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Canon of The National Old Catholic Church

The National Old Catholic Church of Washington D.C.

Code of Canon Law

Part I

General normal rules

Can. 1 -- Existing customs or laws at variance with this codex are herewith abolished. Customs disapproved by the Codex are considered corruptions of the law and cannot in the future be revived and obtain the force of law.

Can. 2 -- The Law is not retroactive with the sole exception of judgments and censures effected before the institution of the Code or unless it specifically states that it concerns a past act or judgment.

Can. 3 Those laws are to be considered invalidating which explicitly states or equivalently declare that an action is null and void or that a person is incapable of acting.

Can. 4 There can be no future censure for acts committed prior to the enactment of this Code unless explicitly states as in Canon 5.

Can. 5 Those under censure for delict prior to the enactment of this Code are forbidden to avail themselves of the saving clauses as contained herein since their status is by its nature perpetual.

Can. 6 The Law of the Church as contained herein shall be the general law of the Clergy who are under the Jurisdiction of the Province of Our Lady of the Angels - Old Catholic Church.

Can. 7 Ignorance of the General Law of the Church does not per se excuse from compliance with the law but may, at the discretion of the Courts Appointed be considered in extenuation only.

Can. 8 Ignorance or error is not presumed when it concerns the law or its penalty, or one?s own action, or the notorious action of another, concerning the non-notorious action of another, ignorance is presumed until the contrary is proven. This rule shall apply when a transgressor is brought before the Ecclesiastical Tribunal for a violation of Canon Law.

Can. 9 Laws are authoritatively interpreted by the Archbishop and by those to whom the power of interpreting has been committed. Authoritative interpretation of a law has the force of law itself.

Can. 10 Ecclesiastical laws must be interpreted according to the proper meaning of the terms of the law considered in their context. If that meaning remains obscure, one must have recourse to parallel citations of the Code if there are any, or to the purpose and circumstances and the intention of the Archbishop.

Can. 11 The Codex expressly does not interfere with existing laws or custom of existing Religious Orders, their Constitutions or privileges as long as they are within the spirit of the law and not contrary thereto.

Can. 12 Precepts given to Individuals by the Archbishop bind them wherever they go, but they cannot be urged in an Ecclesiastical Trial and they expire with the authority of the one imposing the precept, unless they are given in the form of a legal document, or before two witnesses. An exception to this will be given in Canon 15.

Can. 13 All Faculties, Authorities, Commissions, Warrants, Charters, by any person, prelate, priest or official of the Province of Our Lady of the Angels - Old Catholic Church, to any Order, prelate, priest, organization or lay person, for the purpose of founding, instituting, erecting, soliciting or constituting parishes or societies, are by this Canon subject to recall at the direction of the Archbishop.

Can. 14   Prior acts of any prelate or Synod to August 25, 1963 tending to bring discredit upon the Church shall be dealt with by summary sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court, condemned and forever abrogated, nullified and anathematized and can never more obtain the force of legality or validity.

Can. 15 In order that a custom may obtain the force of law in the Church, it must have received the consent of the Synod and the Archbishop.

Can. 16 No custom can abrogate or modify the Divine Law, either positive or natural. In order that a custom may have the power to change Canon Law, it must:

(a).have persisted for a period not less than forty years.

(b).be, by nature reasonable.

(c).have the unanimous consent of the Synod and Archbishop.

Can. 17 Dispensation, which is the relaxation or modification of Law in a particular case, can be granted by the Archbishop, by his successor and by those whom they have delegated.

Can. 18 §1. From the General Laws of the Church, Auxiliary Bishops inferior to the Metropolitan cannot dispense, not even in a particular case, unless the power has been conceded to them implicitly or explicitly or when recourse to the Metropolitan is difficult and there is at the same time danger of causing great harm by the delay and the case is one in which it is reasonably presumed that the dispensation would be granted in the normal course of events.

    §2. EPIEIKEIA, is that state of circumstance wherein it is possible to modify or dispense with the Law, even by inferior pastors and curates, when from the status, it is certain that though in actuality the law specifically states a course of action, it is morally certain in the mind that in that particular case it would not be the wish of the lawgiver to follow that course. In this case, the Law may be waived and recourse later be had to the Metropolitan. Consistent abuse of the principle of Epieikeia is not lawful, but a corruption of the Law and subjects the offender to Trial for violation of Canon Law.

Can. 19 Pastors cannot dispense either from a General Law of the Church nor from special laws of the Archbishop or other Bishops. By custom introduced from time immemorial, pastors can only dispense their individual parishioners in special cases from fast and abstinence and permit them servile work on Sundays only.

Part II

CLERICS

Can. 20 Those who have been assigned to the Divine Ministry are called Clerics. They are not of the same degree; there is a Sacred Hierarchy, by which one is subordinate to the other. The Hierarchy which is of Divine Institution by reason of Sacred Orders consists of Bishops, Priests and Deacons; by sacramental usage, Subdeacons, Minor clerics of the Ostiariate, Lectorate, Portarate and Acolyte, by reasons of Jurisdiction, it consists of the Archbishop and the subordinate Episcopate.

Incardination In The Diocese

Can. 21 An Ordinary should not incardinate a cleric of another Diocese set up within the Church by the Archbishop unless:

1. The cleric is necessary or useful and the prescripts of Canon Law have been observed.
2. the Ordinary has the authentic document and valid letters dimissorial from the Archbishop.
3. The cleric has taken the oath of stability to serve the Diocese for all times henceforth.

Can. 22 The prescripts of c. 21 shall also apply in all cases to the priests of any other Church validly ordained entering upon the Sacred Ministry within the Church.

Can. 23 Priests may not change parishes, exchange parishes or transfer themselves from one Mission to another without the express written permission of the Archbishop or in these territories where there is an Ordinary appointed, without the consent of the Bishop where he wishes to go.

Can. 24 §1.No priest in charge of a parish or no Vicar Forane may, of his own volition, receive, even temporarily, any priest not in possession of valid letters dimissorial or assign him to any work. This shall not be deemed to include priests on lawful canonical vacation in possession of a Celebret.

    §2.A priest may serve as locum tenens in the event of necessity, but always after the Chancery Office has been duly notified.

Can. 25 There shall exist but two types of benefice:  Service of the Diocese and Mission Assignment. In the service of the Diocese, any Bishop thereafter ordaining any priest for whom there is not an immediate place is responsible for the care and upkeep of that priest as a member of his domestic household. Any Bishop hereafter accepting the incardination of any priest from a foreign country or from the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church shall be responsible likewise for the continuing care of said priest; as shall any priest bringing said clerics to this country with the express permission of the Synod and Archbishop be likewise responsible.

Can. 26 Since the past has shown that acephali and vagantes are a danger and a scandal to the Church, any cleric fostering or aiding and advising any cleric of this Church to solicit a transfer wherein there does not exist a valid assignment ready for him shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in these Canons for that offense.

Can. 27 -- Clerics under censure are automatically excardinated by reason of judicial sentence and incardination is only refected at the expiration of the sentence of suspension or probation, whichever be the longest. During this period, they are to be deprived from all vote, both active and passive and are forbidden Faculties other than to say Mass in private.

Can. 28 It is explicitly and expressly forbidden to allow any clergyman of any obedience other than that of the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church within the Sanctuary at any time during Divine Services unless he be in the process of incardination.

Can. 29 Faculties and permission to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass are to be withheld in all cases where a visiting priest does not both display valid faculties, must have celebret enter his name and origin in a book to be provided for that purpose and kept in the sanctuary for the inspection of the Bishop Visitor.

Concerning the Rights and Privileges of Clerics

Can. 30 All the Faithful owe the Clergy reverence according to their various ranks and offices and they become guilty of sacrilege if they do them personal harm.

Can. 31 All cases against clerics, both Civil and Criminal must be brought into the Ecclesiastical Court .

Can. 32 All Clerics and Religious, who enjoy the privilege of the Forum cannot be brought into, or sued in a Civil Court without the permission of the Archbishop. Such permission should not be refused if the suitor be a lay person and especially after his attempts to secure a settlement have failed. If Clerics have sued or been sued in Civil Court without the obtained permission, they may appear in Court in response to competent Civil Authority but they shall inform the Archbishop from whom the permission should have been obtained.

Can. 33 Clerics may be ordained if they have married before the Diaconate, but except by Dispensation From the Archbishop, no married man may be ordained further if he contract a valid marriage after the Diaconate, without letters of Dispensation from the Synod or Archbishop.

Can. 33-A -- No sub-deacon, deacon, priest, or bishop may enter into the bonds of Matrimony. Only those in minor orders, tonsure, or in lay estate may marry before ordination to the Subdiaconate. Subdeacons do profess a solemn oath of celibacy upon ordination to that order.  

Canon 33-B

NEW AND REVISED Canon 33 B - Revised, effective August 15, 2008 - There is no bar to the sacrament of Holy Orders for those men who are married. The married state is valid expression of the Christian life and ministry. Holy Synod does not need to issue letters of dispensation. The Archbishop may grant a deacon, priest, or bishop the leave to contract marriage.

(This Canon suspends both Canon 33 and 33 A)

Can. 34 Clerical Celibacy shall be the General Norm in accordance with the injunction of St. Paul to the Corinthians I. vii. 8-9, but with deference to the continuing injunction. "Bishops should be the husband of one wife, sober ..." in accordance with Ancient Apostolic Custom. Bishops may also be selected from among the married clergy without discrimination.

Can. 34-A No priest may be raised to the Episcopal dignity and remain within the bonds of Matrimony. Only Celibates and widowers may be consecrated to the office of Bishop. This canon is not retroactive before the established date. The Archbishop may dispense an individual Candidate for Consecration from this requirement at any time for His own good reason.

(This Canon suspends Canon 34, effective August 24, 1978.)

Can. 35 Celibacy shall be obligatory upon the Religious Orders, with the express exception of Secular Tertiaries of those Orders.

Can. 36 Clerics are possessed of the Power in the sanctification of the Faithful by Sacred Rites and of Power of Jurisdiction to govern the Faithful for the fulfillment of the Supernatural Ends for which the Church was established.

Can. 37 Clerics enjoy the privilege of Immunity from Military Service, which right is nominally respected in the United States . In time of grave national peril, clerics ought not to withhold their Sacred Ministrations even though they are not assigned Chaplaincies.

Concerning the Obligations of Clerics

Can. 38 The essential obligation of every Cleric constitutes the adherence to the Law of the Church, orthodoxy in the matter of Sacred Rites, the respect and obedience due his lawful superiors, the zealous guarding of Faith and Morality and the unceasing attention to his priestly office in caring for the immortal souls committed to his charge.

Can. 39 The Bishop must take care that the clergy frequently go to Confession, make a daily meditation and visits the Blessed Sacrament, recite the Divine Office and Examen Conscientiae.

Can. 40 All Secular priests must, at least once in two years make a retreat for a time specified by the Bishop. No one shall be exempted from this retreat except in a particular case, for a just reason and with the explicit permission of the competent ecclesiastical authority.

Can. 41 All Clerics, but especially the priests, are under the solemn obligation and vow made at their ordination to obey and respect their Archbishop and Ordinary, in those areas not Canonically erected into Dioceses, the Clergy are immediately subject to the Archbishop or the Vicar Forane delegated by him to exercise Jurisdiction.

Can. 42 The Office imposed on clerics must be assiduously attended to as long as the Bishop judges that the needs of the Church require that particular service of the priest.

Can. 43 The Clerics, after being Ordained Priests, must not neglect studies, but rather increase them, to the greater apologetic erudition of the Church and especially in the Sacred Sciences in which they should follow the sound doctrines handed down to us by the Fathers and universally received by the Undivided Church and they should avoid profane novelties of _expression and that which is wrongfully called ?scientific or modern?.

Can. 44 All priests, even though they have a parochial charge, must undergo for three years after their ordination, an examination in the Sacred Sciences as outlined by the Archbishop or Ordinary. In the appointment to existing parishes or benefices, those ought to be preferred who excelled in the examinations.

