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The Chief Consecrating Line of Apostolic Succession

 

From Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles down through the Latin Catholic Papacy of Rome, to the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil, to the Holy Catholic Church International, to Ambassadors For Christ Ministries of America, to the United Holy Caribbean Apostolic Church.

St. Peter the Apostle (33-67)

St. Linus the Apostle (67-76)

St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)

St. Clement I (88-97)

St. Evaristus (97-105)

St. Alexander I (105-115)

St. Sixtus I (115-125)

St. Telesphorus (125-136)

St. Hyginus (136-140)

St. Pius I (140-155)

St. Anicetus (155-166)

St. Soter (166-175)

St. Eleutherius (175-189)

St. Victor I (189-199)

St. Zephyrinus (199-217)

St. Callistus I (217-222)

St. Urban I (222-230)

St. Pontain (230-235)

St. Anterus (235-236)

St. Fabian (236-250)

St. Cornelius (251-253)

St. Lucius I (253-254)

St. Stephen I (254-257)

St. Sixtus II (257-258)

St. Dionysius (260-268)

St. Felix I (269-274)

St. Eutychian (275-283)

St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius

St. Marcellinus (296-304)

St. Marcellus I (308-309)

St. Eusebius (309 or 310)

St. Miltiades (311-14)

St. Sylvester I (314-335)

St. Marcus (336)

St. Julius I (337-352)

Liberius (352-366)

St. Damasus I (366-384)

St. Siricius (384-399)

St. Anastasius I (399-401)

St. Innocent I (401-417)

St. Zosimus (417-418)

St. Boniface I (418-22)

St. Celestine I (422-432)

St. Sixtus III (432-440)

St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)

St. Hilarius (461-468)

St. Simplicius (468-483)

St. Felix III (II) (483-492)

St. Gelasius I (492-496)

Anastasius II (496-498)

St. Symmachus (498-514)

St. Hormisdas (514-523)

St. John I (523-526)

St. Felix IV (III) (526-530)

Boniface II (530-32)

John II (533-535)

St. Agapetus I (535-536) Also called Agapitus I

St. Silverius (536-537)

Vigilius (537-555)

Pelagius I (556-561)

John III (561-574)

Benedict I (575-579)

Pelagius II (5795-90)

St. Gregory the Great (590-604)

Sabinian (604-606)

Boniface III (607)

St. Boniface IV (608-615)

St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-618)

Boniface V (619-25)

Honorius I (625-638)

Severinus (640)

John IV (640-642)

Theodore I (642-649)

St. Martin I (649-655)

St. Eugene I (655-657)

St. Vitalian (657-672)

Adeodatus (II) (672-676)

Donus (676-678)

St. Agatho (678-681)

St. Leo II (682-683)

St. Benedict II (684-685)

John V (685-686)

Conon (686-687)

St. Sergius I (687-701)

John VI (701-705)

John VII (705-707)

Sisinnius (708)

Constantine (708-715)

St. Gregory II (715-731)

St. Gregory III (731-741)

St. Zachary (741-52) Stephen II followed Zachary, but because he died before being consecrated, modern lists omit him

Stephen II (III) (752-757)

St. Paul I (757-767)

Stephen III (IV) (767-772)

Adrian I (772-795)

St. Leo III (795-816)

Stephen IV (V) (816-817)

St. Paschal I (817-824)

Eugene II (824-827)

Valentine (827)

Gregory IV (827-844)

Sergius II (844-847)

St. Leo IV (847-855)

Benedict III (855-858)

St. Nicholas I the Great (8588-67)

Adrian II (8678-872)

John VIII (872-8882)

Marinus I (882-84)

St. Adrian III (884-885)

Stephen V (VI) (8858-91)

Formosus (891-896)

Boniface VI (896)

Stephen VI (VII) (896-897)

Romanus (897)

Theodore II (897)

John IX (898-900)

Benedict IV (900-903)

Leo V (903)

Sergius III (904-911)

Anastasius III (911-913)

Lando (913-914)

John X (914-928)

Leo VI (928)

Stephen VIII (929-31)

John XI (931-935)

Leo VII (936-939)

Stephen IX (939-942)

Marinus II (942-946)

Agapetus II (9469-55)

John XII (955-963)

Leo VIII (963-964)

Benedict V (964)

John XIII (965-972)

Benedict VI (973-974)

