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INTRODUCTION
The Liberal Catholic Church derives its Apostolic Succession from our
Lord through the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht in The Netherlands. The
Since the last edition of the Table of Succession, a number of bishops episcopal See of Utrecht was founded by St. Willibrord, an English missionary,
have passed to the higher life, or retired, and seventeen new bishops in 696 A.D.
have been consecrated and appointed. This edition includes the new
names and contains some corrections from former issues. At the time of the Reformation the northern Netherlands became largely
Protestant and the Catholic minority came under the care of episcopal Vicars-
+ IAN RICHARD HOOKER Apostolic. In the latter part of the 17th century the Dutch Catholics gave shelter
Presiding Bishop to many Jansenist refugees who had been expelled from France. The Vicar-
Apostolic Peter Codde was deposed by Pope Clement Xl in 1702 for alleged
Perth, Western Australia, sympathy with the Jansenist heresy, and the Utrecht Church was for some time
Septuagesima, 2003 without a bishop.
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In 1908 the Archbishop of Utrecht consecrated an English former Roman TABLE OF SUCCESSION
Catholic Priest, Arnold Harris Mathew, as Old Catholic Bishop for Great Britain
and Ireland. In December 1910 Bishop Mathew broke off relations with Utrecht
AND
due to doctrinal differences. In 1914 he consecrated Frederick Willoughby to EPISCOPAL APPOINTMENTS AND
serve as Bishop Auxiliary. The following year he offered his submission to JURISDICTION
Rome. Bishop Willoughby in his turn consecrated James Ingall Wedgwood to
the Episcopate. The Church had, by this time, gained many more supporters.
001 VARLET, Dominique Marie: Consecrated by Bishop Jacques Goyon
On 6th September 1918 the joint Episcopal and Clerical Synod of the Old de Matignon at Paris 10th February 1719 as Bishop of Ascalon. (in partibus
Catholic Church in Great Britain changed the title of the Church to “The Liberal infidelium).
Catholic Church (Old Catholic)” and the church has since been known as The
Liberal Catholic Church. 002 MEINDAARTS, Petrus Johannes: Consecrated by Bishop
Dominique Varlet in 1739 as Archbishop of Utrecht.
Bishop Wedgwood. by his tireless activity, extended the Church over all
the continents of the world. It has now congregations in thirty-one countries and 003 van STIPHOUT, Johannes: Consecrated by Bishop Dominique
has forty-three bishops who together constitute the General Episcopal Synod, Varlet in 1745 as Bishop of Haarlem.
the governing body of the Church, which meets every few years under its
Presiding Bishop, to decide on matters of importance to the Church and in 004 van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Gualterus Michael: Consecrated by
particular changes in the Liturgy and the appointment of bishops. Bishop Dominique Varlet in 1768 as Archbishop of Utrecht.
The Liturgy was composed in 1917 by Bishops Wedgwood and 005 BROEKMAN, Johannes: Consecrated by Bishop Dominique Varlet
Leadbeater as a translation and reform of the Western Catholic (Tridentine) Rite. in 1778 as Bishop of Haarlem.
This Liturgy has been justly acclaimed for the beauty of its language and the
joyousness of its sentiments. The alterations made in it since 1918 have not 006 van RHIJN, Johannes Jacobus: Consecrated by Bishop Dominique
materially affected the quality of the Liturgy. Varlet in 1797 as Archbishop of Utrecht.
017 KING, Robert: Consecrated by Bishop Frederick Willoughby at 026 TETTEMER, John Moynihan: Born 16th May 1877. Consecrated by
London on 26th September 1915. Appointed Assistant Bishop in England in Bishop Charles Leadbeater, assisted by Bishops Irving Cooper, and George
1916; subsequently Auxiliary. Died; 19th February 1954. Arunda!e, at Sydney on 23rd May 1926 as Auxiliary Bishop of the United States
of America. Appointed Suffragan Bishop from May 1927. Died; 14th May 1949.
018 WEDGWOOD: James Ingall: Born 24th May 1883. Consecrated by
Bishop Frederick Willoughby, assisted by Bishops Rupert Gauntlett, and Robert 027 BECKWITH, Edwin Burt: Born 8th June 1870. Consecrated by
King, at London on 13th February 1916 as Regionary Bishop of the Old Catholic Bishop James Wedgwood. Assisted by Bishops Irving Cooper, and Frank Pigott
Church for Great Britain and Ireland and the British Empire. Presiding Bishop at Huizen, The Netherlands, on 18th July 1926 as Suffragan Bishop for the United
of the Liberal Catholic Church until his resignation from 2nd April 1923. States of America. Died; 4th March 1929.
