Our ministry is based on that of the original 12 Disciples of Jesus Christ, who were entrusted to go out into the world and spread the word of God through the teachings of Jesus (The Gospel). These disciples were entrusted with the Governance of the church indefinitely. Those who were chosen to carry on the Legacy of the Gospel of Jesus through his disciples were given the authority, via a process called Apostolic Succession.

In Christianity, the teaching that Bishops represent a direct, uninterrupted historic line of continuity from the Apostles of Jesus Christ.

According to this teaching, Bishops possess certain special powers handed down to them from the Apostles; This process involves the laying on of hands and imparting of the Holy Spirit, bestowing it upon the recipient in a liturgical celebration of episcopal consecration, by Bishops that are validly and licitly (actually and legally) consecrated by Bishops who possess this line of Apostolic Succession. This line of succession must be unbroken and must be traceable back to the time of the original 12 disciples to be valid. The powers handed down consist primarily of the right to confirm Church members, to ordain Priests, to consecrate other Bishops, and to govern over the Clergy and Church members in their Diocese.

AD 95 Clement, Bishop of Rome, in his letter to the church in Corinth (First Letter of Clement), expressed the view that Bishops succeeded the Apostles. The Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Old Catholic, Swedish Lutheran, and Anglican Churches accept the doctrine of Apostolic succession and believe that the only valid ministry is based on Bishops whose office has descended from the Apostles.

The Apostolic Succession of the Imperial Patriarchate passes through Roman and Eastern Bishops to the Apostles and Jesus Christ. The documentary terminus of the Apostolic lineage of the Imperial Patriarchate is, like that of Old Roman Catholics in general, older than that of the modern Roman Communion by over a century. The Apostolic lineage passed to the Imperial Patriarchate in unbroken succession includes not only the founder of its legacy, Pope Leo X, but also Pope St. Pius V, Pope Paul III, Pope Clement VIII, and Pope Urban VIII, the Medici Popes Clement VII and Leo XI, among other Popes, as well as Patriarchs of Jerusalem and Constantinople, and several princes and electors of the Holy Roman Empire.

1. Roman Catholic Line of Succession (Primary) of ++Carl Allen Jimenez

+Jesus Christ+ to Apostles James, John, Andrew, Simon, Matthew, Jude, Bartholomew, Phillip, James, Thomas, Peter and their successors, the Bishops of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, 33 A.D. to 1566 A.D.

1. St. Peter the Apostle
2. St. Linus
3. St. Anacletus
4. St. Clement I
5. St. Evaristus
6. St. Alexander I
7. St. Sixtus I
8. St. Telephorus
9. St. Hyginus
10. St. Pius I
11. St. Anicetus
12. St. Soter
13. St. Eleutherius
14. St. Victor I
15. St. Zephyrinus
16. St. Callistus I
17. St. Urban I
18. St. Pontian
19. St. Anterus
20. St. Fabian
21. St. Cornelius
22. St. Lucius I
23. St. Stephen I
24. St. Sixtus II
25. St. Dionysius
26. St. Felix I
27. St. Eutychian
28. St. Caius
29. St. Mercellinus
30. St. Marcellus I
31. St. Eusebius
32. St. Miltiades
33. St. Sylvester
34. St. Mark
35. St. Julius I
36. St. Liberius
37. St. Damascus
38. St. Siricius
39. St. Anastasius I
40. St. Innocent I
41. St. Zosimus
42. St. Boniface I
43. St. Celestine I
44. St. Sixtus III
45. St. Leo I The Great
46. St. Hilarus
47. St. Simplicius
48. St. Felix III
49. St. Gelasius I
50. Anastasius II
51. St. Symmachus
52. St. Hormisdas
53. St. John I
54. St. Felix IV
55. Boniface II
56. St. John II
57. St. Agapitus I
58. St. Silverius
59. Vigilius
60. Palagius I
61. John III
62. Benedict I
63. Pelagius II
64. St. Gregory I The Great
65. Sabinianus
66. Boniface III
67. St. Boniface IV
68. St. Adeodatus I
69. Boniface V
70. Honorius I
71. Severinus
72. John IV
73. Theodore I
74. St. Martin I
75. St. Eugenius I
76. St. Vitalian
77. Adeodatus II
78. Donus
79. St. Agatho
80. St. Leo II
81. St. Benedict II
82. John V
83. Conon
84. St. Sergius I
85. John VI