Benedict VII (974-983)

John XIV (983-984)

John XV (985-996)

Gregory V (996-999)

Sylvester II (999-1003)

John XVII (1003)

John XVIII (1003-1009)

Sergius IV (1009-1012)

Benedict VIII (1012-1024)

John XIX (1024-1032)

Benedict IX (1032-45) He appears on this list three separate times, because he was twice deposed and restored

Sylvester III (1045) Considered by some to be an antipope

Benedict IX (1045)

Gregory VI (1045-1046)

Clement II (1046-1047)

Benedict IX (1047-1048)

Damasus II (1048)

St. Leo IX (1049-1054)

Victor II (1055-1057)

Stephen X (1057-1058)

Nicholas II (1058-1061)

Alexander II (1061-1073)

St. Gregory VII (1073-1085)

Blessed Victor III (1086-1087)

Blessed Urban II (1088-1099)

Paschal II (1099-1118)

Gelasius II (1118-1119)

Callistus II (1119-1124)

Honorius II (1124-1130)

Innocent II (1130-1143)

Celestine II (1143-1144)

Lucius II (1144-1145)

Blessed Eugene III (1145-1153)

Anastasius IV (1153-1154)

Adrian IV (1154-1159)

Alexander III (1159-1181)

Lucius III (1181-1185)

Urban III (1185-1187)

Gregory VIII (1187)

Clement III (1187-1191)

Celestine III (1191-1198)

Innocent III (1198-1216)

Honorius III (1216-1227)

Gregory IX (1227-1241)

Celestine IV (1241)

Innocent IV (1243-1254)

Alexander IV (1254-1261)

Urban IV (1261-1264)

Clement IV (1265-1268)

Blessed Gregory X (1271-1276)

Blessed Innocent V (1276)

Adrian V (1276)

John XXI (1276-1277)

Nicholas III (1277-1280)

Martin IV (1281-1285)

Honorius IV (1285-1287)

Nicholas IV (1288-1292)

St. Celestine V (1294)

Boniface VIII (1294-1303)

Blessed Benedict XI (1303-1304)

Clement V (1305-1314)

John XXII (1316-34)

Benedict XII (1334-1342)

Clement VI (1342-1352)

Innocent VI (1352-1362)

Blessed Urban V (1362-1370)

Gregory XI (1370-1378)

Urban VI (1378-1389)

Boniface IX (1389-1404)

Innocent VII (1404-1406)

Gregory XII (1406-1415)

Martin V (1417-1431)

Eugene IV (1431-1447)

Nicholas V (1447-1455)

Callistus III (1455-1458)

Pius II (1458-1464)

Paul II (1464-1471)

Sixtus IV (1471-1484)

Innocent VIII (1484-1492)

Alexander VI (1492-1503)

Pius III (1503)

Julius II (1503-1513)

Leo X (1513-1521)

Adrian VI (1522-23)

Clement VII (1523-1534)

Paul III (1534-1549)

Julius III (1550-1555)

Marcellus II (1555)

Paul IV (1555-1559)

Pius IV (1559-1565)

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Under the Papacy of Archbishop Pius IV, Pope of Rome and Latin Patriarch of the West, His Eminence Scipione Cardinal Rebiba was made the 49th Latin Patriarch of Constantinople on December 8, 1565.

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On March 12, 1566, Scipione Cardinal Rebiba, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople consecrated

Cardinal Santinio; who on September 7, 1586, consecrated

Cardinal Benninio; who on April 4, 1604, consecrated

Cardinal San Vitale ; who on May 7, 1621, consecrated

Cardinal Gaetani ; who on October 7, 1630 consecrated

Cardinal Carpegna ; Who on May 2, 1666, consecrated

Cardinal Altieri ; Who on February 3, 1675, consecrated

Cardinal Orsini (Pope Benedict III, 1724); Who on July 16, 1723, consecrated

Prospero Lambertini (Pope Benedict XIV 1740); Who on March 19, 1743, consecrated

Carol della Torre Rezzoni (Pope Clement XIII 1758); who on April 26, 1767, consecrated