Appointed Bishop Commissary for parts of Europe in1926. Died; 12th March
1951. 028 WARDALL, Ray Marshall: Born 15th January 1877. Consecrated by
Bishop Charles Leadbeater, assisted by Bishops George Arundale, and John
019 LEADBEATER, Charles Webster: Born 16th February 1854. Tettemer, at Sydney on 17th October 1926 as Suffragan Bishop for the United
Consecrated by Bishop James Wedgwood at Sydney on 22nd July 1916 as States of America. Church membership terminated 1947. Died 14th December
Regionary Bishop for Australasia. Elected as Presiding Bishop of the Liberal 1953.
Catholic Church from 2nd April 1923. Died; 1st March 1934.
029 HOUNSFIELD, Arthur Gerald: Born 12th November 1879.
020 MAZEL, Julian Adriaan Jhr: Born 17th December 1869. Consecrated Consecrated by Bishop James Wedgwood, assisted by Bishops Frank Pigott, and
by Bishops James Wedgwood and Charles Leadbeater, at Sydney 24 June 1917 Robert King, at London on 29th January 1928 as Auxiliary Bishop of France.
as Auxiliary Bishop in Australia. Appointed Regionary for the (then) Appointed as Suffragan Bishop for France and North Africa from September
Netherlands Indies in 1919 and in addition for The Netherlands from January 1938. Died 23rd October 1941.
1924. Died 12th January 1928.
51 DAHL, Newton Arnold: Born 20th January 1894. Consecrated by 059 EWART, David Benjamin: Born 6th August 1880. Consecrated by
Bishop John Eklund, assisted by Bishops Buenaventura Jiménez, and Ernest Bishop Lawrence Burt, assisted by Bishop Harry Banks, at Sydney on 13th May
Jackson at Minneapolis, U.S.A. on 8th June 1947 as Auxiliary Bishop in the 1951 as Suffragan Bishop for Western Australia. Retired; 1st January 1965.
United States of America. Appointed Regionary Bishop for the United States of Died; 31st May 1971.
America in 1949; retired as such on April 1971. Died 14th November 1977.
060 GOETMAKERS, August Willem: Born 5th October 1897.
th
052 ZOLLINGER, Walter James: Born 24 March 1889. Consecrated by Consecrated by Bishop Adriaan Vreede, assisted by Bishops Ernest Nyssens,
Bishop John Eklund, assisted by Bishops Buenaventura Jiménez, and Ernest and Robert Henry, at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 27th January 1952 as
Jackson. at Minneapolis, U.S.A. on 8th June 1947 as Auxiliary Bishop in the Auxiliary Bishop in The Netherlands. Appointed Regionary Bishop for The
United States of America. Died 28th March 1973. Netherlands and Belgium in 1958; retired as such on 1st February 1970. Died;
14th September 1976.
053 MATTHEWS, Edward Murray: Born 10th September 1898. 061 CABELLON, Olimpio Astillero: Born 1901. Consecrated by Bishop
Consecrated by Bishop Ray Wardall, at Los Angeles, California on 14th José Acuña, at Manila, Philippines, on 7th September 1952 as Suffragan Bishop
September 1947. Received into the Liberal Catholic Church in 1976 as for the Philippines. Retired on 20th May 1975. Church membership terminated
Auxiliary Bishop in the United States of America. Died 10th April 1985. 27th December 1975. Died; 18th May 1979.
062 LAUPPERT, Norbert Eugen Erwin Egon: Born 15th August 1906. 069 OLANDER, Harald: Born 27th November 1894. Consecrated by
Consecrated by Bishop Adriaan Vreede, assisted by Bishop August Goetmakers Bishop Otto Viking, assisted by Bishop Karl Fjellander, at Helsinki, Finland, on
at Graz, Austria, on 28th September 1952 as Suffragan Bishop for Austria. 3rd November 1957 as Auxiliary Bishop in Finland. Appointed Suffragan Bishop
Appointed Regionary Bishop for Central Europe in 1955. Resigned in 1962. for Finland on January 1967. Died 5th February 1971.