Can. 45 All clerics are bound to wear becoming clerical garb in accordance with the legitimate custom of places and in accordance with the instructions of the Ordinary. Clerics are not allowed to wear a ring or any ostentatious or eccentric articles of dress. In their homes and on the grounds of Church property, clerics should not appear in secular garb but should wear the cassock or religious habit peculiar to their Religious order. This may be modified if one is a working cleric.

Can. 46 Because of the condition in the United States which consists in the separation of Church and State, clerics will not wear the cassock or Religious habit as a matter of form off ecclesiastical property. The designated dress shall consist in the standard black suit, Rabat and Roman Collar. A hat should always be worn as a matter of course in conformity with ecclesiastical dignity

Can. 47 Clerics must abstain from all things unbecoming their state; they must not exercise unbecoming arts; nor medicine without an indult; nor play games of chance for money; nor carry weapons unless there be justified cause for fear; nor indulge in hunting with outcry and publicity; nor visit saloons and public places where alcoholic beverages are sold and under no circumstances, countenance or sponsor any benefit contiguous to Church property wherein alcoholic beverages are either dispensed, purveyed or sold.

Can. 48 -- Alcoholic beverages should not be served as a matter of course in any rectory or Religious Institution, not for its intrinsic evil, but lest scandal touch the house and the person of the priest. This is not to be construed to include the common display of ordinary hospitality. The Cleric Head of Household may, for appropriate reason, permit the service of wine at the main meal of the day.

Can. 49 Even those occupations which are not unbecoming to the Clerical State , but which are foreign to it, the clergy must avoid.

Can. 50 Without express permission from the Archbishop, clerics shall not act as agents for the goods or property of lay people; or assume secular offices that impose the obligation of rendering an account; nor exercise the office of procurator or lawyer, except in the Ecclesiastical Court or in the Civil Court when there is question of his own case or that of the Church.

Can. 51 Canon 50 shall not be deemed to include the Office of Notary Public or Representative before the Board of Immigration Appeals or Probation Board of the various Criminal Courts of the land wherein there is no financial or beneficial interest involved on the part of the participant but merely the welfare of a member of the Church.

Can. 52 §1.The clergy must keep away from those performances, dances or shows which are unbecoming to the clergy and where it would be scandalous to see them attend. Despite the laudable custom of free admission granted by many of the operators of the establishments to members of the clergy, mere attendance is scandalous if the performance is such that the Church would be impugned by the attendance of the clerics.

    §2.Should there be a particularly worthwhile historical or educational event being displayed, shown or exhibited permission may be presumed, but for good taste, the cleric should never attend alone and never in company which would, of itself constitute scandal. There should always be a priest or cleric companion.

Can. 53 Clerics shall not volunteer for Military Service without the permission of the Archbishop or Ordinary, Clerics must not take part in or help, aid or abet, any internal revolt or disturbance of public order, clerics in Minor Orders who volunteer for Military Service are ipso facto reduced to the lay estate without further process of Canon Law.

Can. 54 Clerics who knowingly lend themselves to, join, participate in or otherwise render themselves culpable in any seditious, notorious organization, group, order, association, body or congregation, whose particular aims or intentions are proven or have been proven to be openly antagonistic to the Government of the United States or any local State or Civil Government are ipso facto suspended and subject to the penalties as set forth in Part VII.

Can. 55 All clerics entering the United States from a foreign country intending to permanently reside herein, after having been lawfully incardinated in accordance with those provisions of Canon Law, shall, within the period of 5 years, make formal Declaration of Intention to become United States Citizens and shall subsequently proceed in the manner prescribed by law.

Can. 56 Clerics, even though they have no parish or benefice, are forbidden to be absent from their ecclesiastical domicile for a notable length of time without the express permission of the Ordinary. When such permission has been, in fact granted, reports of activities must be made at least every month during the period of lawful absence.

Can. 57 Clerics are bound to fulfill their obligation imposed upon them by the Synod in the matter of Cathedraticum and other assessments made upon them by Synod Vote. Poverty of a cleric will excuse him from these obligation upon affidavit to the Archbishop or Ordinary and formal written dispensation, but the cleric must make some contribution according to his means.

Can. 58 Clerics assigned a parish or mission may not, of their own volition become inactive. The clerics of the Church should ever, with unceasing diligence, labor for the good of the Church and the salvation of souls without regard for personal well-being. Clergy who are retired or are unable to work by reason of physical disability will be dispensed upon formal application to the Archbishop.

Can. 59 Clerics are obliged by this Canon to be present at all clerical meetings called by the competent ecclesiastical authority designated to exercise jurisdiction over any particular area. At those meetings, all matters pertaining to the welfare of that particular area and of the Church in General shall be discussed and appropriate action taken.

Can. 60 It shall be the duty of the cleric appointed as secretary of the local Chapter or Clericus, to forward, in duplicate a complete documentary transcript of the proceedings to the Chancery Office at the close of the meeting following its approval by signature of the responsible prelate or dean.

Can. 61 It is the indispensable duty of all clerics to furnish prompt certified copies of all pertinent documents, Baptism and Death or Marriage Certificates, yearly Census reports and parish protocols to the Chancery for filing. Failure to keep adequate records may expose the clergy and laity to future inconvenience and possible disaster if those records be not readily available.

Can. 62 The Archives of the Church shall consist of all documentary evidence of Census, Baptism, Confirmation, Ordination and Matrimonial matters; the transcripts of all ecclesiastical trials or disciplinary matters; the personnel records into of all clerics of the Church; documents of concordat or inter communion the duplicates of all balloted votes taken at Synods together with all historical and financial reports pertaining thereto and full and concise directions for the successor to the Archbishop should his untimely death occur. The Archives shall contain a separate box, of a secure nature, locked by two keys, one to be held by the Archbishop and the other by the Chancellor of the Archdiocese. In this receptacle shall be kept all papers of a confidential nature. The Archives of the Church shall be made available to inspection and inventory by a committee appointed by the Archbishop during Synod, wherein disposition may be made of outdated materials. These shall be destroyed by fire and a brief notation kept for the record.

Can. 63 Due caution shall be taken that no unauthorized person obtain any access to the Archives. Persons or Clerics removing any paper or document therefrom shall leave in its place a signed receipt, giving the date and purpose of removal and authority therefor and his signature. He shall then become personally responsible for its safe return. Authority for such temporary removal shall be obtained from the Archbishop, or if, by reason of any inability to act, from the Coadjutor.

Can. 64 Ecclesiastical Offices cannot be obtained except by canonical appointment. By ecclesiastical or canonical appointment is understood the conferring of an office by the competent ecclesiastical authority, according to the Sacred Canons.

Can. 65 Appointment to any office must be made in writing, duly attested by the Ordinary and Chancellor of the Diocese.

Reduction of Clerics to the State of the Laity

Can. 66 Though Sacred Ordination, once validly received cannot be invalidated, nevertheless a cleric in minor orders may be reduced to the state of the laity by rescript or sentence of the ecclesiastical court and finally by the penalty of degradation.

Can. 67 A cleric in minor orders may be reduced to the state of the laity not only by the very fact of committing actions to which the law attaches loss of the clerical state, but also by his own free will under conditions wherein he requests the Ordinary to allow him to return to the lay estate; or the effect when he prudently judges that the cleric could not with due respect for the clerical state be promoted to Sacred Orders; or the cleric indulging in activity or delict which bring scandal and opprobrium on the Church, ipso facto relegating him to the lay estate without further process of Canon Law. The burden of proof shall be on the cleric.

Can. 68 If a cleric in Minor Orders has for any reason returned to the State of the Laity, he can again be admitted to the Clergy with the permission of the Ordinary into whose Diocese he was incardinated by Orders. The Ordinary should, however, grant permission only if the cleric be blameless and worth of re-incardination and the cause for his reduction was not such that his moral character was affected. A period of probation should be designated and the cleric tested anew for his vocation.

Can. 69 Clerics reduced to the Lay estate by delict or act of commission which is culpable under Canon Law is by this canon, perpetually impeded from ever again entering upon the clericate (the clerical order) with a view to future ordination but he may not be forbidden the sanctuary of a Religious House if he be penitent and desirous of expiating his delict. (See Medieinal and Vindictive Penalties, Sec. VII).

Can. 70 A cleric in Major Orders who has returned to the Lay Estate may not be readmitted to the Clericate except by Rescript from the Synod and Archbishop. This shall be deemed to include all cases not culpable under Canon Law.

Can. 71 Clerics in Major Orders reduced to the State of the Laity by reason of judicial sentence are permanently enjoined from ever being Ordained further or exercising the Orders already received. The Impediment is, by its very nature perpetual. Dispensation may only be granted after a period of lengthy probation and the approval of the Ordinary or Archbishop and the Synod.

Can. 72 All clerics who have been legally reduced to the state of the laity or by permission granted for cause not affecting their moral character thereby lose all office, benefice, rights and privileges of the clericate and are forbidden to wear the cassock and other clerical apparel,they remain bound, however, by the Divine Office and celibacy,if they are unmarried and in Major Orders. Minor clerics are not bound by the obligation to recite the office.

THE HIERARCHY

THE Archbishop

Can. 73 -- As Head of the Church, the Archbishop has the following rights of Jurisdiction over the Province of Our Lady of the Angels - Old Catholic Church; and/or any other territories of the Church in foreign lands:

1.The Archbishop may place into Office those who have been presented for a benefice or delegate that right to the separate Ordinaries.

2.Make the Canonical Visitation of the Dioceses and all Territories of the church, if those delegated by him to so do fail in their duty.

3.Watch over the faithful observance of Faith and discipline throughout the Church as a whole.

4.To exercise the Pontifical in all Churches even those exempt.

5.To receive appeals from Judicial Sentences passed by those under his jurisdiction and to act as the Court of the Second Instance.

6.He acts as Court of the First Instance in cases concerning Bishops their rights and temporal goods.

7.He has the right to convene the General Synod and to preside at its deliberation.

8.He has the right to consecrate Bishops canonically elected and whose election shall have been confirmed by Synod.

9.He shall have the right to designate his Coadjutor but such designation shall have the majority consent of the Consistory and the Synod assembled at the earliest regular time subsequent thereto. There shall be no deviation from this procedure. Upon Sede Vacante of the Archbishopal See, the Coadjutor shall serve In Sede Camerlengo until such time as he shall be installed as Archbishop. In the absence of a Coadjutor, the Canon Rector of the Archbishopal See shall serve In Sede Camerlengo until such time as the new Archbishop shall be Elected.

10.He takes precedence over all other Bishops and Lesser Prelates within the Church.

11.He shall have the right to appoint all officials of the Archbishopal Curia and to remove them from office for just cause, but those offices affecting the jurisdiction of Bishops must be ratified by the Synod of Bishops.

12.He shall exercise Jurisdiction over all Religious in accordance with their Constitutions.

13.He shall have primary jurisdiction over all Bishops who shall function as his auxiliaries. In the case of Provisional Dioceses canonically erected, the Ordinary shall be governed by the relevant Canons.

14.The right to grant faculties to priests or to revoke such faculties, even those ordained by other Bishops of the Province of Our Lady of the Angels - Old Catholic Church shall be reserved to the Archbishop who may nevertheless delegate the authority to the Bishop who shall have performed the Ordination and to those Bishops in the future placed in charge of actual or provisional Dioceses.

15.In like manner, the Archbishop shall have the right to grant letters dimissorial to all clerics of the church even though such authority may be delegated to another Bishop at the discretion of the Archbishop.

16.The Archbishop is, despite his broad powers, responsible for the Faith and Practice of the Province of Our Lady of the Angels - Old Catholic Church and the discipline of her clerics and laity. He is a Servant of the Servants of God and no man should be elected to the office or considered as Coadjutor who is not likely, by reason of physical frailty or personal instability to fulfill that High Position. Election to the Office of Archbishop shall be held to be the Working of Almighty God the Holy Spirit and shall be for life.

