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1 Apostolic Succession Please note originally Bishop Alban (Kirk P. Mason) was single handily consecrated by Bishop Paul Dolan on February 18, then sub-conditionally reconsecrated by Bishop Denis M. Garrison and Bishop Paul Dolan on April 22, On November 6, 2014 Bishop Alban (Kirk P. Mason) and Bishop Darakah Thomas (+Rodney Rickard) share lines of apostolic succession with each within the setting of the Eucharistic service. Constantinople-Albanian Line By Mandate Theophan Noli was consecrated by order of the Ecumenical Patriachate, Metr. Theophan (Fan) Stylian Noli was consecrated by Metropolitan Hierotheos Andon Yaho, then Bishop of Korcha, assisted by Metropolitan Kristofor Kissi (Kisi, Kisis) of Syradon (who was later the Metropolitan-Archbishop of Albania), by the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarch, on November 21, 1923 (Old Style) at the Cathedral of St. George in Korcha, Albania; Theophan Noli was consecrated as the Metropolitan of Durrazzo (Durres), Gora, and Shpata and Primate of All Illyria, the Western Sea, and All Albania. Bishop Arsenias Saltas was consecrated for the Autocephalous Greek Eastern Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church of North America, August 25, 1934, Who was consecrated by Metropolitan Theophan (Fan) Stylian Noli (the Albanian Orthodox Church primate in America) assisted by Bishop Christopher Contogeorge. Bp. Arsenias Saltas, in 1954, became the Exarch in America of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Abp. Joseph Klimovicz of the American Holy Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church, was consecrated for the for the Russian Orthodox Church in 1935, Who was Consecrated by Bishop Arsenias Saltas Abp. Joachim Souris for the American Holy Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church then later became part of Orthodox Church of Greece (Old Calendarists) in Athens, Greece,Metropolitan Walter Propheta for the American Orthodox Church/Theocacna. Who was Consecrated by Abp. Joachim Souris Bp. Francis Joseph Ryan, Who was consecrated by Metropolitan Walter Propheta for the American Orthodox Church/Theocacna. Bp. Francis Joseph Ryan, Who was consecrated by Metropolitan Walter Propheta for the American Orthodox Church/Theocacna. Bp. Denis Garrison, who was consecrated Bp. Francis Joseph Ryan of the American Orthodox Catholic Church. Bishop Denis Garrison reconsecrated Bishop K.P Mason assisted by Paul Dolan on April 22,2001. Our Lines through the Russian Orthodox Church Bishop Alban ( Kirk.P Mason) consecrated by Bishop Denis, who was consecrated by Abp. Francis Ryan; who was consecrated by Bishop Walter (Wolodymyr I) Myron Propheta who was consecrated by Bp. Joachim Souris ; who was consecrated by Bp. Joseph Klimovicz (Klimovitch) ; who was consecrated by by Bishop Arsenias Saltas; who was consecrated by Bp. Christopher Contogeorge (Kontogiorgios) assisted by Bishop Sophronios Bishara was consecrated by Abp. Aftimios Ofiesh, the first primate of The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America, who was consecrated by Abp. Evdokim Meschersky; who was consecrated by Abp. Macarius of Moscow, Russia, assisted by Bishop Innokentij of St. Petersburg [Abp. Evdokim became

2 Russian Orthodox Abp. of Alaska and North America, the ruling hierarch in the western hemisphere of the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia]. Abp. Macarius was consecrated by Metr. Nikon of Moscow in 1884; Metr. Nikon was in the Apostolic Succession from the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, Apostle to the Scythians, through the Patriarchs of Constantinople and the Metropolitans of Kiev, Vladimir, and Moscow. Our Lines through the Antiochian Church Bishop Alban (Kirk.P Mason) consecrated by Bishop Denis assisted by Paul, who was consecrated by Abp. Francis Ryan; who was consecrated by Abp. Walter Myron Propheta; who was consecrated by Abp. Joachim Souris Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America, later of the True Orthodox Church of Greece); who was consecrated by Abp. Joseph Klimovicz; who was consecrated by Bp. Arsenios Saltas; who was consecrated by Bp. Christopher Contogeorge and Metr. Theophan Stylian Noli.Bp.Christopher Contogeorge Kontogiorgios) was consecrated by Bp. Sophronius Bashira, assisted by Metr. Theophan Noli. Bp. Sophronius Bashira was consecrated by Abp. Aftimios Ofiesh, assisted by Bp. Emmanuel Abouhatab and Metr. Elias II of Tyre and Sidon of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. Bp. Emmanuel Abouhatab was consecrated by Abp. Aftimios Ofiesh. Our Lines of Succession from the Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Alban ( Kirk.P Mason) consecrated by Bishop Denis assisted by Paul Dolan, who was assisted by Bishop Carey Leopold Presson, who was consecrated by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez- Trimino was assisted by Bishop Martin J. Hill assisted by Bishop Charles David Luther assisted by Bishop Charles Robert McCarthy was assisted by Bishop Patrick J. Healy was assited by Bishop Gabre Kristos Medhim Jeremiah (David William Worley) was assisted by Bishop Gabre Mikael Kristos of the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America was consecrated as a chorbishop in 1959 in Ethiopia, by Abuna Basilios, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church. Bp. Gabre was raised and consecrated as a Bishop for the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church in 1962 by the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Patriarch, Abuna Basilios. Our Lines of Succession from the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church of India mission here in America " The American Catholic Church-African Orthodox Church" Bishop Alban (Kirk.P Mason) consecrated by Bishop Denis assisted by Paul Dolan, was assisted by Bishop Joseph (Jozef) Ofton, assisted by Bishop James Edward Burns, was consecrated by Archbishop Hubert Augustus Rogers was consecrates by Archbishop William Ernest James Robertson, was consecrated by Archbishop George Alexander McGuire, was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph Rene Vilatte (Mar Mar Timotheos), who on June 7, 1885, in Switzerland, was ordained as an Old Catholic priest by Abp. Eduard Herzog of Christ katholische Kirche der Schweiz (Old Catholic Church of Switzerland), began an Old Catholic mission in Wisconsin, in the United States of

3 America. Joseph Rene Vilatte was consecrated on May 29, 1892 in Ceylon (Sri-Lanka) by Mar Julius I (Antonio Francis Xavier Alvarez) of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Paulose Mar Athanasius (Paulose Kadavil Kooran), and Geevarghese Mar Gregorious (Geevarghese Chathuruthil Pallathitta). Archbishop Joseph took the title of Mar Timotheos, Archbishop-Exarch of North America for the American Catholic Church, he is still listed as a Bishop of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church still today. Abp. Joseph Vilatte incorporated the American Catholic Church in Illinois, in the United States of America, in 1915; he was Primate I of the American Catholic Church; he was succeeded at his retirement in 1920 by Archbishop Frederick E. J. Lloyd, Primate II. Our Papal lines of Succession from the Roman Catholic Church Bishop Alban (Kirk.P Mason) was consecrated by Bishop Denis assisted by Paul Dolan; who was consecrated by Abp. Francis Ryan, assisted by Bp. Carey Leopold Presson and Bp. Joseph Ofton. Bishop Carey Presson was consecrated by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimi o, who was consecrated by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Bp. Martin Hill, Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski. Bishop Martin J. Hill was consecrated by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey and Bishop Charles David Luther. Bishop Charles David Luther (who ordained Bp. Denis to the Presbyterate) was consecrated by Abp. Jerome Joachim of Albuquerque, assisted by Bp. Charles Robert McCarthy of Philadelphia. Bishop Charles Robert McCarthy was consecrated by Bishop Michel Staffiero of Eglise de l'unite Catholique & Apostolique who was consecrated by Bishop Giuseppe Santo Eusebio Pace of Italy, who was Consecrated by Bishop Milton Cunha, who was consecrated by Archbishop Carlos da Duarte Costa of Igreja Cat lica Apost lica Brasileira who was consecrated to the episcopate of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Abp. Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra, Abp. of Rio de Janeiro. Bishop Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra (Oliveira Contra), Titular Archbishop of Orthosia and later Metropolitan- Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, was consecrated by Cardinal de Albuquerque-Cavalcanti, Cardinal in Brazil (1905), who was consecrated by Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro. The Papal Succession: From Saints Peter and Paul, the Holy Leaders of the Apostles, the Apostolic Succession passes through the Holy Roman Popes to Archbishop Carlos da Duarte Costa and through who all our Bishops have, These lines begins with Pope Benedict Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini) ( ), Vicarius Christi (1740) of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome and Pontiff. Pope Benedict XIV, on March 19, 1743, Consecrated Bishop Carlo della Torre Rezzonico ( ), Pope Clement XIII, Vicarius Christi (1758) of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome and Pontiff. Pope Clement XIII, on April 26, 1767, assisted by Archbishops Scopio Borghese and Ignatius Reali, consecrated Bishop Bernardinus Giraud ( ); Cardinal in Italy (1771). Cardinal Giraud, on February 23, 1777, assisted by Archbishop Marcus Antonius Conti and Bishop Iosefus Maria Carafa, consecrated Bishop Alexander Matthaeus [Mattei] ( ); Cardinal in Italy (1779). Cardinal Matthaeus on September 12, 1819, assisted by Bishops Geraldus Macioti and Franciscus Albertini,