063 SYKES, Sir Hugh Bt: Born 8th June 1893. Consecrated by Bishop 070 MARTINOVITCH, Ernest: Born 26th May 1895. Consecrated by
Frank Pigott, assisted by Bishops Charles Shores, and Otto Viking, at London Bishop Milan Reiching at Budapest, Hungary, on 8th December 1957 as
on 15th March 1953 as Auxiliary Bishop in Great Britain and Ireland. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop in Hungary. Died 24th January 1959.
Regionary Bishop for Great Britain and Ireland from 1st February 1956. Also;
Elected Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church from 9th November 071 von KRUSENSTIERNA, Sten Herman Philip: Born 9th September
1964. Retired as Regionary Bishop of Great Britain and Ireland on 3rd April 1909. Consecrated by Bishop Lawrence Burt, assisted by Bishop Charles
1971. Retired as Presiding Bishop on 8th June 1973. Died 22nd December 1974. Shores, at Sydney on 1st January 1958 as Auxiliary Bishop in Australia.
Appointed Regionary Bishop for Australia on September 1961. Elected
064 BALLESTEROS, Walter: Born 26th December 1905. Consecrated by Presiding Bishop on 8th June 1973. Retired as Regionary Bishop for Australia
Bishop Newton Dahl, assisted by Bishops Buenaventura Jiménez, and Walter on 1st September 1975. Re-elected as Presiding Bishop on 8th June 1980.
Zollinger, at Chicago, U.S.A., on 14th July 1955 as Suffragan Bishop, for Retired as Presiding Bishop on 9th September 1984. Appointed Episcopal Vicar
Colombia. Appointed Regionary Bishop for Colombia in 1958. Appointed General for Australasia and Indonesia in 1984. Died 25th May 1992.
Regionary Bishop for South America in 1962. Resigned as Regionary Bishop
for South America while remaining Regionary Bishop for Colombia in 1967. 072 RINGER, Gustav: Born 23rd October 1907. Consecrated by Bishop
Re-appointed Regionary Bishop for South America 17th February 1973; retired Norbert Lauppert, assisted by Bishops Adriaan Vreede, Otto Viking, August
as such in January 1977. Re-appointed Regionary Bishop for Colombia 18th Goetmakers, and Karl Fjellander at Huizen, The Netherlands, on 14th August
January 1977. Retired as such on 26th December 1980. Died 16th June 1995 1960 as Auxiliary Bishop in Germany. Appointed Regionary Bishop for Central
Europe 25th April 1962. Re-appointed as Regionary Bishop until 25th April
065 COATS, John Balfour Symington: Born 8th July 1906. Consecrated 1983. Re-appointed as Regionary Bishop 25th April 1983. Died 28th October
by Bishop Sir Hugh Sykes, assisted by Bishops Adriann Vreede, Otto Viking, 1985.
Newton Dahl, Robert Henry, Milan Reiching, August Goetmakers, and Norbert
Lauppert at Huizen, The Netherlands on 15th August 1956 as Suffragan Bishop 073 MAYOLA Y ALMARAL, Ramón: Born 24th October 1902.
for Italy. Retired as such in 1968. Died 26th December 1979. Consecrated by Bishop Ignacio Munio at Havana, Cuba, on 27th November 1960
as Auxiliary Bishop in Cuba. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop in the United States
066 WAROUW, Johan Hendrik: Born 15th May 1912. Consecrated by of America 6th April 1973. Died 11th November 1989.
Bishop Charles Shores at Jakarta, Indonesia, on 20th January 1957 as Regionary
Bishop for Indonesia. Retired as such on 20th January 1978. appointed Auxiliary
Bishop in Australia, 29th March 1978. Died 1st November 2000 074 GOSSWEILER, Enrique Oscar: Born 23rd April 1899. Consecrated
by Bishop Sir Hugh Sykes, assisted by Bishop AdriaanVreede, assisted by
067 PITKIN, William Henderson: Born 22nd March 1897. Consecrated by Bishop August Goetmakers, at Huizen, The Netherlands, on 22nd January 1961
Bishop Newton Dahl, assisted by Bishop Buenaventura Jiménez, and Walter as Auxiliary Bishop in Argentina. Died 24th June1976.