THE BISHOPS

Can. 74 The Bishops are successors to the Apostles and before a cleric is elevated to the Episcopate, proof must be furnished that the individual is worthy.

Can. 75 The requisites for a candidate to the Episcopate are:He must be born of legitimate wedlock and even those legitimized by subsequent marriage are excluded; he must be at least thirty years of age; He must have been ordained a priest for at least a reasonable time and must have exercised his sacerdotal orders within the Province of Our Lady of the Angels - Old Catholic Church for the same length of time; he must be of good character, with piety and zeal for souls, prudent and otherwise qualified to perform the office of Bishop; he must be a Doctor or Licenciate in Theology or Canon Law in an institution of Learning approved by the Church or must submit to an examination in these Sacred Sciences.

Can. 76 All those who are elected, presented or designated for Consecration by persons who have the power to elect, or present or delegate must have the aforesaid qualifications. The Consistory, together with the Archbishop shall have the right to pass judgment on the qualifications of any candidate for the Episcopate.

Can. 77  The Bishop, unless he be an Auxiliary or Coadjutor shall have the Right and Duty to govern the Territory or Diocese assigned him. His jurisdiction shall extend to temporal as well as spiritual affairs and to this end he has legislative, judicial and coercive power which must be exercised in accordance with the laws of the Sacred Canons.

Can. 78 Only those Bishops elected by the Synod at large and Consecrated by the Archbishopal Mandate and the Order of the Consistory may exercise the right of Jurisdiction. Any Bishop of this Church, consecrated sub rosa without the express authority as stated above is impeded from obtaining a Diocese or acting as a Bishop except by Archbishopal Indult.

Can. 79 It is neither just or right that the Sacred Office of the Episcopate shall be obtained by independent consecration and the conditions as set forth in C. 78 shall, for all time, stand. Any cleric of this church, consecrated sub rosa by any Prelate of this or any other ecclesiastical jurisdiction is ipso facto permanently impeded from over exercising the Episcopate or obtaining any office of authority or responsibility within the Church, is deprived of both active and passive voice and the Consecrating Prelate, is by his act of insubordination, ipso facto deprived of his office and is impeded from ever exercising his Episcopate within the church. The Impediment is perpetual. This Canon shall not apply if the consecration sub rosa is specifically authorized by Archbishopal Indult.

Can. 80 The Laws of the individual Bishops begin to bind immediately upon promulgation unless he provides otherwise. The method of promulgation is determined by the Bishops, the Canon on prescripts is valid herewith in the same sense.

Can. 81 The Bishop must urge the observance of the Law and be an example to his clerics by his compliance and he cannot dispense from the General Law of the Church except as specifically and explicitly delegated by the Archbishop.

Can. 82 Every Bishop shall make a monthly report of conditions within his diocese, such report to be published in the Acta Sede Archbishopiae for the General Information of the Church at large where feasible.

Can. 83 Such reports shall, in context follow the formulas as set forth by the Chancery Office of the Church, or appropriate Congregation of the Archbishopal Curia as the Archbishop may from time to time designate, in all respects.

Can. 84 The Bishop must visit his entire Diocese at least once in every two years in person, or if legitimately dispensed by the Archbishop, he may be delegated a Vicar Forane or other qualified prelate.  
 

CONCERNING COADJUTORS AND AUXILIARY BISHOPS

Can. 85 The Synod only can give a Coadjutor to a Bishop, with the exception of the Archbishop. The Coadjutor as a general rule, is given to a Bishop with the right of succession, sometimes also to the See. where this is intended, the ratification of the appointment must be made through the Synod and the priests within the Diocese. The Bishop given as Coadjutor without the right of succession is called an Auxiliary Bishop.

Can. 86 The rights of the Coadjutor given to a Bishop are to be learned from the letters of appointment. Unless otherwise stated in the Apostolic Letters the Coadjutor given a Bishop who is quite incapacitated has all the rights and duties of the Bishop; in other cases he has only those rights delegated to him by the Ordinary of the Diocese.

Can. 87 What the Coadjutor is able and willing to do, the Bishop ought not to delegate to another.

Can. 88 The Coadjutor has the duty to perform the Pontifical and other functions which the Bishop would have to perform himself as often as he is requested by his Bishop and is able to attend to them.

Can. 89 The Coadjutor with the Right of Succession becomes Ordinary at the exact time the See or Diocese becomes vacant or upon the decease of the Ordinary, provided he took legitimate possession of his office after Canonical appointment.

Can. 90 The Office of the Auxiliary expires with the Office of the Bishop, unless it is stated otherwise in the Apostolic Letters or appointment.

Can. 91 Domestic Prelates are members of the Archiepiscopal Curia and are appointed by the Archbishop. they are Monsignori and may or not be Vicars Forane. They are directly responsible to the Archbishop as stated in their Letters of Appointment.

Can. 92 The Archbishop may, at his discretion, appoint Deans to be in charge of the Deaneries, where a sufficient number of parishes or extensive parochial territories exist and where jurisdiction cannot otherwise be conveniently administered.?

Can. 93 The Archbishop shall be designated as: HIS GRACE, Archbishop ________________.  

Coadjutor and Auxiliary or Diocesan Bishops shall be designated as HIS EXCELLENCY, BISHOP _____________________.  

The Reverend Superiors of Religious Orders of Men, and Canons of the Church are to be referred to as THE VERY REVEREND (FATHER or CANON or ABBOT) __________________.

 

CONCERNING THE SYNOD

Can. 94 The Synod, to be held at least every five years is to treat questions only as touch the particular needs of the clergy and laity of the Archdiocese or Diocese.

Can. 95 The Synod is convoked and presided over by the Archbishop or if it be a local diocesan Synod, by the Bishop of the Diocese. The Vicar General, by particular mandate may take his place for this purpose. It is to be held in the Cathedral unless there be good reason to hold it elsewhere.

Can. 96 The Clergy of the Church are to be present without exception. If the Synod be local only, certain of the clergy may be excused for cause demonstrated to the Bishop. Religious Orders represented in the Diocese shall have their Superior present at the deliberations.

Can. 97 Those who are called to Synod but cannot, by legitimate impediment send a procurator in their place but they must notify the Bishop why it is impossible for them to attend. Those who willfully neglect to come to Synod may be compelled by the Bishop with just penalties.

Can. 98 The Bishop may, before Synod, appoint a committee to prepare the subject matter for discussion. Before the sessions open, a schedule or agenda is furnished to all those who are to attend.

Can. 99 The proposed questions are to be submitted by the Bishop or the one presiding in his place to the Free Discussion of the members of the Synod in the preliminary session.

Can. 100 The Archbishop is the only Executive in the Synod. He alone signs the laws passed by the Synod which, if they are promulgated in the Synod, bind immediately.

Can. 101 In the General Synod of the Church, wherein the Synod of Bishops and all the clergy are present, any laws which are promulgated must be ratified by the Archbishop and Synod before they are enforceable.  
 

CONCERNING SYNODICAL EXAMINERS

Can. 102 In each diocese, there must be Synodical examiners and parochial consultors who are all instituted in the Synod, the Bishop proposing and the Synod approving them. There should be as many as the Bishop judges necessary but not less than two nor more than seven.

Can. 103 The Synodical examiners should faithfully lend their services especially in the examinations for appointment as pastors and in ecclesiastical trials.

Can. 104 For the examination of candidates for Ordination and of priests to be approved for confessions and preaching and for the yearly examination for junior Clergy, the Bishop is free to call these examiners or others.

CONCERNING ARCHDIOCESAN AND DIOCESAN ORGANIZATION

Can. 105 The title of the Church be: The National Old Catholic Church of Washington D.C. - Old Catholic Church.

Can. 106 The Church is constituted of the Bishops, the Clergy and Laity. The Archbishop is the head of the Church and all must render him the respect and homage due the high position entrusted to him.

Can. 107 The Sacred Consistorial Congregation shall be composed of the Archbishop, the Bishops and such clergy as they shall appoint to assist them.

Can. 108 The Sacred Consistorial Congregation shall have the authority and the power to govern the Church and enact intermediate laws pending the next convened Synod. They shall act as the Ecclesiastical Court and all petitions for Rescripts, Dispensations, Offices, Benefices or Directions involving the Church shall be addressed to them. They shall contain the offices of the Penitentiary, Holy Office, Sacraments, Propaganda Fidei and Oriental Congregations existing in the Church today.

Can. 109 In those cases referred to them by Canon Law for adjudication, they shall be the Court of Appeal. the Archbishop is Ex Officio President of the congregation and constitutes the Court of Last Appeal.

Can. 110 Upon his Consecration, a Bishop automatically is seated in the Consistory and is entitled to Active and Passive Voice in its deliberations.

Can. 111 The Consistory shall keep record of and ratify all Document of Import affecting the Church for the Archives. They shall issue certified copies of any Documents of Import as needed and shall issue all of the Acts of the Metropolitan See.

Can. 112 In the years intervening between the regular Synod, it shall be the duty of the Consistory to administer the Church as a legislative and judicial body under the direction of the Archbishop.

Can. 113 It is the duty of the Synod to erect such Dioceses, subordinate to the Archbishopal See, as may be expedient or necessary but before this can be done, there must be an actual need therefore.

Can. 114 Where Diocese are not erected, Bishops Auxiliary may be designated by him as Vicars General to assist in the administration.

Can. 115 The Chancery Office shall be directed by the Archbishop and shall consist of the Vicar General and Chancellor and such priest assistants as may be necessary to properly conduct the business of the Office.

Can. 116 It shall be the duty of the Chancery Office to receive and process all Church correspondence relative to the Archbishopal See and its lawful business, to receive and care for, all reports and certificates of Death, Marriage, Baptism and Ordination, Confirmation and any other papers necessary or expedient for the proper conduct of business within the Archdiocese.

Can. 117 The Chancery Office shall, at the earliest possible time after the Blessing of the Holy Oils, forward them, by Registered Mail or personal courier to all Bishops who shall be then responsible for distributing them to the Priests under their Jurisdiction. The Archbishop shall permit Bishops Ordinary to consecrate Holy Oils for use within their individual Jurisdictions, said consecration to occur on Holy Thursday, at a special celebration of the Mass during the morning thereof.

Can. 118 Any and all correspondence relative to Church Business shall be addressed to the Chancery Office and marked for attention to the concerned individual or Prelate. There shall be no deviation from this procedure. A self-addressed, stamped envelope shall be enclosed at all times for convenience in reply and large enough to accommodate the expected papers in return.

Can. 119 Any of the Acts of the Archbishopal See, public documents or matter of import to the Church at large shall emanate and be published via the official publication of the Church and the Report of the Chancery Office issued monthly by the Chancellor.

Can. 120 The Monthly Report of the Chancery shall contain such pertinent information for the clergy at large, thus eliminating unnecessary correspondence, as may be expedient or necessary for the transaction of Church Business.

Can. 121 The Chancery Office shall issue an Ordo of Divine Services with the Proper of the time and a designation of the Oratio Imperata; a directory of the Church, giving all pertinent data of the approved clergy and religious, such directory to be circulated within the Church alone and not to be available to casual inquirers. Such of these directories as are distributed shall be kept up to date.

Can. 122 Each adult parishioner of the Church shall contribute the sum of one dollar per year, such contribution to be transmitted to the Archbishopal See for use in the Treasury of the Archbishopal See as a standing fund for the Chancery Office and they shall be given in return, all duplication of Marriage, Baptism, Confirmation certificates without further fee and shall be entitled to obtain any necessary rescripts without benefit of further charge.

Can. 123 This Chancery Fund shall be utilized for the necessary expenses of publishing the official organ of the Church, Acta Sede Archbishopiae and Chancery Report. It is forbidden to the use the fund for any other purpose unless directed by the Archbishop.

