee Allen who on August 13, 2000, consecrated:
10. Lana Livingston who on May 31 2003, consecrated:

11. Gwendolyn Gable

 

III.  INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC -

           Foreseeing an imminent break-up of the Liberal Catholic Church International in Canada, Archbishop William Henry Henry Daw and the Canadian Primate, Peter Wayne Goodrich, elected to erect an international church having no allegiance to the Liberal Catholic Church.  Daw and Goodrich, bypassing the then current Primate of the LCCI in the USA, Joseph Neth, summoned Archbishop John Shelton Davis of Texas and going to California, on March 16, 1980, in Corona Del Mar, California, with Bishop Donald Lawrence Jolly-Gabriel, consecrated Daves second cousin, the International  Legate, Canon, the Very Reverend:

           1.   Bernard Dawe, as first USA Primate and Primus of the INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC CHURCH INTERNATINAL, who on instructions of the LCCI 1980 Synod, on October 18, 1981, consecrated:
           2.   Francis Thorne-Coley of San Antonio, Texas, for the Community of the Companions of St. Francis, who on August 20, 1998, consecrated:
           3.   Lee Allen who on August 13, 2000, consecrated:
           4.   Lana Livingston who on May 31, 2003 consecrated:
           5.   Gwendolyn Gable         
 
IV.   ROMAN CATHOLIC (BRAZILIAN) -

          (Copy of a document in Portuguese, as transcribed by a non-Portuguese speaker)

          Nos, + DOM MILTON CUNHA, pela Graca de Deus e da Santa Igreja, Aorse-Bispo Primaz do Brasil, fazemos saber que nesta data, conferimos a Sagracao Episcopal, "Sub-Condicione", a S. Sxcia. + DOM EUSEBIO PACE a Nossa Successao Apostolica, proveniente de IGREJA CATOLICA APOSTOLICA RONIANA, por intermedio da IGREJA CATOLICA APOSTOLICA BRASILEIRA, recebida a 5 Junho de 1960, das maos do Saudoso Bispo + DOM CARLOS DUARTE COSTA, ex-Titular de Maura.
ROTEIRO DE SUCCESSAO:
1.    PAPA LEAO XIII, sagrou o Caxdeal Ranipola,
2.    CARDEAL RAMPOLA sagrou o Caxdeal Arcoverde,                    
3.    CARDEAL ARCOVERDE sagrou o Cardeal Leme,
4.    CARDEAL LEME, sagrou o Dom Carlos Duarte Costa,
5.    DOM CARLOS DUARTE COSTA, este, sagrou Dom Milton Cunha,
6.    DOM MILTON CUNHA, que por sua vez, sagra "Sub-conditione", Dom Eusebio Pace,
7.    DOM EUSEBIO PACE, Em Capela Particular, Em Sao Paulo, as
8.    Horas do dia 3 de Octubro de 1969  Secula XX de Era Crista
       (Signed) DOM MILTON CUNHA PRIMAZ DO BRASIL
 
 CLARIFICATION:

          1.     Sebastiao Leme de Silveira Cintra, Roman Catholic Bishop of Rio de Janeiro, on December 8, 1924, consecrated:
          2.     Carlos Duarte Costa, who on June 5, 1960, consecrated:
          3.     Milton Cunha, who on October 3, 1968, consecrated, sub-conditione:
          4.     Giuseppe Santo Eusebio Pace, who on October 15, 1978, consecrated:
          5.     Antonio Pietroburgo, Chiesa Cattolica Ortodossa, Patriarch of Rome, American Orthodox Catholic Church, who on January 16, 1980, consecrated:
          6.     Donald Lawrence Jolly, Ph. D., who on March 16, 1980, consecrated:
          7.     Robert Vincent Bernard Dawe, who on October 18, 1981, consecrated:
          8.     Francis Thorne-Coley, who on August 20, 1998, consecrated:crated:
          10.   Lee Allen, who on August 13, 2000, consecrated:
          11.   Lana Livingston, who on May 31, 2003, consecrated:
          12.   Gwendolyn Gable.

APPENDIX: HUGH GEORGE DE WILLMOTT NEWMAN -

          Several lines of succession are derived from a single bishop, Hugh George de Willmott Newman.  Apparently concerned about the divisions within Christianity, and believing himself called to unite the divergent streams of Christianity, Newman sought to be consecrated bishop by representatives of as many different lines of succession as possible.  Newman's position, however, reflected a profound misunderstanding of the nature of episcopal consecration on several counts.