Bernardinus Giraud (Cardinal 1771) ; Who on February 23, 1777, consecrated

Alexander Matthaeus (Cardinal 1770) ; Who on September 12, 1819, consecrated

Peter Francis Galetti (Cardinal 1803) ; Who on December 8, 1822, consecrated

James Phillip Fransoni (Cardinal 1826) ; Who on June 8, 1851, consecrated

Charles Sacconi (Cardinal 1861) ; Who on June 30, 1872, consecrated

Eduard Howard (Cardinal 1877) : Who on December 8, 1882, consecrated

Mariano Rampolla Marchese del Tindaro (Cardinal 1887); Who on October 26, 1890, consecrated

Joaquin de Albuquerque-Calvacanti (Cardinal 1905); Who on June 4, 1911, consecrated

Sebastiao Leme de Silveira Cintra (Archbishop 1921); Who on December 8, 1924, consecrated

St. Carlos Duarte-Costa as Bishop of Botucatu

St Carlos Duarta Costa resigned from the Roman Catholic Church and claimed the See of Rio de Janeiro, becoming Primate of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil

St. Carlos Duarte-Costa did consecrate on May 3, 1948

Archbishop Luis Castillio Mendez, who on June 7, 1988, consecrated  

Bishop Patrick J. Cronin, who consecrated

Msgr. John Kelly of New York, who together with Bishops John Paul Boucher, Robert Jones Michael Roblin, Andre Barbeau, Andre Letellier, and Jean Marie Brault, on July 25, 1992 consecrated

Msgr. William Anthony Swyers (appointed Presiding Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Anthony, Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada), who on September 9, 2006, with Bishop Joseph Nathan Alee consecrated

Msgr. Robert J.M. Russell, D.D., who succeeded Bishop Swyers upon his death as Presiding Bishop of the Diocese of St. Anthony, with Bishops John Paul Boucher Nathan Alee, and Edward Haynes on October 12, 2009 consecrated,

Archbishop Joel Galang Clemente, Primate of the Holy Catholic Charismatic Church

St. Carlos Duarte-Costa did consecrate on August 15, 1945

Bishop Dom Soloman Ferrez, Titular Bishop of the See of Eleuterna (Pope Paul VI appointed him Co-adjutor to the Archbishop of San Paulo, Brazil) consecrated, on May 29, 1951

Bishop Ceja Laranjeira, who on August 15, 1965 consecrated,

Bishop Benedito Pereira Lima, who on August 1, 1966 consecrated,

Bishop Jose M, Machado, who on December 2, 1967 consecrated,

Bishop Oscar Oswaldo Cairoll Ferandez, who on April 19, 1973 consecrated,

Bishop Michaael Staffiero, who in November 1976 consecrated,

Bishop Rainer Laugers, Canada, who on April 30, 1977 consecrated,

Bishop C.R. McCarthy, who on September 25, 1977 consecrated,

Bishop C. David Luther, who on June 17, 1984 consecrated,

Archbishop James Mondok, who consecrated,

Archbishop Michael F, Henbree, who with Archbishop Mondok, and Archbishop Allard consecrated,

Bishop Donald Locke who with Barbeau and Letellier consecrated,

Bishop John Paul Boucher, who with Bishops Robert Jones, Michael Roblin, Jean Marie Breau and Chief Consecrator Msgr. John Kelly on July 25, 1992, co-consecrated,

Msgr. William Anthony Swyers, who on September 9, 2006, together with Bishop Joseph Nathan Alee, consecrated,

Msgr. Robert J.M. Russell, D.D., who succeeded Bishop Swyers upon his death as Presiding Bishop of the Diocese of St. Anthony, with Bishops John Paul Boucher Nathan Alee, and Edward Haynes on October 12, 2009 consecrated,

Archbishop Joel Galang Clemente, Primate of the Holy Catholic Charismatic Church

Archbishop Joel Galang Clemente, Primate of the Holy Catholic Charismatic Church, who on February 4, 2010 consecrated,

Metropolitan Archbishop Heyward Bruce Ewart, III, Patriarch of the Holy Catholic Church International who on June 10, 2012 consecrated,

Archbishop Charles R. Hill, Sr, Ph.D, D.D., Archbishop in the Holy Catholic Church International and Patriarch of Ambassadors for Christ Ministries of America, who on June 20, 2014 consecrated

Archbishop Trevor 'Elihu' Greene as Metropolitan Archbishop of New York. He was then elected unanimously by the Synod as Metropolitan-Archbishop of Port of Spain, and 39th Patriarch of the United Holy Caribbean Apostolic Church

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