Can. 124 A yearly Financial Report shall be made to the Clergy and laity, and shall emanate from the Chancery Office. It shall be certified by the Synod and Archbishop.

Can. 125 For the welfare of the Church, one each of the Bishops is assigned by the Archbishop to administer the separate areas of the Archdiocese and shall receive his Letters stating the extent of administration.

Can. 126 Such duties shall include those of a Diocesan Bishop pending erection of formal Diocese areas.

Can. 127 The Bishop should not delay the appointment of a pastor to a vacant parish for more than six months, unless peculiar circumstances of place and persons induce the Ordinary to delay the conferring of the pastorate.

Can. 128 The Bishop is bound in conscience to give the Parish to the cleric best qualified without favoritism.

Can. 129 The function reserved to the Rector unless the Law states otherwise are:

  1.To baptize solemnly.

  2.To Carry the Blessed Sacrament publicly to the sick.

3.To administer the Holy Viaticum whether publicly or privately and to give Extreme Unction, Bishops shall receive the Last Sacrament from the Vicar General or Canons of the Chapter. 

If these be not available, the Consultors are responsible. In Religious Communities, the Superior has the right to give the Last Rites. In case of necessity or urgency, any cleric may give the Last Rites with presumed permission.

 4.To announce Sacred Orders and Marriage Banns, to assist at marriages or delegate them to a curate and to give the Nuptial Blessing.

5.To officiate at the Requiem of His Parishioners unless they themselves selected another Church for Burial Rites.

6.To Bless the Houses on Holy Saturday or any other day according to Local Custom with the Blessing of the Ritual.

7.To Bless the Baptismal Font on Holy Saturday, to have public processions outside the Church with all pomp and ceremony.

Can. 130 If the Pastor be obliged to leave the Parish because of some very urgent business and must be away for over a week he shall, as soon as possible inform the Bishop by letter of the facts and shall state what priest he has left in charge.

Can. 131 Also, in cases where the priest is away from the Church for less than a week, he must provide for the wants of the people, especially when particular circumstances of the parish demands attention.

Can. 132 The Pastor must celebrate the Divine Offices, administer the Sacraments, become acquainted with the people and increase the fold, by conversion and example, admonish the erring, counsel the straying, assist the poor and sick and give especial care to the instruction of Children in the Catholic Faith.

Can. 133 The Pastor must keep accurate, standing records of Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Deceased, Holy Orders and the Special Book of Mass Intentions and Visiting Clergy who may have said Mass in the Church. He should take care to have the census book as correct as possible and he shall keep these books with great care and according to the instructions of the Bishop.

Can. 134  In the Baptismal Record should be inserted a notice regarding Confirmation and Marriage or Admission to Holy Orders or Solemn Profession. When issuing Baptismal Certificates, these facts should always be mentioned on the Certificates. Duplicates of all certificates shall be sent to the Chancery Office Immediately upon entering in the Parish Records.

Can. 135 The Pastor should have a parochial seal and a safe place for the above mentioned books and documents where he should also keep the parish files for reference at some future time or in case of his decease.

CONCERNING RELIGIOUS

Can. 136 All Religious, whether Regular or Confraternities are directly under the Jurisdiction of the Archbishop and are exempt from all particular law which may in the future be promulgated by any Ordinary or other prelate having local jurisdiction.

Can. 137 Religious are subject to the Common Law of the Church in the same sense as other clerics and are bound to observe all prescripts placed upon them by the Archbishop.

Can. 138 Religious Orders of Communities of Tertiaries erected or formed by the separate Bishops or Orders shall hereinafter submit to the Synod, the Constitution and rule of the Order, together with complete details of financial endowment. Regulars will be exempted from this Canon in view of that condition wherein they shall observe the traditional rule of the concerned Order.

Can. 139 In the case of Religious Orders, Oratories or Communities, the permission of the Archbishop is required for their establishment and ought not to be granted unless there is sufficient assurance that the concerned Community is reasonably endowed with the requisite experience and support and there is a definite need for the Community.

Can. 140 Religious Institutions shall not be considered of a permanent nature, but allowed to continue under a provisional indult until such time as the good works of the Institute show cause for permanency by stability, conformity to Canon Law and the Rule of the Order or Congregation.

Can. 141 Lay Religious shall be considered at Tertiaries only and shall be subject to the Archbishop and the VISITOR appointed over them.

Can. 142 Chaplains appointed for Religious Congregations of Laity shall be subject to the Archbishop and not to the Superior of the Congregation. In the matter of Regulars, the priests of the Order shall serve in this capacity in the Daily Conventual Masses. They may utilize the practice of using a hebdomadary depending upon the common practice in force.

Can. 143  Religious may be secularized only upon petition to the Archbishop and for good cause to be determined by him. They resume the status of secular priests if the dispensation be granted and must find some Bishop willing to receive them.

Can. 144 Religious houses may be suppressed by action of the Synod if there be reason to believe that:

1.The continuation of the House would impair the Faith or

Discipline of the Church.

2.The Order or House is not abiding by the rule and the Canon Laws relating to the Order.

3.Practices contrary to the ideals of the Order are tolerated.

4.Scandal or opprobrium.

Can. 145 Religious of a suppressed Order or Institute are returned to the authority of the Synod and are to be distributed in the several parishes of the Church, if this be feasible, or they may be placed in another existing Order at the discretion of the Archbishop.

Can. 146 All Religious Superiors have domination power over their subjects. In a Clerical Exempt Institution, Superiors have ecclesiastical Jurisdiction as well.

Can. 147 Religious Superiors shall be at least thirty years of age and posses the necessary spiritual and moral requisites for the office.

Can. 148 All periods of Novitiate in all orders shall consist of at least one and preferably, two years, according to existing custom.

Can. 149 Every year, the Major Religious Superior shall send a comprehensive report to the Chancery Office, which report shall be the basis for the Canonical Visit by the designated Bishop.

Can. 150 Confessors of Religious shall be chosen by the Archbishop for each house or the custom of having an outside confessor may be tolerated and may not be refused by the superior upon reasonable request of the Superior.

Can. 151 All temporal goods shall be owned by the Community and shall constitute the assets of the individual Order. Parishes committed to the care of the Religious group shall be deemed Conventual Churches.

Can. 152 Religious are forbidden under penalties defined by this code to solicit, beg or otherwise acquire material possessions by such means without the express and explicit consent of the Archbishop. A special indult is required.

Can. 153 All religious houses so instituted shall keep accurate accounts of all funds except stole fees and shall conduct a yearly audit.

Can. 154 Provision is herewith made for the establishment of female institutions for the reception of nuns who shall likewise come under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop.

Can. 155 Pending future legislation, no Order of nuns shall be of the first order, but shall prove stability by means of the Tertiary Rule of the concerned Order.

Can. 156 It is forbidden to designate any woman as a so-called Deaconess and by this Codex is recognized the only establishment as in Canon 155.

Can. 157 It is deemed prudent that Religious Orders of women shall, before their institution, prove to the judgment of the Synod that they are sufficiently endowed to subsist.

Can. 158 The senior nun shall be designated as the Reverend Mother Superior, The order of abbess, so-called is non existent and the Mother shall be appointed by Chapter vote.

Can. 159 Petition for admission to postulancy in either male or female Orders shall be by designated form addressed to the Archbishop, who shall approve it and forward it to the concerned superior.

Can. 160 Postulants shall serve as guests for the period of three weeks to admission to the designated habit of postulant.

Can. 161 Following approval by the Archbishop upon petition from postulancy, Religious Superiors are competent to admit the petitioner of Novitiate when he or she deems it wise.

Can. 162 Impediments to admission are those who have not completed their eighteenth year; those who enter Religion under grave force or fear, or for ulterior motives; married persons, as long as the bond exists; those who are liable to punishment or who have been punished for a crime deemed sufficient to cause rejection.

Can. 163 The violation of an unjust law does not impede as in C. 162.

Can. 164 All applicants for admission shall submit their Baptism and confirmation papers, testamentary letters from five reliable persons and from their pastor together with a complete curriculum vitae and transcript of scholastic records from all colleges attended and high school and grammar schools attended.

Can. 165 Conditions of the novitiate shall follow the prescripts of the Codex Iuris Canonice of the Roman Catholic Church unless they be of the Oriental Rites.

Can. 166 The vows shall conform to the prescripts as set forth in the constitution of the concerned Order and shall be approved by the Archbishop.

Can. 167 Solemn Vows may only be taken before a bishop or priest appointed by the Archbishop and shall bind for life. Permission for solemn vows shall be granted but rarely.

Can. 168 Simple vows may be pronounced by the Novice before a designated Religious of that Order or any other Order. Seculars are forbidden to receive vows.  
 

CONCERNING THE OBLIGATIONS AND PRIVILEGES OF CLERICS

Can. 169?  All clerics are bound by the obligation to pursue the Sacred Sciences of Moral and Pastoral Theology, Canon Law, Liturgics and Sacred Scriptures for the period as designated by the Rector of the Seminary.

Can. 170 The preliminary studies of Philosophy and the profane sciences should precede the Major Seminary.

Can. 171 All Clerics and Religious shall recite some form of the Divine Office without exception every day, from the day of their incardination.

Can. 172 Religious in an Institute have the obligation to recite the Office in Choir and in all parishes where there are three priests or more, the Office shall customarily be recited in unison.

Can. 173 All correspondence of Religious shall be subject to the inspection of the Superior and all visitors shall have the approval of the Major Superior.

Can. 174 Exempt religious, both men and women, including Novices are exempt from the jurisdiction of the local ordinary. The local Ordinary may preach in the Churches of exempt religious and may make a canonical visitation if so designated by the Archbishop.

Can. 175 A Religious who is elevated to the prelacy retains his Religious privileges. He is released, however, from the authority of his superiors and remains subject to the Archbishop.

Can. 176 Religious may not transfer to another Order without an Indult.

Can. 177 Religious may be secularized by submission of a petition for such secularization to the Archbishop or Synod and its approval by rescript.

Can. 178 Apostates from the Religious Life are forever impeded from the reception of further orders or the exercise of those already received.

Can. 179 Religious may be dismissed by action of the Major Superior with the concurrence of the Archbishop and Synod. The Religious is entitled to an ecclesiastical trial.

Can. 180 -- The preceding Canon shall not be deemed to include those dismissed because of ill health or general unsuitability to the Religious Life.  
 

CONCERNING THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS

Can. 181 A Baptized man only can receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders. For the licit reception of the Sacrament, the candidate must have the qualifications as deemed necessary by the Ordinary, be of the highest moral and spiritual character and be not addicted to frivolous nature.

Can. 182 All candidates for Holy Orders shall have the approval of the Synod of Bishops of the Church.

Can. 183 All candidates must reside in the Seminary for the courses in Theology, Canon Law and Liturgics and the Sacred Scriptures, unless he be a Religious.

Can. 184 Minor Orders shall be given only to those who intend to ascend to the Priesthood and who, in the judgment of the concerned authority, posses the necessary qualifications.

Can. 185 The Canonical intervals shall be observed and no Bishop may dispense from them without the written permission of the Archbishop.

Can. 186  In Order that a candidate may be licitly ordained, he must:

1.Have been Baptized and Confirmed.

2.Possess good moral character and reputation.

3.Be of the canonical age.

4.Possess the requisite knowledge.

5.Received the prior orders.

6.Have observed the proper intervals between orders.

7.Posses an absolute canonical title or benefice if it is a question of major orders.

Can. 187 The Subdiaconate shall not be conferred before the 21st year, the Diaconate before the completed 22nd, and the Priesthood before the 24th year.

Can. 188 The Orders must be given in proper succession and the omission of any is forbidden.

Can. 189 The following are irregular ex defectu: Bodily defectives, epileptics, insane and possessed, persons notorious or infamous, those previously as candidates who apostatized. The impediment is perpetual, unless dispensed by authority of the Archbishop or Synod of Bishops.