          First, a bishop who is validly consecrated is a bishop of the Church Catholic, not of any particular line of succession.  A bishop may be appointed or elected to exercise jurisdiction in one communion or denomination and then, later, be appointed or elected to exercise jurisdiction in another, but he is and remains a bishop of the Church Catholic.  Second, there are no degrees of validity.  One is either valid or invalid.  No line of succession is more valid than any other line of succession.  One line may appear more pristine or have greater claim to regularity than another; but if a line is valid, it is no more valid or less valid than any other line.  Third, no bishop can add lines of apostolic succession after he has been validly consecrated.  What he receives, he receives within the context of the liturgy of consecration.  Nothing can be added later.  Newman may have succeeded in bringing several different groups into fellowship and communion with one another, which is a good and desirable accomplishment.  However, once he had been validly consecrated, he did not add anything to that which he had already received, nor could he.

 

 

         When doubt exists about the validity of a given consecration, Church precedent allows for a sub-conditione consecration.  Under the condition that consecration removes any doubt.  The Church then counts validity as existing from the time of the sub-conditione consecration.  It suspends judgment as to the validity of any sacramental action before that time, leaving the matter to God's grace.

 

         Newman was consecrated for the first time on April 10, 1944 by William Bernard Crow.  Several lines of succession lie behind that consecration, and they are listed in Tables A, B and C. If there were nothing defective in that consecration, then Newman became a valid bishop at that point.  No subsequent consecration could make him more valid or add any new lines of succession.

 

         Newman was consecrated, sub-conditione, on April 29, 1945, by Charles William Keller.  If he were already a valid bishop, then he received nothing but peace of mind.  If there were some defect in his previous consecration, then the lines of succession in Tables A, B and C must be disregarded, and any listing of his apostolic succession should be determine from his second consecration as listed in <a href="http://yourbizsites.com/universalorderoftherose/page.cfm

 

TABLES OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION 
  The Right Reverend Lana Livingston
  The Right Reverend Gwendolyn Gable

CONTENTS OF SUCCESSION
I.    Old Catholic
II.   Liberal Catholic
III.  Independent Catholic
IV.  Roman Catholic (Brazilian)
V.   Appendix
      A.  Roman Catholic/Corporate Reunion
      B.  Reformed Episcopal
      C.  Non-Juring
      D.  Chaldean-Uniate
VI.  Editors Notes


I.    OLD CATHOLIC -

         The Netherlands were converted to Christianity chiefly through the labors of St.  Willibrord in the late 7th and early 8th centuries.  After his consecration by Pope Sergius in 696, he established his Chair at Utrecht.  Utrecht remained the Primatial See of Holland and ultimately became a Prince-Bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire until 1528, when the Prince-Bishop, Henry of Bavaria, ceded the sovereignty to the Emperor Charles V. In 1702 the Roman Catholic Church in Holland (comprising the Archepiscopal See of Utrecht and the Bishoprics of Haarlem and Deventer) became separated from the rest of the Roman Catholic Church in response to what was considered the unjust suspension of the Archbishop, the saintly Peter Codde, as a result of Jesuit intrigue.  After his death, the apostolic succession was restored by Dominique Marie Varlet, Bishop of Babylon, and the Dutch church became known as The Old Roman Catholic Church to distinguish it from the  Roman Church.
 

         After the Vatican Council of 1870, certain Roman Catholics protested the dogma of papal infallibility decreed by that council and were known as OLD  Catholics to denote that they adhered to the old teaching of Christendom and not to the new teaching of Rome.  The Old Catholics obtained their episcopal succession from the Old Roman Catholics of Holland, and the two bodies formed a loose federation of non-papal Catholic Churches under the title of the Union of Utrecht.

         An Old Catholic Church was established in Great Britain and Ireland in 1908 when Arnold Harris Matthew the Earl of Landaff was consecrated its first bishop.  In 1910 he severed connection with the Union of Utrecht over doctrinal issues on account of the growing influence of the Modernist and Anglican heresies in the other churches of the Union, which culminated in intercommunion being established between churches of the Utrecht Union and those of the Anglican Communion in 1932.  In the following table, the succession is traced from Cardinal Antonio Barberini, nephew of Pope Urban VIII, who was nominated to the Archepiscopal See of Rheims by King Louis XIV of France.  He was recognized by the Pope, and the record of his entry and enthronement at Rheims is preserved in Fisquot's La France Pontificale.