Zollinger, in Chicago, U.S.A. on 18th July 1957 as Auxiliary Bishop in the
U.S.A. Appointed Regionary Bishop for the U.S.A. 5th September 1971; retired 075 BRANDT, Helenus Marinus: Born 22nd June 1903. Consecrated by
as such on 22nd March 1974. Died 10th September 1980. Bishop August Goetmakers, assisted by Bishops Adriaan Vreede, Sir Hugh
Sykes, and Karl Fjellander at Huizen, The Netherlands, on 20th August 1961 as
068 FJELLANDER, Karl Sigfrid Johannes: Born 29th August 1899. Auxiliary Bishop in The Netherlands and Belgium. Retired; as Auxiliary Bishop
Consecrated Bishop Otto Viking, assisted by Bishops Adriaan Vreede, August in Belgium on 8th July 1979. Died 17th June 1985.
Goetmakers, and John Coats at Huizen, The Netherlands, on 27th October 1957
as Auxiliary Bishop in Sweden. Appointed Regionary Bishop for Scandinavia
on January 1967. Died 22nd November 1974.
076 LETENOCZKI, Ferenc: Born 21st March 1913. Consecrated by 082 BURTON, Ernest James: Born 13th October 1908. Consecrated by
Bishop Milan Reiching, assisted by Bishops Adriaan Vreede, August Bishop Sir Hugh Sykes, assisted by Bishops August Goetmakers, and André
Goetmakers, Gustav Ringer, and Francois Brandt at Huizen, The Netherlands, Lhote in London on 13th October 1968 as Auxiliary Bishop in Great Britain and
on 19th August 1962 as Auxiliary Bishop in Hungary Retired as such in 1988. Ireland. Appointed; Regionary Bishop for Great Britain and Ireland 3rd April
Died; 9th May 1994. 1971. Retired; as such on 3rd April 1978. Died; 22nd March 1996.
077 WATSON, Thomas Patrick: Born 6th March 1905. Consecrated by 083 WICKS, Charles Clifton: Born 27th August 1898. Consecrated by
Bishop Charles Shores at Johannesburg, South Africa, on 14th April 1963 as Bishop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishop William Hill, at Adelaide,
Regionary Bishop for South Africa. Re-appointed as such in 1977. Re-appointed Australia, on 28th December 1969 as Auxiliary Bishop in Australia. Died; 9th
as such on 6th March 1980 for a period of 2 years. Re-appointed as such on 6th March 1977.
March 1982 for a period of 2 years. Died 5th March 1983.
084 JENKINS, Kendall Reed: Born 6th April 1901. Consecrated by
th
078 HILL, William Gilchrist: Born 20 August 1923. Consecrated by Bishop Newton Dahl, assisted by Bishops Walter Zollinger, William Pitkin, and
Bisop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishop Harry Banks, at Sydney on Sten von Krusenstierna at Our Lady, Ojai, California, on 20th March 1971 as
11th October 1964 as Auxiliary Bishop in Australia. Appointed Diocesan Bishop Auxiliary Bishop in the U.S.A. Died; 24th May 1975.
for Western Australia 1st January 1965. Re-appointed as such in 1979.
Appointed Regionary Bishop for Australia on 1st January 1984. Re-appointed as 085 MUNNIK, Gerrit: Born 10th February 1906. Consecrated by Bishop
such on 1st January 1991. Died 22nd November 1993. Newton Dahl, assisted by Bishops Walter Zollinger, William Pitkin, and Sten
von Krusenstierna, at Our Lady, Ojai, California, on 20th March 1971 as
079 LHOTE, André: Born 2nd February 1913. Consecrated by Bishop John Auxiliary Bishop in the U. S.A. Appointed Regionary Bishop for the U.S.A.
Coats, assisted by Bishop August Goetmakers, at Paris on 24th January 1965 as 22nd March 1974. Appointed Bishop Commissary for the Diocese of Brazil 6th
Regionary Bishop for France and North Africa, French speaking and Zaire. Re- December 1981. Re-appointed as such until 10th February 1985. Re-appointed as
appointed as such in 1979. Re-appointed as Bishop Commissary for French Regionary Bishop for the U.S.A. to 10th February 1983. Re-appointed as such to
speaking Africa and Zaire. Re-appointed as such until 2nd February 1988 Re- 10th February 1985. Retired as Regionary Bishop for the U.S.A. and as Bishop
appointed until January 1990. Retired as such in 1990. Died 13th September Commissary for Brazil on 10th February 1985. Appointed Episcopal Vicar
1993. General for the Americas in 1984. Died 12th August 1992.
080 NICHOLLS, Stuart Gilberd: Born 3rd July 1905. Consecrated by 086 BANNISTER, Francis Christopher: Born 17th July 1910.