Can. 190 Every candidate, before he is ordained must pass an examination for the Order to be conferred. The Ordinary is the examiner, or he may designate the Synodical Examiners.

Can. 191  All candidates for Orders shall make a retreat for a period of no less than three days as designated by the Ordinary or Religious Superior.

Can. 192 In conferring Holy Orders, all the prescriptions of the Pontificale Romanum must be meticulously observed. If the use of a vernacular language is authorized by the Archbishop in individual cases, it must be an exact and full translation from the Latin Pontificale. No other rite for the conferring of Holy Orders shall be tolerated.

Can. 193 There is to be no addition or subtraction with the exception of oaths to the Roman Pontiff.

Can. 194 The Mass of Ordination must be said by the Bishop ordaining or consecrating. To this there can be no exception.

Can. 195 All those ordained are obliged to receive Holy Communion during the Mass of their Ordination.

Can. 196 All Ordinations and Consecrations shall be performed on the days prescribed by ecclesiastical custom.

Can. 197 Whenever an Ordination is to be repeated for defect, or subconditionally, it may be done outside the regular times and in secret.

Can. 198 Authentic certification of the Orders shall be given the Ordinands by the Ordinary and adequate record made in the archives of the Church.

Can. 199 There will not, in the future and for all times, be any Ordination or Consecrations of any person not intending to exercise those orders in the Province of Our Lady of the Angels - Old Catholic Church. Violation of this canon is punishable by excommunication of both the Ordaining Prelate and the Ordinand.

Can. 200 Any orders received sub rosa from any schismatic are illicit and irregular and may not be exercised within this church. The defect is perpetual.

Can. 201 Any person ordaining or consecrating without the approval of the Archbishop is ipso facto excommunicated and forever impeded from ever exercising his orders.

CONCERNING THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Can. 202   The Sacrament of Baptism is conferred following the Eastern and Western Rites according to the customary matter and form. Any person may baptize in danger of death.

Can. 203 Baptism by Protestants is considered defective and should be administered subconditionally.

Can. 204 The ordinary minister of Baptism is the priest. The extra-ordinary minister are deacons or the laity. Deacons may baptize solemnly however, with permission of their superiors.

CONCERNING THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

Can. 205 The Bishops are the ordinary ministers of Confirmation. Priests may be delegated to perform the Sacrament in case of grace necessity.

Can. 206 The Sacrament should be administered yearly, or at least every two years in all parishes and missions. The pastors should attend to the catechetical instruction of the candidates and have them prepared in due times.

Can. 207 The Sacrament should be administered prior to the nuptial ceremonies if the partners have not received it before that time.

Can. 208 Certification shall be made of all Confirmations and proper entry made in the archives of the Chancery and parish.

CONCERNING THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY EUCHARIST

Can. 209 The Sacrament of Holy Eucharist shall be given at the age of reason following adequate preparation. Rectors will attend to the instruction or it may be delegated to lay catechists with prior approval.

Can. 210 The practice of admitting all to open communion is a corruption of the apostolic practice. The most ancient tradition prevented the catechumens from communicating and this persisted until they were admitted to the Body of the Catholic Church. Tertullian, in his writings informs the Roman Emperor of this custom. The Church recognizes that circumstances change with time, and shall accomodate the needs of the Faithful in such a manner as is expedient for the Salvation of Souls.

Can. 211 The Sacrament of the Eucharist should be refused to notorious sinners until they repent, the immodestly dressed or those possessing sentences of interdict or suspension or excommunication.

Can. 212 Children should receive adequate instruction through their pastor or designated Cathechists in Catechism prior to the reception of the Sacrament.

Can. 213 The Holy Eucharist should be received frequently in accordance with the most ancient of traditions for the spiritual wealth and grace it affords.

Can. 214 The Sacrament of the Eucharist shall be administered in the manner of the Rite utilized, the laudable practice of giving the Species under both forms will be used. The reception of Communion by either Oriental Rite or Roman Rite laity in an opposite Rite is allowed and encouraged wherever necessary.

PART THREE

Can. 215 In the event of the Demise of the Archbishop and his Coadjutor concurrently, all Church property real or otherwise, all Church books and records will be administered by the Legal Chancellor of Record of the Archbishopal See until he fulfills the requirements of Canon 216. The Chancellor of Record will retain his administrative authority until a new Archbishop-Primate has been elected, consecrated and installed.

Can. 216 The Chancellor of Record of the Archbishopal See where conditions exist as stated in Canon 215, shall convene a special Synod of the Bishops, Priests and Superiors of male religious orders of the Province within 30 days of the occasion of conditions in Canon 215.

216:a. The purpose of the special Synod shall be only that to elect a Archbishop.

216:b. The special Synod shall meet daily, behind protection of Secrecy and in a properly Locked and Guarded Premises, to confer and vote, and shall conduct at least four ballots daily until the election of a Archbishop shall be accomplished. The members of the special Synod shall not discuss their deliberations, or the enumeration of any ballot, under pain of excommunication.

216:c. The newly elected Archbishop shall, prior to his Installation, be a properly consecrated Bishop of the Church and possess all the qualifications thereof.

216:d. The Election of a Archbishop shall be deemed to be by Operation of Almighty God the Holy Spirit.

Can. 217 Those clergy and Prelates found not in compliance with the requirements of Canons 215 and 216 will be suspended ipso facto.

Can. 218 Canons dealing with the election of the Archbishop-Primate as stated in Canons 215 and 216 and 217 are of a permanent and irrevocable nature and no future Synod or Archbishop-Primate may suspend or change them.

Old Catholic History

 

The Church in the Netherlands and the Reformation

Armed with the protection of the papal concessions, the Church in the Netherlands continued to minister even through the Reformation. During this period of strife, the Church in the Netherlands, as in many other countries, was forced to "go underground" in order to survive. But survive and remain extant, it did. Eventually, the Archbishop of Utrecht and other Church leaders reached an informal agreement with the civil government, whereby it could again function openly without interference from the Reformers.

 

The Move from Isolation

Following the First Vatican Council in 1870 (at which the hierarchy of the Church of Holland were refused admittance), a considerable dissent among Catholics, especially in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, arose over the dogma of papal infallibility. The dissenters, while holding the Church in General Council to be infallible, could not accept the proposition that the Pope, acting alone, in matters of faith and morals is infallible. Many formed independent communities that came to be known as Old Catholic. They are called Old Catholics because they sought to adhere to the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church of the post-Apostolic era. The Old Catholic communities appealed to the Archbishop of Utrecht who consecrated the first bishops for these communities. Eventually, under the leadership of the Church of Holland, these Old Catholic communities joined together to form the Utrecht Union of Churches. (see document page)

 

The Utrecht Union of Churches approbated, in 1908, the establishment of a mission in Great Britain. Archbishop Gerardus Gul of Utrecht consecrated Father Arnold Harris Matthew, a resigned Roman Catholic priest, Regionary Bishop for England. It was Bishop Mathew's charge to minister among Anglo-Catholics and Roman Catholics impeded from full participation in the life and sacraments of the Church. Toward this end, Bishop Mathew consecrated Austrian nobleman, Prince Rudolph Edward de Landes Berghes, in 1913 for work in Scotland. Prince Rudolph (1873-1920) left England for the United States at the onset of World War I. <o:p>

 

In the United States

Bishop de Landes Berghes, in spite of great difficulty and isolation from the Utrecht Union of Churches, due to Bishop Mathew's hasty action in withdrawing from the Union, was able to plant the roots of an independent expression of Catholicism in America. He elevated to the episcopacy two priests, Carmel Henry Carfora and William Francis Brothers. Each of these bishops, in his own manner, continued the mission begun by Bishop de Landes Berghes. With the passing of these original organizers from the ecclesiastical scene, the Old Catholic Church in the United States has evolved from a fairly centralized administration with structured oversight of ministry to a local and regional model of administration with self-governing dioceses and provinces more closely following St. Ignatius of Antioch's concepts of the Church as a communion of communities each laboring together to proclaim the message of the Gospel.

 

What Old Catholics Believe

The faith of Old Catholics is simply that of the Catholic Church as taught by the Church from apostolic times to the present day. The ecumenical Councils clearly express what Old Catholics believe without the need for apology or excuse. In 1823, Archbishop Willibrord van Os of Utrecht reiterated adherence to the unchanging doctrine of Catholicism in the following words:” We accept without any exception whatever, all the Articles of the Holy Catholic Faith. We will never hold nor teach, now or afterwards, any other opinions than those that have been decreed, determined and published by our Mother, Holy Church..." Thus, Old Catholics, tracing their Apostolic Succession through the Roman Catholic Church to the Apostles, participated in the full sacramental ministry of the Church. The Rule of Faith of Old Catholics is faithful adherence to Sacred Scripture and the Apostolic Tradition.

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How Do We Differ?

In matters of discipline, administration and procedure, Old Catholics differ from the Roman Catholic Church. For example, clerical celibacy (which is a matter of discipline) is optional among Old Catholics. Married men and women may be ordained and in many of our dioceses clergy may, with prior Episcopal consent, enter into Holy Matrimony after ordination. Liturgical expression is also a matter of discipline determined by the local bishop. Consequently, many Old Catholic communities have adopted the liturgical renewal promulgated following the Second Vatican Council while still maintaining Tridentine liturgy, in Latin or direct translation into classical or modern English, in those parishes that desire it. Eastern rite Old Catholic parishes exist as well, which follow the ancient liturgies of that rich tradition. Because Old Catholic communities are small, they are able to success fully implement the Ignatian model of the Church referred to earlier. This concept views the faithful with their clergy and bishop as a community or family in loving concern for each other and each working together to live the Scriptural commands in their daily lives as Christians bringing the love of Christ to others. Old Catholic communities utilize their size and lack of highly detailed structure to the very best advantage organizationally by their ability to expedite decisions affecting the sacramental and community life of the faithful, within the revelation and authority of Holy Scripture and Apostolic Tradition.

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Other Distinctions

There are other distinctives by which Old Catholic communities are differentiated from Roman Catholic parishes. The matter of papal infallibility defined by Vatican Council I is a non-issue for Old Catholics, since we are independent of papal jurisdiction. All Old Catholic communities accord the Holy Father that respect due him as Successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles and Patriarch of the West. Old Catholics adhere to the teaching from apostolic times that the Church in General Council is infallible. Another difference is that divorced people who remarry are treated in a pastoral manner and not excluded from the sacramental life of the Church. Further, the matter of contraception is treated as a matter of personal conscience between husband and wife. Old Catholic theology recognizes that the Church's teaching magisterium has no less than two objects: the formation of conscience, in which case authority has an instructive quality; and the nurturing of an informed conscience to full maturity, in which case authority is guiding but not directive.

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Old Catholic Ministry

By developing new methods and ideas with an emphasis on community, and Catholicism, which expresses a warmth and interest in the total person, Old Catholic communities are able to address the needs of today's society in the waning years of the Twentieth Century. For the contemporary Catholic searching to maintain his/her Faith but desiring to do so without excessive institutionalism that often loses contact with the individual; for those with a Catholic background who feel impeded from full participation in the life and Sacraments of the Church; for the many unchurched who desire the joy and peace of Our Lord's Word and His Holy Sacraments, Old Catholic communities provide available alternative and allow a person to be a part of Christ's Church, and be at peace with his/her conscience. Old Catholic communities, because of their size, can give individual attention to the individual spiritual needs of the faithful and, where necessary, develop unique ministries to meet those needs.<o:p> (see document page)

 

Old Catholics, ¹ 

Christian denomination organized in Munich in 1871 by Roman Catholics who protested the dogma, proclaimed the previous year by Vatican Council I, of the personal infallibility of the pope in all ex cathedra pronouncements. The Munich protest, by 44 professors under the leadership of the German theologians and historians Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger and Johannes Friedrich, was directed against the binding authority of the Vatican Council. To this protest a number of professors at Bonn, Breslau (, Freiburg, and Giessen declared their adherence. At Cologne in 1873 the German theologian Joseph Hubert Reinkens was elected bishop of the Old Catholics in the ancient fashion, by “clergy and people,” that is, by all the Old Catholic priests and by representatives of the Old Catholic congregations. He was consecrated at Rotterdam by the bishop of Deventer, the Netherlands, and acknowledged by the German states of Prussia, Baden, and Hessen. Döllinger refused to become involved in organized schism and eventually broke with the movement, but he never returned to the Roman Catholic Church

Old Catholics conduct church services in the vernacular. Priests are allowed to marry. Intercommunion with the Church of England was accomplished at a conference in Bonn in July 1931; the concordat was ratified later by the Vienna congress of the Old Catholic church and by the convocations of Canterbury and York of the Church of England.