1.   Antonio Cardinal Barberini, on November 12, 1668, consecrated:
2.   Duc Charles Maurice Le Tellier, as his perpetual Coadjutor cum jure successionis, who on September 21, 1670, consecrated:
3.   Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Bishop of Mequx, who in 1671 consecrated:
4.   Jacques Goyon De Matignon, Bishop of Condom, who on February 19, 1719, consecrated:
5.   Dominique Marie Varlet, Bishop of Babylon, who on October 18, 1739, consecrated:
6.   Peter Johann Meindaerts, Archbishop of Utrecht, who on July 11, 1745, consecrated:
7.   Johann Van Stiphout, Bishop of Haarlem, who on February 7, 1768, consecrated:
8.   Walter Van Nieuwenhuisen, Archbishop of Utrecht, who on June 21, 1778, consecrated:
9.   Adrian Broekman, Bishop of Haarlem, who on July 5, 1797, consecrated:
10. John James Van Rhyn, Archbishop of Utrecht, who on November 7, 1805, consecrated:
11. Gisbert De Jong, Bishop of Deventer, who on April 24, 1814, consecrated:
12. Willibrord Van Os, Archbishop of Utrecht, who on April 25, 1819, consecrated:
13. Jonn Bon, Seventh Bishop of Haarlem, who on November 13, 1825,  consecrated:
14. John Van Santen, Archbishop of Utrecht, who in July of 1854 consecrated:
15. Herman Heykamp, Bishop of Deventer, who on August 11, 1873, consecrated:
16. Gaspard John Rinkel, Bishop of Haarlem, who on May 11, 1892, consecrated:
17. Gerardus Gul, Archbishop of Utrecht, who on October 9, 1909, consecrated:
18. Arnold Harris Mathew, 4th Earl of Landaff, Regionary Old Catholic Bishop for  
      Britain and Ireland, afterward Archbishop of London who on June 29, 1913, consecrated:
19. Rudolphe Francois Edouard de Gramant Hamilton de Brabant, His Serene Highness, Prince de Landas Berghes et de Rache et Duc de St. Winnock, Archbishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church, who on October 4, 1916, consecrated:
20. Carmel Henry Carfora, Archbishop and Primate of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church, who on June 17, 1945, consecrated:
21. Earl Anglin Lawrence James of Toronto, Canada, who on October 17, 1970, consecrated:
22. William Vincent Paul Hains-Howard, who on May 3, 1971, consecrated:
23. Peter Wayne Goodrich, Archbishop and Primate of the Liberal Catholic Church International, who on March 16, 1980, consecrated:
24. Robert Vincent Bernard Dawe, for the Independent Catholic Church International, Archbishop of California and later ICCI Primate of the USA and International Primus, who on October 18, 1981, consecrated:
25. Francis Thorne-Coley of San Antonio, Texas, Archbishop of the Community of the Companions of St. Francis, who on August 20, 1998, consecrated:
26. Lee Allen of Boerne, Texas, Bishop of the Company of the Friends of Jesus, who on August 13, 2000, consecrated:
27. Lana Livingston of Arlington, Texas, Bishop of the Temple of the Rose of Christ who on May 31,2003, consecrated:
28. Gwendolyn Gable
 
OLD CATHOLIC (Junior line) -

          Rudolphe Francois Edouard de Gramant Hamilton de Brabant, His Serene Highness, Prince de Landas Berghes et de Rache et Duc de St. Winnock, Archbishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church, on October 3, 1916, consecrated:

1.   William Henry Francis Brothers, who on August 25, 1935 consecrated:
2.   Albert Dunstan Bell, who on March 9, 1940, consecrated:
3.   Edgar Rarnon Verostek, who on December 7, 1941, consecrated:
4.   Lowell Paul Wadle, who on October 3, 1948, consecrated:
5.   Odo Acheson Barry, Mar Columba, who on July 17, 1955, consecrated:
6.   Hugh George de Willmott Newman, Mar Georgius I, who on July 6, 1956, consecrated:
7.   Charles Dennis Boltwood, who on October 16, 1966, consecrated:
8.   Albert J. Fuge, who of May 27, 1972, consecrated:
9.   John Lawrence Brown, who on December 31, 1973, consecrated:
10. Donald Lawrence Jolly, who on March 16, 1980, consecrated:
11. Robert Vincent Bernard Dawe, who on October 18, 1981, consecrated:
12. Francis Thorne-Coley, who on August 20, 1998, consecrated:
13. Lee Allen who on August 13, 2000, consecrated:
14. Lana M.Schramm who on May 31, 2003
15. Gwendolyn Gable
OLD CATHOLIC (English Line) -

          Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Archbishop Arnold Harris Mathew the Earl of arl of Landaff decided that it was necessary to make arrangements for the safeguarding of the succession of Old Catholics and called upon his priests to elect a suitable candidate for the Episcopate.  They elected the Reverend Frederick Willoughby, a former Anglican Clergyman, who was duly consecrated as recorded below, but whose connection with the Old Catholic Church in Great Britain was formally terminated on May 19, 1915 and he eventually submitted to Rome.  Archbishop Mathew died on December 20, 1919, by which time the movement had become known as The Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain and thereafter, a more pro-Roman policy obtained.

            An attempt was made to restore the original Old Catholic as di