Bishop Harry Banks, assisted by Bishop Charles Shores, at Auckland, New Consecrated by Bishop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishops William
Zealand, on 14th May 1967 as Auxiliary Bishop in New Zeal and. Appointed Hill, and Charles Wicks at Melbourne, Australia, on 16th July 1972 as Auxiliary
Regionary Bishop for New Zealand 11th November 1971. Re-appointed as such Bishop in Australia. Appointed; Regionary Bishop for Australia 1st September
in 1979. Retired as such on 3rd July 1980. Died 12th October 1997. 1975. Re-appointed; as such to the end of 1983. Retired; as such on 31st
December 1983.
081 van BRAKEL, Adriaan Herman. Born 3rd December 1907.
Consecrated by Bishop August Goetmakers, assisted by Bishops Karl 087 SØGAARD, Børge: Born 13th August 1910. Consecrated by Bishop
Fjellander, and André Lhote at The Hague, The Netherlands, on 14th May 1967 Karl Fjellander, assisted by Bishops Adriaan van Brakel, and John Coats, at
as Auxiliary Bishop in The Netherlands and Belgium. Appointed; Regionary Hjørring, Denmark, on 30th July 1972 as Auxiliary Bishop in Scandinavia.
Bishop for The Netherlands and Belgium 1st February 1970. Re-appointed; as Appointed; Regionary Bishop for Scandinavia 26th May 1975. Retired as such
such in 1977. Retired; as Regionary Bishop for Belgium 8th July 1979, while 25th August 1983, while remaining Regionary Bishop for Denmark, Norway and
remaining Regionary Bishop for The Netherlands. Retired; as Regionary Bishop Finland. Retired; as Regionary Bishop for Finland on 26th May 1982, while
for The Netherlands on 3rd December 1982. Appointed; Episcopal Vicar General remaining Regionary Bishop for Denmark and Norway. Re-appointed; as
for Europe in 1984. Died; 16th September 1993. Regionary Bishop for Denmark 13th August 1985. Retired as such; on 12th April
1984. Died; 31st August 2001.
088 NEUMAN, Victor Arnold: Born 22nd April 1907. Consecrated by 095 SWINGLER, Ralph Francis Newman: Born 21st September 1912.
Bishop William Pitkin, assisted by Bishops Newton Dahl, Kendall Jenkins and Consecrated by Bishop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishops André
Gerrit Munnik, at Our Lady, Ojai, California, on 5th May 1973 as Auxiliary Lhote, Adriaan van Brakel, and Willy de Rijk in Colney, London, England on
Bishop in the U.S.A. Died; 24th November 1985. 26th May 1977 as Auxiliary Bishop in Great Britain and Ireland. Appointed;
Regionary Bishop for Great Britain and Ireland on 3rd April 1978. Retired as
such on 3rd April 1985. Died; 28th July 1993.
089 de RIJK, Willy: Born 21st August 1921. Consecrated by Bishop
Adriaan van Brakel, assisted by Bishops August Goetmakers, Helenus Brandt, 096 TAYLOR, Eric Scollick: Born 16th April 1918. Consecrated by
André Lhote, and Karl Fjellander at Naarden, The Netherlands, on 11th June Bishop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishops Ernest Burton, André
1973 as Auxiliary Bishop in The Netherlands and Belgium. Retired; as Lhote, Adriaan van Brakel, and Willy de Rijk, at London Colney, England, on
Auxiliary Bishop in Belgium on 8th July 1979, while remaining Auxiliary 26th May 1977 as Auxiliary Bishop in Great Britain and Ireland. Elected
Bishop in The Netherlands. Died 13th March 1988. Presiding Bishop on 9th September 1984. Appointed Regionary Bishop for
Great Britain and Ireland on 3rd April 1985. Died; 4th June 1995.