Apostolic Succession

Apostolic Succession of

Archbishop Daniel Damon Mckenney
The National Old Catholic Church
of Washington D.C.

 

First Line of Succession
Roman - Old Catholic Succession

 

1. St. Peter the Apostle – to 64 A.D.

2. St. Linus – 67 to 76

3. St. Anacletus – 76 to 91

4. St. Clement I – 91 to 101

5. St. Evaristus – 100 to 109

6. St. Alexander I – 109 to 116

7. St. Sixtus I – 116 to 125

8. St. Telesphorus – 125 to 136

9. St. Hyginus – 138 to 140

10. St. Pius I – 140 to 155

11. St. Anicetus – 155 to 166

12. St. Soter – 166 to 174

13. St. Eleutherius – 174 to 189

14. St. Victor I – 189 to 198

15. St. Zephyrinus – 198 to 217

16. St. Callistus – 217 to 222

17. St. Urban I – 222 to 230

18. St. Pontian – July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235

19. St. Anterus – Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236 

20. St. Fabian – Jan. 10, 236 to Jan 20, 250

21. St. Cornelius – Mar. 251, to June 253

22. St. Lucius – June 25, 253 to March 5, 254

23. St. Stephen I – May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257

24. St. Sixtus II – Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258

25. St. Dionysius – July 22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268

26. St. Felix I – Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274

27. St. Eutychian – Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283

28. St. Caius – Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296

29. St. Marcellinus – June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304

30. St. Marcellus I – May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308

31. St. Eusebius – Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310

32. St. Miltiades – July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314

33. St. Silvester – Jam. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335

34. St. Mark – Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336

35. St. Julius I – Feb 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352

36. St. Liberius – May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366

37. St. Damasus – Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384

38. St. Siricus – Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399

39. St. Anastasius I – Nove. 27, 399 to Dec. 19, 401

40. St. Innocent I – Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417

41. St. Zosimus – Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418

42. St. Boniface I – Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422

43. St. Celestine I – Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432

44. St. Sixtus III – July 31, 432 to Aug. 19, 440

45. St. Leo I “The Great” – Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461

46. St. Hilarus – Nov. 19, 461 to Feb 29, 468

47. St. Simplicius – Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483

48. St. Felix III – Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492

49. St. Gelasius I – March. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496

50. St. Anastasius II – Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498

51. St. Symmachus – Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514

52. St. Hormisdas – July 20, 514 to Aug 6, 523

53. St. John I – Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526

54. St. Felix IV – July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530

55. Boniface II – Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532

56. St. John II – Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535

57. St. Agapitus I – May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536

58. St. Silverius – June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537

59. Vigilius – Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555

60. Pelagius I – Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561

61. John III – July 17, 561 to July 13, 574

62. Benedict I – June 2, 575 to July 30, 579

63. Pelagius II – Nov. 26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590

64. St. Gregory I “The Great” – Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604

65. Sabinianus – Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606

66. Boniface III – Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607

67. St. Boniface IV – Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615

68. St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) = Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8, 618

69. Boniface V – Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625

70. Honorius I – Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638

71. Serverinus – May 28, to Aug. 2, 640

72. John IV – Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642

73. Theodore I – Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649

74. St. Martin I – July 649 to May 14, 653

75. St. Eugenius I – Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657

76. St. Vitalian – July 30, 657 to Jan. 27, 672

77. Adeodatus II – Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676

78. Donus – Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678

79. St. Agatho – June 27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681

80. St. Leo II – Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683

81. St. Benedict II – June 26, 684 to May 8, 685

82. John V – July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686

83. Conon – Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687

84. St. Sergius I – Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701

85. John VI – Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705

86 John VII – Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707

87. Sissinius – Jan. 15 to Feb. 4, 708

88. Constantine – Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715

89. St. Gregory II – May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731

90. St. Gregory III – Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741

91. St. Zacharias – Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752

92. Stephen II – Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757

93. St. Paul I – May 29, 757 to June 28, 767

94. Stephen III – Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772

95. Adrian I – Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795

96. St. Leo III – Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816

97. Stephen IV – June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817

98. St. Paschal I – Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824

99. Eugenius II – Feb. 824 to Aug. 827

100. Valentine – Aug. 827 to Jan. 844

101. Gregory IV – 827 to Jan. 844

102. Sergius II – Jan 844 to Jan, 27, 847

103. St. Leo IV – Jan. 847 to July 17, 855

104. Benedict III – July 855 to Apr. 17, 858

105. St. Nicholas I – Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867

106. Adrian II – Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872

107. John VIII – Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882

108. Marinus I – Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884

109. St. Adrian III – May 17, 884 to Sept. 885

110. Stephen V – Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891

111. Formosus – Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896

112. Boniface VI – Apr. 896 to Apr. 896

113. Stephen VI – May 896 to Aug. 897

114. Romanus – Aug 897 to Nov. 897

115. Theodore II – Dec. 897

116. John IX – Jan. 898 to Jan. 900

117. Benedict IV – Jan. 900 to July 903

118. Leo V – July 903 to Sept. 903

119. Sergius III – Jan. 29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911

120. Anastasius III – Apr. 911 to June 913

121. Lando – July 913 to Feb. 914

122. John X – Mar. 914 to May 928

123. Leo VI – May 928 to Dec. 928

124. Stephen VII – Dec. 928 to Feb. 931

125. John XI – Feb. 931 to Dec. 935

126. Leo VII – Jan. 936 to July 13, 939

127. Stephen VIII – July 14, 939 to Oct. 942

128. Marinus II – Oct. 30, 942 to May 946

129. Agapetus II – May 10, 946 to Dec. 955

130. John XII – Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964

131. Leo VIII – Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965

132. Benedict V – May 22, 964 to July 4, 966

133. John XIII – Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972

134. Benedict VI – Jan. 19, 973 to June 974

135. Benedict VII – Oct. 974 to July 10, 983

136. John XIV – Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984

137. John XV – Aug. 985 to Mar. 996

138. Gregory V – May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999

139. Sylvester II – Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003

140. John XVII – June 1003 to Dec. 1003

141. John XVIII – Jan. 1004 to July 1009

142. Sergius IV – July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012

143. Benedict VIII – 1032 to 1044

144. Sylvester III – Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045

145. Benedict IX – 1032 to 1044

146. Sylvester III – Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045

147. Gregory VI – May 5, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1046

148. Clement II – Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047

149. Damasus II – July 17, 1048 to Aug. 9, 1048

150. St. Leo IX – Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054

151. Victor II – Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057

152. Stephen IX – Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058

153. Nicholas II – Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061

154. Alexander II – Oct. 1, 1061 to Apr. 21, 1073

155. St. Gregory VII – Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085

156. Blessed Victor III – May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087

157. Blessed Urban II – Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099

158. Paschal II – Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118

159. Gelasiur II – Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119

160. Callistus II – Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124

161. Honorius II – Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb. 13, 1130

162. Innocent II – Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143

163. Celestine II – Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144

164. Lucius II – Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145

165. Blessed Eugenius III – Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153

166. Anastasius IV – July 12, 1153 to Dec. 3, 1154

167. Adrian IV – Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159

168. Alexander III – Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181

169. Lucius III – Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185

170. Urban III – Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20, 1187

171. Gregory VIII – Oct. 21, 1187 to Dec. 17, 1187

172. Clement III – Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191

173. Celestine III – Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198

174. Innocent III – Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216

175. Honorius III – July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227

176. Gregory IX – Mar. 19, 1227 to Aug. 22, 1241

177. Celestine IV – Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1241

178. Innocent IV -  June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254

179. Alexander IV – Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261

180. Urban IV – Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264

181. Clement IV – Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29, 1268

182. Blessed Gregory X – Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276

183. Blessed Innocent V – Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276

184. Adrian V – July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276

185. John XXI – Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277

186. Nicholas III – Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug. 22, 1280

187. Martin IV – Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285

188. Honorius IV – Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287

189. Nicholas IV – Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 12, 1292

190. St. Celestine V (resigned) – July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294

191. Boniface VIII – Dec. 24, 1294 to Oct. 11, 1303

192. Blessed Benedict XI – Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304

193. Clement V – June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314

194. John XXII – Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334

Nicholas V – May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330

195. Benedict XII – Dec. 20, 1334 to Apr. 25, 1332

196. Clement VI – May 7, 1305 to Dec. 6, 1352

197. Innocent VI – Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362

198. Blessed Urban V – Sept. 28, 1362 to Dec. 19, 1370

199. Gregory XI – Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415

200. Urban VI – Apr. 8, 1378 to Oct. 15, 1389

201. Boniface IX – Nov. 2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404

202. Innocent VII – Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov. 6, 1406

203. Gregory XII – Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415

204. Martin V – Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431

205. Eugenius IV – Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb. 23, 1447

206. Nicholas V – Mar 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455

207. Callistus III – Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug 6, 1458

208. Pius II – Aug. 19, 1458 to Aug. 15, 1464

209. Paul II Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471

210. Sixtus IV – Aug. 9 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484

211. Innocent VIII – Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492

212. Alexander VI – Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503

213. Pius III – Sept. 22, 1503 to Oct. 18, 1503

214. Julius II – Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513

215. Leo X – Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521

216. Adrian VI – Jan. 9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523

217. Clement VII – Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534

218. Paul III – Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov. 10, 1549

219. Julius III – Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555

220. Marcellus II – Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555

221. Paul IV – May 23, 1555 to Aug. 18, 1559

222. Pius IV – Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565

223. St. Pius V – Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572

224. Gregory XIII – May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585

225. Sixtus V – Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590

226. Urban VII – Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept. 27, 1590

227. Gregory XIV – Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591

228. Innocent IX – Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591

229. Clement VIII – Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605

230. Leo XI – Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605

231. Paul V – May 16, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605

232. Gregory XV – Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623

233. Urban VIII – Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644

234. Innocent X – Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan. 7, 1655

235. Alexander VII – Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667

236. Antonio Barberini – 1667 to 1671

237. C Le Tellier – 1659

238. J. Bossuet – 1670

239. J. de Matignon – 1693

240. D Varlet – 1719

241. P. Meindaerts – 1739

242. J. van Stiphout – 1745

 243. W. van Nieuwenhuisen – 1768

244. A Brockman – 1778

245. J. van Rhijn – 1797

246. G. de Jong – 1805

247. W. van Os – 1814

248. J. Bon – 1819

249. J. van Santen – 1825

250. H. Heykamp – 1854

251. G. Rinkel – 1873

252. G. Gul – 1982

253. Matthew, Arnold Harris – 28 April 1908

254. Rudolph Edouard de Landes Berghes –29 June 1913

255. Henry Carmel Carfora – 4 October 1916

256. Earl Anglin Lawrence James – 17 June 1945

257. Grant Timothy Billet – 25 December 1950

258. Norman Richard Parr – 23 October 1979

259. Maurice Darryl McCormick – 14 July 1991

260. Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997

261. Michael Wrenn – May 10, 2003

262. Gregory Wayne Godsey – February 4, 2004

263. Daniel Damon McKenney – February 5, 2004

 

 

Second Line of Succession
Antiochian - Jacobite Succession

 