4 consecrated Bishop Petrus Franciscus Galeffi [Galleffi] ( ); Cardinal in Italy (1803). Cardinal Galeffi, on December 8, 1822, assisted by Archbishops Icannes Franciscus Falzacappa and Iosephus della Porta Rodiani, consecrated Bishop Iacobus Philippus Fransoni ( ); Cardinal in Italy (1826). Cardinal Fransoni, on June 8, 1851, assisted by Patriarch Joseph Valerga and Bishop Rudesindus Salvado, consecrated Bishop Carlus Sacconi ( ); Cardinal in Italy (1861). Cardinal Sacconi, on June 30, 1872, assisted by Archbishops Salvator Nobili Vitelleschi and Franciscus Xavierus Fridericus de Merode, consecrated Bishop Eduard Howard ( ); Cardinal in Italy (1877). Cardinal Howard, on December 8, 1882, assisted by Archbishop Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabrarella and Bishop Guilio Lenti, consecrated Bishop Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro ( ); Cardinal in Italy (1887). Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, on October 26, 1890, consecrated Bishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque-Cavalcanti ( ); and so on, as described above Line of Apostolic Succession through Bishop Salomao Ferraz, Bp. Salomao made his submission to Rome; he was accepted with full episcopal functions, although he was married; Pope John XXIII gave Bp. Salomao the titular See of Eleuterna. He was a participant in Vatican Council II and, on October 29, 1962, he led a discussion of the Council on the Liturgy. Pope Paul VI appointed Bp. Salomao Co-Adjutor to the Abp. of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He reposed in Christ on May 13, 1968 within the Church of Rome. Bishop Alban (Kirk.P Mason) was consecrated by Bishop Denis assisted by Dolan; who was consecrated by Abp. Francis Ryan, was assisted assisted by Bp. Carey Presson and Bp. Joseph Ofton. Bishop Carey Leopold Presson was consecrated by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino,was consecrated by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Bp. Martin Hill, Bp. Joseph Ofton and Bp. Walter Dobrzynski. Bishop Martin J. Hill was consecrated, in San Francisco, by Abp. Jerome Joachim, assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey and Bishop C. David Luther. Bishop Charles David was consecrated by Abp. Jerome Joachim of Albuquerque, assisted by Bp. Charles Robert McCarthy was consecrated as Bishop in November 1976, by Bishop Michel Staffiero was consecrated (sub conditione), on April 29, 1973, by Bishop Oscar Cairoli y Fernandez Bishop was consecrated, on December 2, 1967, by Bishop Jose Marcolino Machado,was consecrated by Bishop Benedito Pereira Limawas consecrated, by Bishop Manoel Ceia Laranjeira Bishop Benedito Pereira Lima was consecrated by Bishop Manoel Ceia Laranjeira was consecrated by Bishop Salomao Ferraz (Salomon Ferrez) was consecrated by Archbishop Carlos Duarte Costa of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira. See annex above. Another Line of Succession through the Roman Catholic Church Bishop Alban ( Kirk.P Mason) reconsecrated by Bishop Denis with Paul Dolan, assisted by Bp. Carey Leopold Presson, was consecrated by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino, was consecrated by Bishop Martin J. Hill assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey was consecrated by Archbishop Georgius (De Willmott Newman) was consecrated, in England, on May 20, 1945, by Bishop Hedley Coward Bartlett; who, on