090 ROEMERMANN Carl. Born 5th March 1905. Consecrated by Bishop
Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishops Charles Wicks, and Francis 097 ARTAMAA, Aumo Kalervo: Born 2nd August 1915. Consecrated by
Bannister at Brisbane, Australia on 4th Nov 1973 as Auxiliary Bishop in Bishop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishops Borge Søgaard, Lennart
Australia. Died; 7th September 1991. Söderström, and Adriaan van Brakel, at Helsinki, Finland, on 6th August 1977 as
Auxiliary Bishop in Finland. Appointed as Diocesan Bishop on 11th October
091 WATSON, Raja Eminger: Born 26th October 1909. Consecrated by 1978. Appointed Regionary Bishop for Finland on 26th May 1982. Re-
Bishop Gerrit Munnik, assisted by Newton Dahl, and Victor Neuman in appointed; until May 1991. Died 19th August 2000.
Chicago, U.S.A., on 29 November 1975 as Auxiliary Bishop in the U.S.A. Died;
20th May 1990. 098 HAMMER, Rudolf Leopold: Born 18th April 1928. Consecrated by
Bishop Gustav Ringer, assisted by Bishops André Lhote, Adriaan van Brakel,
092 WARNON, Maurice Henri Joseph Ghislain: Born 5th April 1937. Lennart Söderström, and Eric Taylor in Vienna Austria, on l4th May 1978 as
Consecrated by Bishop Adriaan van Brakel, assisted by Bishops August Auxiliary Bishop in Austria. Appointed; Diocesan Bishop for Austria on 29th
Goetmakers, Willy de Rijk, François Brandt, André Lhote, and Borge May 1979. Appointed; Bishop Commissary for Yugoslavia on 20th May 1983.
Søgaard, at Naarden, The Netherlands on 7th June 1976 as Auxiliary Bishop in Appointed; Regionary Bishop for Central Europe on 26th March 1986.
Belgium. Appointed; Diocesan Bishop for Belgium 4th October 1976. Re- Appointed; Regionary Bishop for Hungary on 10th July 1988. Died 6th December
appointed; as such on 8th July 1984. 2001.
093 ORTIZ, Alfonso Enrique: Born 1st March 1924. Consecrated by 099 ARREGUI, Augustin: Born 7th April 1903. Consecrated by Bishop
Bishop Walter Ballesteros at Bogota, Colombia, on 17th June 1976 as Auxiliary Gerrit Munnik, at Mendoza, Argentina, on 21st May 1978 as Auxiliary Bishop in
Bishop in South America. Appointed; Regionary Bishop for Colombia on 26th Argentina. Died 15th June 1982.
December 1980.
100 McGINNIS, Robert Samuel: Born 3rd March 1934. Consecrated by
th
094 SöDERSTRöM Lennart Ivar Victor: Born 12 July 1920. Bishop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishops Gerrit Munnik, Edward
Consecrated by Bishop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishops Adriaan van Matthews, and William Pitkin in Our Lady, Ojai, California on 22nd June1979 as
Brakel and François Brandt at Stockholm, Sweden, on 14th May 1977 as Auxiliary Bishop in the U.S.A
Auxiliary Bishop in Sweden. Appointed; Diocesan Bishop for Sweden on 11th
October 1978. Appointed; Regionary Bishop for Sweden on 25th August 1981. 101 van ALPHEN, Johannes Cornelis: Born 4th August 1925.
Re-appointed as such 20th August 1989. Died; 15th March 1997. Consecrated by Bishop Patrick Watson, assisted by Bishops Francois Brandt,
and Rudolf Hammer in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 6th January 1980 as
Auxiliary Bishop in South Africa. Appointed Regioary Bishop for South Africa
26th May 1983. Elected Presiding Bishop from 16th April 1992 to 15th April
1999. Resigned 29 September 2002
102 TORRES, Martinez Gaspar: Born 4th July 1939. Consecrated by 110 SALLES, Rene Ventura: Born 18th April 1913. Consecrated by
Bishop Ignacio Munio in Cienfuegos, Cuba, on 17th February 1980 as Auxiliary Bishop Gerrit Munnik at Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 12th August 1984 as Diocesan
Bishop in Cuba. Appointed; Regionary Bishop for Cuba on 30th October 1980. Bishop for Brazil. Died 23rd December 1991
104 van HOOGENHUYZE, Louis Carol Elise: Born 26th August 1914. 112 BATET, Miguel Angel: Born 6th August 1946. Consecrated by Bishop
Consecrated by Bishop Adriaan van Brakel, assisted by Bishops Francois Gerrit Munnik, assisted by Bishop Ernesto Fanlo, in Rosario, Argentina, on 19th
Brandt, Willy de Rijk, Ralph Swingler, and Rudolf Hammer in Naarden, The August 1984, as Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina.