1. Peter the Apostle 35 A.D.

2. Eyodius 44

3. Ignatius (Martyr) 68

4. Earon 107

5. Cornelius 137

6. Eados 142

7. Theophilus 157

8. Maximus 171

9. Seraphim 179

10. Asclepieades (Martyr) 189

11. Philip 210

12. Zebinus 219

13. Babylos (Martyr) 237

14. Fabius 250

15. Demeirius 251

16. Paul 1 259

17. Domnus I 270

18. Timotheus 281

19. Cyrilus 291

20. Tyrantus 296

21. Vitalius 301

22. Philogonius 318

23. Eustachius 323

24. Paulinus 338

25. Philabianus 383

26. Evagrius 386

27. Phosporius 416

28. Alwexander 418

29. John I 428

30. Theodotus 432

31. Domnus II 442

32. Maximus 450

33. Accacius 454

34. Martyrius 457

35. Peter II 464

36. Phiadius 500

37. Serverius the Great 509

38. Sergius 544

39. Domnus III 547

40. Anastasius 560

41. Gregory I 564

42. Paul II 567

43. Patra 571

44. Domnus IV 586

45. Julianus 591

46. Athanasius I 595

47. John II 636

48. Theodorus I 649

49. Severus 668

50. Athanasius II 684

51. Julianus II 687

52. Elias I 709

53. Athanasius III 724

54. Evanius I 740

55. Gervasius I 759

56. Joseph 790

57. Cyriacus 793

58. Dinousius I 818

59. John III 847

60. Ignatius II 877

61. Theodosius 887

62. Dinousius II 897

63. John IV 910

64. Evanius 922

65. John V 936

66. Evanius II 954

67. Dionysus 958

68. Abraham I 962

69. John VI 965

70. Athanasius IV 987

71. John VII 1004

72. Dionysius III 1032

73. Theodorus II 1042

74. Athanasius V 1058

75. John VII 1064

76. Basilius II 1074

77. Abdoone 1076

78. Dionysius V 1077

79. Evanius III 1080

80. Dionysius VI 1088

81. Athanasius VI 1091

82. John IX 1131

83. Athanasius VI 1139

84. Michael I (the Great) 1167

85. Athanasius VIII 1200

86. Michael II 1207

87. John X 1208

88. Ignatius III 1223

89. Dionysius VII 1253

90. John XI 1253

91. Ignatius IV 1264

92. Philanus 1288

93. Ignatius Baruhid 1293

94. Ignatius Ishmael 1333

95. Ignatius Basilius III 1366

96. Ignatius Abraham II 1382

97. Ignatius Basilius IV 1412

98. Ignatius Bahanam I 1415

99. Ignatius l^~aIejih 1455

100. Ignatius John XII 1483

101. Ignatius Noah 1492

102. Ignatius Jesus I 1509

103. Ignatius Jacob I 1510

104. Ignatius David I 1519

105. Ignatius Abdullah 1520

106. Ignatius Naamathalk 1557

107. Ignatius David II 1576

108. Ignatius Philathus 1591

109. Ignatius Abdullah II 1597

110. Ignatius Cadhal 1598

111. Ignatius Simeon 1640

112. Ignatius Jesus II 1653

113. Ignatius A. Masiah I 1661

114. Ignatius Cabeed 1686

115. Ignatius Gervasius III 1687

116. Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708

117. Ignatius Siccarablak 1722

118. Ignatius Qervasius IV 1746

119. Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768

120. Ignatius Mathias 1781

121. Ignatius Bahanam II 1810

122. Ignatius Jonas 1817

123. Ignatius Gervasius V 1818

124. Ignatius Elias II 1839

125. Ignatius Jacob II 1847

126. Ignatius Peter III 1872

127. Mar Paul Athanasius 1877

128. Julius Alvarex – July 29, 1889

129. Joseph Rene Vilatte – June 5, 1892

130. Paolo Miraglia Guilaotte – May 6, 1900

131. Camel Henry Carfora – 1911

132. Earl Anglin James – June 17, 1945

133. Grant Timothy Billet – December 25, 1950

134. Norman R. Parr – October 23, 1979

135. Maurice Darryl McCormick  - July 14, 1991

136. Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997

137. Michael Wrenn – May 10, 2003

138. Gregory Wayne Godsey – February 4, 2004

139. Daniel Damon McKenney – February 5, 2004

 

Third Line of Succession
Antiochian - Jacobite Succession

 

1. Peter the Apostle 35 A.D.

2. Eyodius 44

3. Ignatius (Martyr) 68

4. Earon 107

5. Cornelius 137

6. Eados 142

7. Theophilus 157

8. Maximus 171

9. Seraphim 179

10. Asclepiades (Martyr)

11. Philip 210

12. Zebinus 219

13. Babylos (Martyr) 237

14. Fabius 250

15. Demeirius 251

16. Paul I 259

17. Domnus I 270

18. Timotheus 281

19. Cyrilus 291

20. Tyrantus 296

21. Vitalius 301

22. Philogonius 318

23. Eustachius 323

24. Paulinus 338

25. Philabianus 383

26. Evagrius 386

27. Phosporius 416

28. Alexander 418

29. John I 428

30. Theodotus 431

31. Domnus II 442

32. Maximus 450

33. Accacius 454

34. Martyrius 457

35. Peter II 464

36. Phiadius 500

37. Serverius the Great 509

38. Sergius 544

39. Domnus III 547

40. Anastasius 560

41. Gregory I 564

42. Paul II 567

43. Patra 571

44. Domnus IV 586

45. Julianus 591

46. Athanasius I 595

47. John II 636

48. Theodorus I 649

49. Serverus 668

50. Athanasius II 684

51. Julianus II 687

52. Elias I 709

53. Athanasius III 724

54. Evanius I 740

55. Gervasius I 759

56. Joseph 790

57. Cyriacus 793

58. Dionasius II 818

59. John III 847

60. Ignatius II 877

61. Theodosius 887

62. Dinousius II 897

63. John IV 910

64. Evanius 922

65. John V 936

66. Evanius II 954

67. Dionysius 958

68. Abraham I 962

69. John VI 1004

70. Athanasius IV 1058

71. John VII 1004

72. Dionysius III 1032

73. Theodorus II 1042

74. Athanasius V 1058

75. John VII 1064

76. Basilius II 1074

77. Abdoone 1076

78. Dionysius V 1077

79. Evanius III 1080

80. Dionysius VI 1088

81. Athanasius VI 1091

82. John IX 1331

83. Athanasius VII 1139

84. Michael I (the Great) 1167

85. Athanasius VIII 1200

86. Michael II 1207

87. John X 1208

88. Ignatius III 1223

89. Dionysius VII 1253

90. John XI 1253

91. Ignatius IV 1264

92. Philanus 1283

93. Ignatius Baruhid 1293

94. Ignatius Ishmael 1333

95. Ignatius Basilius III 1366

96. Ignatius Abraham II 1382

97. Ignatius Basilius IV 1412

98. Ignatius Bahanam I 1415

99. Ignatius Kalejih 1455

100. Ignatius John XII 1483

101. Ignatius Noah 1492

102. Ignatius Jesus I 1509

103. Ignatius Jacob I 1510

104. Ignatius David I 1519

105. Ignatius Abdullah 1520

106. Ignatius Naamathalak 1557

107. Ignatius David II 1576

108. Ignatius Philathus 1591

109. Ignatius Abdullah II 1597

110. Ignatius Cadhal 1598

111. Ignatius Simeon 1640

112. Ignatius Jesus II 1653

113. Ignatius A. Massiea I 1661

114. Ignatius Cabeed 1686

115. Ignatius Gervasius III 1687

116. Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708

117. Ignatius Siccarablak 1722

118. Ignatius Qervasius III 1746

119. Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768

120. Ignatius Mathias 1781

121. Ignatius Bahanam II 1810

122. Ignatius Jonas 1817

123. Ignatius Gervasius V 1818

124. Ignatius Elias II 1839

125. Ignatius Jacob II 1847

126. Patriarch Ignatius Peter II – 1872

127. Mar Paul Athanasius – 1876

128. Mar Julius (Alvarez) – 1879

129. Joseph Rene Vilatte – May 29, 1892

130. Frederick E. Lloyd – 1915

131. Gregory Lines – 1923

132. Justin A. Boyle – 1928

133. Lowell Paul Wadle – 1940

134. Herman Adrian Spruit – 1957

135. Paul Michael Clemens –1988

136. Joseph Philip Sousa – July 14, 1991

137. Willibrord Van Campent – Oct. 10, 1993

138. Carl Thomas Swaringim –Nov. 14, 1993

139. Maurice M. McCormick – Feb. 3, 1996

140. Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997

141. Michael Wrenn – May 10, 2003

142. Gregory Wayne Godsey – February 4, 2004

143. Daniel Damon McKenney – February 5, 2004

 

Fourth Line of Succession
Antiochian - Jacobite Succession

 

1. Peter the Apostle 35 A.D.

2. Eyodius 44

3. Ignatius (Martyr) 68

4. Earon 107

5. Cornelius 137

6. Eados 142

7. Theophilus 157

8. Maximus 171

9. Seraphim 179

10. Asclepiades (Martyr) 189

11. Philip 210

12. Zebinus 219

13. Babylos (Martyr) 237

14. Fabius 250

15. Demeirius 251

16. Paul I 259

17. Domnus I 270

18. Timotheus 281

19. Cyrilus 291

20. Tyrantus 296

21. Vitalius 301

22. Philogonius 318

23. Eustachius 323

24. Paulinus 338

25. Philabianus 383

26. Evagrius 386

27. Phosporius 416

28. Alexander 418

29. John I 428

30. Theodotus 431

31. Domnus II 442

32. Maximus 450

33. Accacius 454

34. Martyrius 457

35. Peter II 464

36. Phiadius 500

37. Serverius the Great 509

38. Sergius 544

39. Domnus III 547

40. Anastasius 560

41. Gregory I 564

42. Paul II 567

43. Patra 571

44. Domnus IV 586

45. Julianus 591

46. Athanasius I 595

47. John II 636

48. Theodorus I 649

49. Serverus 668

50. Athanasius III 724

51. Julianus II 687

52. Elias I 709

53. Athanasius III 724

54. Evanius I 740

55. Gervasius I 759

56. Joseph 790

57. Cyriacus 793

58. Dionsius I 818

59. John III 847

60. Ignatius II 877

61. Theodosius 887

62. Dionousius II 897

63. John IV 910

64. Evanius 922

65. John V 936

66. Evanius II 954

67. Dionysius 958

68. Abraham I 962

69. John VI 965

70. Athanasius IV 987

71. John VII 1004

72. Dionysius III 1032

73. Theodorus II 1042

74. Athanasius V 1058

75. John VII 1064

76. Basilius II 1074

77. Abdoone 1076

78. Dionysius V 1077

79. Evanius III 1080

80. Dionysius VI 1088

81. Athanasius VI 1091

82. John IX 1131

83. Athanasius VII 1139

84. Michael I (the Great) 1167

85. Athanasius VIII 1200

86. Michael II 1207

87. John X 1208

88. Ignatius III 1223

89. Dionysius VII 1253

90. John XI 1253

91. Ignatius IV 1264

92. Philanus 1283

93. Ignatius Baruhid 1293

94. Ignatius Ishmael 1333

95. Ignatius Basilius III 1366

96. Ignatius Abraham 1382

97. Ignatius Basilius IV 1412

98. Ignatius Bahanam I 1415

99. Ignatius Kalejih 1455

100. Ignatius John XII 1483

101. Ignatius Noah 1492

102. Ignatius Jesus I 1509

103. Ignatius Jacob I 1510

104. Ignatius David I 1519

105. Ignatius Abdullah 1520

106. Ignatius Naamathalak 1557

107. Ignatius David II 1576

108. Ignatius Philathus 1591

109. Ignatius Abdullah II 1597

113. Ignatius A. Massiea I 1661

114. Ignatius Cabeed 1686

115. Ignatius Gervasius III 1687

116. Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708

117. Ignatius Siccarablak 1722

118. Ignatius Qervasius III 1746

119. Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768

120. Ignatius Mathias 1781

121. Ignatius Bahanam II 1810

122. Ignatius Jonas 1817

123. Ignatius Gervasius V 1818

124. Ignatius Elias II 1839

125. Ignatius Jacob II 1847

126. Patriarch Ignatius Peter II – 1872

127. Mar Paul Athanasius – 1876

128. Mar Julius (Alvarez) – 1879

129. Joseph Rene Vilatte – May 29, 1892

130. Paolo Miraglia Gulotti – June 6, 1900

131. Carmel Henry Carfora – June 14, 1911

132. Earl Anglin James – June 17, 1945

133. Grant Timothy Billet – Dec. 25, 1950

134. Maurice McCormick – Oct. 23, 1979

135. Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997

136. Michael Wrenn – May 10, 2003

137. Gregory Wayne Godsey – February 4, 2004

138. Daniel Damon McKenney – February 5, 2004

Fifth Line of Succession
Roman - Old Catholic Succession

 