5 October 18, 1931, was consecrated by Bishop William Stanley McBean Knight; who, on February 28, 1925, was consecrated by Bishop Ulric Vernon Herford; who, on August 10, 1904, in London, England, was consecrated by Bishop Count Edward Rufane Benedict Donkin, Bishop of the Holy Cross in Sicily; who, in 1899 at the Chapel of Amadeus of Savoy in Naples, Italy, was consecrated by Bishop Eduardo Sanchez y Camacho, Roman Catholic Bishop of Tamaulipas, Mexico; who, on June 29, 1880, was consecrated by Bishop Pedro Loza y Pardave of the Roman Catholic Church. Our Lines of Succession from the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht Bishop Alban (Kirk.P Mason) was reconsecrated by Bishop Denis assisted by Paul Dolan; who was consecrated by Abp. Francis Ryan, was consecrated by Walter Propheta, assisted by Abp. Theodotus DeWitow, assisted by Abp. Ignatius Nichols was consecrated (sub conditione) by Bp. Arthur William Howarth, was consecrated by Abp. Arnold Harris Mathew: Bp. Arnold Harris Mathew was consecrated as Regionary Old Catholic Archbishop of Britain on April 28, 1908 by Abp. Gerardus Gul, Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, the Netherlands was the first Old Catholic Bishop with Ultrecht before this it was through the Roman Catholic Church back to St. Peter. Our Lines of Succession through the Order of Corporate Reunion Bishop Alban ( Kirk.P Mason) consecrated by Bishop Denis assisted by Bishop Dolan; was consecrated by was consecrated by Walter Propheta assisted by Bp. Theodotus (Stanislaus Witowski) DeWitow assisted by Abp. Ignatius Nichols (USA Provincial ) was was consecrated (sub conditione) by Abp. Arthur William Howarth was consecrated by Abp. Arnold Harris Mathew (Primate III ) was consecrated (Sub Condition) by by Bp. Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare was consecrated August 15, 1894 by the founding Bishops of the Order of Corporate Reunion, Bp. Thomas (Frederick Lee), Bishop of Dorchester and Pro-Provincial of Canterbury (Primate I of the Order of Corporate Reunion); Bp. Joseph (Thomas Mossman), Bishop of Selby and Provincial of York; and Bp. Laurence (John Seccombe), Bishop and Provincial of Caerleon. Bp. Percy Dearmer was consecrated on the same day by the same three Bishops. The founding Bishops of the Order of Corporate Reunion, were consecrated according to the ancient Ambrosian Rite on the Feast of St. John the Baptist and Holy Fore-Runner of the Lord, June 24, 1877, in Venice, Italy, by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Venice, Patriarch Dominicus Agostino, assisted by a Byzantine Catholic Bishop, by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Milan, Italy, Luigi Nazari di Calabiana, by the Abbot-General of Ordo Mechitaristarum Venetiarum from the Island of Saint Lazarus near Venice, Archbishop Ignatios Ghiurekian, and by Vincentius Moretti, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ravenna. The three consecrands, before their consecrations, had been received into Roman Catholicism by Baptism and Confirmation, and had received Holy Orders up to and including the Sacred Presbyterate, by Archbishop Luigi Nazari di Calabiana, at the chapel of his residence in Milan.

6 Our Lines of Succession through the Armenian Catholic Church- An Uniate Church with the Roman Catholic Church Bishop Alban ( Kirk.P Mason )consecrated by Bishop Denis, assisted by Bp. Carey Leopold Presson, was consecrated by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino, was consecrated by Bishop Martin J. Hill assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey was consecrated by, by Archbishop Georgius (Hugh George De Willmott Newman - Mar Georgius I) was was consecrated, in England, on April 10, 1944, by Bishop William Bernard Crow; who, on June 13, 1943, was consecrated by Bishop Herbert James Monzani Heard; who, on June 4, 1922, was consecrated by Bishop Andrew Charles Albert McLaglen; who, on November 2, 1897, was consecrated by Archbishop Leon Chechemian, Archbishop of Selsey; who, on April 23, 1878, was consecrated by Archbishop Leon Chorchorunian, Archbishop of Malatia of the Armenian Catholic Church; who, on April 7, 1861, was consecrated by the Most Reverend Gregoire Pierre VIII, Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church (one of the Uniate bodies of the Roman Catholic Church). Our Hebraic-Celtic-Anglican line through the Episcopal Church of the USA Bishop Alban ( Kirk.P Mason) consecrated by Bishop Denis, assisted by Bp. Carey Leopold Presson, was consecrated by Abp. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino, was consecrated by Bishop Martin J. Hill assisted by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey, was consecrated On January 2, 1927 by Bishop William Montgomery Brown, PECUSA bishop of Arkansas from 1898 to who was consecrated WILLIAM MONTGOMERY BROWN was ordained a priest in PECUSA May 22, He was consecrated a bishop by William Edward McClaren (114) on June 24, At his consecration were the assisting consecrators Vincent Boyd (148), William Leonard (151), Edward Atwill (155), Charles Hale (161). Which goes back through the Celtic Church through Saint David of Wales back through the Apostle Saint James.

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