Netherlands, on 31st May 1982 as Auxiliary Bishop in The Netherlands.
Appointed; Regionary Bishop for The Netherlands on 3rd December 1982. 113 van BEUSEKOM, Hein: Born 31st August 1925. Consecrated by
Retired as such August 1989. Died 24th October1997 Bishop Gerrit Munnik, assisted by Bishops Lawrence Smith, Maurice Warnon,
and Robert McGinnis in Our Lady, Ojai, California, U.S.A., on 7th February
105 SMITH, Lawrence Jay: Born 9th May 1924. Consecrated by Bishop 1987 as Auxiliary Bishop in the U.S.A Appointed Regionary Bishop of the
Gerrit Munnik, assisted by Bishops Victor Neuman, Raja Watson, Maurice U.S.A. May 1999 to 31 August 2000.
Warnon, and Robert McGinnis in Chicago, U.S.A. on 17th July 1982 as
Auxiliary Bishop in the U.S.A. and appointed Bishop Commissary for the 114 TISCH, Joseph Le Sage: Born 3rd September 1933. Formerly a priest
Philippines on 18th May 1984. Elected Regionary Bishop for the U.S.A. 10th in the Roman Catholic Church. Received into the Liberal Catholic Church in
February 1985 to 9th May 1999. 1972. Consecrated by Bishop Lawrence Smith, assisted by Bishops Raja
Watson, Robert McGinnis, and Maurice Warnon in Melbourne, Florida, U.S.A.,
106 DEGENAARS, Tom: Born 30th October 1921. Consecrated by Bishop on 14th February 1987 as Auxiliary Bishop in the U.S.A
Børge Søgaard, assisted by Bishops Lennart Söderström, Aumo Artamaa,
Adriaan van Brakel, Willy de Rijk, Louis van Hoogenhuyze, and Rudolf 115 ILUNGA, Kamanji: Born 19th May 1940. Consecrated by Bishop Eric
Hammer on 8 August 1982 in Hjörring, Denmark as Auxiliary Bishop for Taylor, assisted by Bishops Willy Lhote, Christian Schoch, Adriaan van Brakel,
Denmark & Norway. Appointed Regionary Bishop for Denmark, Norway, and and Tom Degenaars in Paris on 12th April 1987 as Diocesan Bishop for Zaire.
Iceland on 12th April 1984 until _______________
116 DRAAISMA, Johannes Philippus: Born 30th December 1930.
th
107 ZANEY, Isaac Kodzo: Born 29 February 1932. Consecrated by Consecrated by Bishop Eric Taylor, assisted by Bishops Louis van
Bishop Sten von Krusenstierna, assisted by Bishop Gerrit Munnik, assisted by Hoogenhuyze, Tom Degenaars, Adriaan van Brakel, William Hill, Ralph
Bishop Robert McGinnis in Our Lady, Ojai, California, U.S.A. on 28th May Swingler, and Maurice Warnon at St Gabriel’s, Amsterdam, Netherlands on 26th
1983. Appointed as Diocesan Bishop of Ghana on 26th July 1995 and Regionary November 1988 as Auxiliary Bishop. Appointed Regionary Bishop from 26
Bishop for the Province of Ghana on 5th March 2000. August 1989. Church membership terminated 9th December 2002.
108 SCHOCH, Christian: Born 18th August 1951. Consecrated by Bishop 117 GONÇALVES, José Cacais: Born 23rd September 1920. Consecrated
André Lhote, assisted by Bishops Ralph Swingler, Louis van Hoogenhuyze, by Bishop Lawrence Smith at Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 27th November 1988 as
Rudolf Hammer, and Eric Taylor, in Paris on 26th June1983 as Auxiliary Bishop Auxiliary Bishop in Brazil. Appointed Regionary Bishop from 20th October
in France and North Africa. 1991. Died 19th August 1999
136 den OUTER, Frank Rudolf: Born 25th July 1934. Consecrated by
Bishop Philip Draaisma, assisted by Bishops Graham Wale, Christian Schoch,
Tom Degenaars, Francois Seyfried, and Kai Jorgensen at Amsterdam on 20th
May 2002, as Auxiliary Bishop in the Netherlands. Resigned 10th December
2002.