1. St. Peter the Apostle – to 64 A.D.

2. St. Linus – 67 to 76

3. St. Anacletus – 76 to 91

4. St. Clement I – 91 to 101

5. St. Evaristus – 100 to 109

6. St. Alexander I – 109 to 116

7. St. Sixtus I – 116 to 125

8. St. Telesphorus – 125 to 136

9. St. Hyginus – 138 to 140

10. St. Pius I – 140 to 155

11. St. Anicetus – 155 to 166

12. St. Soter – 166 to 174

13. St. Eleutherius – 174 to 189

14. St. Victor I – 189 to 198

15. St. Zephyrinus – 198 to 217

16. St. Callistus – 217 to 222

17. St. Urban I – 222 to 230

18. St. Pontian – July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235

19. St. Anterus – Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236 

20. St. Fabian – Jan. 10, 236 to Jan 20, 250

21. St. Cornelius – Mar. 251, to June 253

22. St. Lucius – June 25, 253 to March 5, 254

23. St. Stephen I – May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257

24. St. Sixtus II – Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258

25. St. Dionysius – July 22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268

26. St. Felix I – Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274

27. St. Eutychian – Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283

28. St. Caius – Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296

29. St. Marcellinus – June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304

30. St. Marcellus I – May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308

31. St. Eusebius – Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310

32. St. Miltiades – July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314

33. St. Silvester – Jam. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335

34. St. Mark – Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336

35. St. Julius I – Feb 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352

36. St. Liberius – May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366

37. St. Damasus – Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384

38. St. Siricus – Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399

39. St. Anastasius I – Nove. 27, 399 to Dec. 19, 401

40. St. Innocent I – Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417

41. St. Zosimus – Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418

42. St. Boniface I – Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422

43. St. Celestine I – Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432

44. St. Sixtus III – July 31, 432 to Aug. 19, 440

45. St. Leo I “The Great” – Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461

46. St. Hilarus – Nov. 19, 461 to Feb 29, 468

47. St. Simplicius – Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483

48. St. Felix III – Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492

49. St. Gelasius I – March. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496

50. St. Anastasius II – Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498

51. St. Symmachus – Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514

52. St. Hormisdas – July 20, 514 to Aug 6, 523

53. St. John I – Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526

54. St. Felix IV – July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530

55. Boniface II – Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532

56. St. John II – Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535

57. St. Agapitus I – May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536

58. St. Silverius – June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537

59. Vigilius – Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555

60. Pelagius I – Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561

61. John III – July 17, 561 to July 13, 574

62. Benedict I – June 2, 575 to July 30, 579

63. Pelagius II – Nov. 26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590

64. St. Gregory I “The Great” – Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604

65. Sabinianus – Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606

66. Boniface III – Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607

67. St. Boniface IV – Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615

68. St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) = Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8, 618

69. Boniface V – Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625

70. Honorius I – Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638

71. Serverinus – May 28, to Aug. 2, 640

72. John IV – Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642

73. Theodore I – Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649

74. St. Martin I – July 649 to May 14, 653

75. St. Eugenius I – Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657

76. St. Vitalian – July 30, 657 to Jan. 27, 672

77. Adeodatus II – Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676

78. Donus – Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678

79. St. Agatho – June 27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681

80. St. Leo II – Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683

81. St. Benedict II – June 26, 684 to May 8, 685

82. John V – July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686

83. Conon – Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687

84. St. Sergius I – Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701

85. John VI – Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705

86 John VII – Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707

87. Sissinius – Jan. 15 to Feb. 4, 708

88. Constantine – Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715

89. St. Gregory II – May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731

90. St. Gregory III – Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741

91. St. Zacharias – Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752

92. Stephen II – Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757

93. St. Paul I – May 29, 757 to June 28, 767

94. Stephen III – Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772

95. Adrian I – Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795

96. St. Leo III – Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816

97. Stephen IV – June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817

98. St. Paschal I – Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824

99. Eugenius II – Feb. 824 to Aug. 827

100. Valentine – Aug. 827 to Jan. 844

101. Gregory IV – 827 to Jan. 844

102. Sergius II – Jan 844 to Jan, 27, 847

103. St. Leo IV – Jan. 847 to July 17, 855

104. Benedict III – July 855 to Apr. 17, 858

105. St. Nicholas I – Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867

106. Adrian II – Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872

107. John VIII – Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882

108. Marinus I – Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884

109. St. Adrian III – May 17, 884 to Sept. 885

110. Stephen V – Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891

111. Formosus – Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896

112. Boniface VI – Apr. 896 to Apr. 896

113. Stephen VI – May 896 to Aug. 897

114. Romanus – Aug 897 to Nov. 897

115. Theodore II – Dec. 897

116. John IX – Jan. 898 to Jan. 900

117. Benedict IV – Jan. 900 to July 903

118. Leo V – July 903 to Sept. 903

119. Sergius III – Jan. 29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911

120. Anastasius III – Apr. 911 to June 913

121. Lando – July 913 to Feb. 914

122. John X – Mar. 914 to May 928

123. Leo VI – May 928 to Dec. 928

124. Stephen VII – Dec. 928 to Feb. 931

125. John XI – Feb. 931 to Dec. 935

126. Leo VII – Jan. 936 to July 13, 939

127. Stephen VIII – July 14, 939 to Oct. 942

128. Marinus II – Oct. 30, 942 to May 946

129. Agapetus II – May 10, 946 to Dec. 955

130. John XII – Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964

131. Leo VIII – Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965

132. Benedict V – May 22, 964 to July 4, 966

133. John XIII – Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972

134. Benedict VI – Jan. 19, 973 to June 974

135. Benedict VII – Oct. 974 to July 10, 983

136. John XIV – Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984

137. John XV – Aug. 985 to Mar. 996

138. Gregory V – May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999

139. Sylvester II – Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003

140. John XVII – June 1003 to Dec. 1003

141. John XVIII – Jan. 1004 to July 1009

142. Sergius IV – July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012

143. Benedict VIII – 1032 to 1044

144. Sylvester III – Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045

145. Benedict IX – 1032 to 1044

146. Sylvester III – Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045

147. Gregory VI – May 5, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1046

148. Clement II – Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047

149. Damasus II – July 17, 1048 to Aug. 9, 1048

150. St. Leo IX – Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054

151. Victor II – Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057

152. Stephen IX – Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058

153. Nicholas II – Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061

154. Alexander II – Oct. 1, 1061 to Apr. 21, 1073

155. St. Gregory VII – Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085

156. Blessed Victor III – May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087

157. Blessed Urban II – Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099

158. Paschal II – Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118

159. Gelasiur II – Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119

160. Callistus II – Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124

161. Honorius II – Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb. 13, 1130

162. Innocent II – Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143

163. Celestine II – Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144

164. Lucius II – Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145

165. Blessed Eugenius III – Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153

166. Anastasius IV – July 12, 1153 to Dec. 3, 1154

167. Adrian IV – Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159

168. Alexander III – Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181

169. Lucius III – Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185

170. Urban III – Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20, 1187

171. Gregory VIII – Oct. 21, 1187 to Dec. 17, 1187

172. Clement III – Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191

173. Celestine III – Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198

174. Innocent III – Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216

175. Honorius III – July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227

176. Gregory IX – Mar. 19, 1227 to Aug. 22, 1241

177. Celestine IV – Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1241

178. Innocent IV -  June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254

179. Alexander IV – Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261

180. Urban IV – Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264

181. Clement IV – Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29, 1268

182. Blessed Gregory X – Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276

183. Blessed Innocent V – Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276

184. Adrian V – July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276

185. John XXI – Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277

186. Nicholas III – Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug. 22, 1280

187. Martin IV – Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285

188. Honorius IV – Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287

189. Nicholas IV – Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 12, 1292

190. St. Celestine V (resigned) – July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294

191. Boniface VIII – Dec. 24, 1294 to Oct. 11, 1303

192. Blessed Benedict XI – Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304

193. Clement V – June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314

194. John XXII – Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334

Nicholas V – May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330

195. Benedict XII – Dec. 20, 1334 to Apr. 25, 1332

196. Clement VI – May 7, 1305 to Dec. 6, 1352

197. Innocent VI – Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362

198. Blessed Urban V – Sept. 28, 1362 to Dec. 19, 1370

199. Gregory XI – Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415

200. Urban VI – Apr. 8, 1378 to Oct. 15, 1389

201. Boniface IX – Nov. 2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404

202. Innocent VII – Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov. 6, 1406

203. Gregory XII – Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415

204. Martin V – Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431

205. Eugenius IV – Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb. 23, 1447

206. Nicholas V – Mar 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455

207. Callistus III – Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug 6, 1458

208. Pius II – Aug. 19, 1458 to Aug. 15, 1464

209. Paul II Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471

210. Sixtus IV – Aug. 9 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484

211. Innocent VIII – Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492

212. Alexander VI – Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503

213. Pius III – Sept. 22, 1503 to Oct. 18, 1503

214. Julius II – Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513

215. Leo X – Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521

216. Adrian VI – Jan. 9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523

217. Clement VII – Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534

218. Paul III – Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov. 10, 1549

219. Julius III – Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555

220. Marcellus II – Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555

221. Paul IV – May 23, 1555 to Aug. 18, 1559

222. Pius IV – Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565

223. St. Pius V – Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572

224. Gregory XIII – May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585

225. Sixtus V – Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590

226. Urban VII – Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept. 27, 1590

227. Gregory XIV – Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591

228. Innocent IX – Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591

229. Clement VIII – Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605

230. Leo XI – Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605

231. Paul V – May 16, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605

232. Gregory XV – Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623

233. Urban VIII – Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644

234. Innocent X – Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan. 7, 1655

235. Alexander VII – Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667

236. Antonio Barberini – 1667 to 1671

237. C Le Tellier – 1659

238. J. Bossuet – 1670

239. J. de Matignon – 1693

240. D Varlet – 1719

241. P. Meindaerts – 1739

242. J. van Stiphout – 1745

243. W. van Nieuwenhuisen – 1768

244. A Brockman – 1778

245. J. van Rhijn – 1797

246. G. de Jong – 1805

247. W. van Os – 1814

248. J. Bon – 1819

249. J. van Santen – 1825

250. H. Heykamp – 1854

251. G. Rinkel – 1873

252. G. Gul – 1982

253. Matthew, Arnold Harris – 28 April 1908

254. Frederick Samuel Willoughby – October 28, 1914

255. James I. Wedgewood – 1916

256. Irving S. Cooper – 1919

257. Charles Hampton – 1931

258. Herman A. Spruit – 1957

259. Clemens

260. Sousa

261. van Campent

262. Donovan

263. Swaringim m

264. McCormick

265. Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997

266. Michael Wrenn – May 10, 2003

267. Gregory Wayne Godsey – February 4, 2004

268. Daniel Damon McKenney – February 5., 2004

 

Sixth Line of 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, 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 13^th, 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 Heirarch in the Western Hemisphere for the Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia) did on MAY 13 (N.S.), 197 (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 Atfimios 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 14, 1991 did consecrate Joseph Philip Sousa.

Joseph Philip Sousa on October 10, 1993 did consecrate Willibrord 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 Thoas 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.

Michael Wrenn on February 4, 2004 did consecrate Gregory Wayne Godsey.

Gregory Wayne Godsey on February 5, 2004 did consecrate Daniel Damon McKenney.