86. John VII
87. Sissinius
88. Constantine
89. St. Gregory II
90. St. Gregory III
91. St. Zacharias
92. Stephen II
93. St. Paul I
94. Stephen III
95. Adrian I
96. St. Leo III
97. Stephen IV
98. St. Paschal I
99. Eugenius II
100. Valentine
101. Gregory IV
102. Sergius II
103. St. Leo IV
104. Benedict III
105. St. Nicholas I
106. Adrian II
107. John VIII
108. Marinus I
109. St. Adrian III
110. Stephen V
111. Formosus
112. Boniface VI
113. Stephen VI
114. Romanus
115. Theodore II
116. John IX
117. Benedict IV
118. Leo V
119. Sergius III
120. Anastasius III
121. Lando
122. John X
123. Leo VI
124. John XI
125. Leo VII
126. Stephen VII
127. Stephen VIII
128. Marinus II
129. Agapetus II
130. John XII
131. Leo VIII
132. Benedict V
133. John XIII
134. Benedict VI
135. Benedict VII
136. John XIV
137. John XV
138. Gregory V
139. Sylvester II
140. John XVII
141. John XVIII
142. Sergius IV
143. Benedict VIII
144. John XIX
145. Benedict IX
146. Sylvester III
147. Gregory VI
148. Clement II
149. Damasus II
150. St. Leo IX
151. Victor II
152. Stephen IX
153. Nicholas II
154. Alexander II
155. St. Gregory VII
156. Blessed Victor III
157. Blessed Urban II
158. Paschal II
159. Gelasiur II
160. Callistus II
161. Honorius II
162. Innocent II
163. Celestine II
164. Lucius II
165. Blessed Eugenius III
166. Anastasius IV
167. Adrian IV
168. Alexander III
169. Lucius III
170. Urban III

171. Gregory VIII
172. Clement III
173. Celestine III
174. Innocent III
175. Honorius III
176. Gregory IX
177. Celestine IV
178. Innocent IV
179. Alexander IV
180. Urban IV
181. Clement IV
182. Blessed Gregory X
183. Blessed Innocent V
184. Adrian V
185. John XXI
186. Nicholas III
187. Martin IV
188. Honorius IV
189. Nicholas IV
190. St. Celestine V
191. Boniface VIII
192. Blessed Benedict XI
193. Clement V
194. John XXII & Nicholas V
195. Benedict XII
196. Clement VI
197. Innocent VI
198. Blessed Urban V
199. Gregory XI
200. Urban VI
201. Boniface IX
202. Innocent VII
203. Gregory XII
204. Martin V
205. Eugenius IV
206. Nicholas V
207. Callistus III
208. Pius II
209. Paul II
210. Sixtus IV
211. Innocent VIII
212. Alexander VI
213. Pius III
214. Julius II
215. Leo X
216. Adrian VI
217. Clement VII
218. Paul III
219. Julius III
220. Marcellus II
221. Paul IV
222. Pius IV
223. St. Pius V
224. Gregory XIII
225. Sixtus V
226. Urban VII
227. Gregory XIV
228. Innocent IX
229. Clement VIII
230. Leo XI
231. Paul V
232. Gregory XV
233. Urban VIII
234. Innocent X
235. Alexander VII
236. Antonio Cardinal Barberini
237. Charles Maurice Letellier
238. Jacques Benigne Bossuet
239. Jacques Goyon de Matignon
240. Dominique Marie Varlet
241. Petrus Johannes Meindaerts

242. Johannes van Stiphout
243. Walter van Nieuwenhuisen
244. Adrian Broekman
245. Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn
246. Gijsbert de Jong
247. Willibrord van Os
248. Johannes Bon
249. Johannes van Santen
250. Herman Heykamp
251. Gaspard Johannes Rinkel
252. Gerardus Gul
253. Arnold Harris Mathew
254. Rudolph de Landes Berghes
255. Carmel Henry Carfora
256. Francis Xavier Resch
257. Walter Xavier Brown
258. Robert Francis Bishop
259. Jack Earl Holman (John Cyprian)
260. Carl Allen Jimenez
261. Kenneth L. Denski was consecrated on January 22, 2005.
262. Nicholas J. Cucchiaro was consecrated on November 12, 2020.
263. Benito P. Sagra was consecrated on December 27, 2020.
264. Rita Strugala LaGrow was consecrated on April 7,2022
264. Miguel Dongil Sánchez was consecrated on April 22, 2023.
265. Carl Pappalardo was consecrated on April 29th, 2025
266. Erica Suriel Magoon- consecrated on April 18, 2025
Greg Saville Consecrated on May 19, 2022

2-ROMAN CATHOLIC LINE OF SUCCESSION (Second) of ++ Carl Allen Jimenez

2. Roman Catholic Line of Succession (Second) of ++Carl Allen Jimenez

1. Scipione Cardinal Rebiba

2. Cardinal Santorio

3. Cardinal Bernerio

4. Archbishop San Vitale

5. Cardinal Ludovisi

6. Cardinal Caetani

7. Cardinal Carpegna

8. Cardinal Altieri

9. Benedict XIII (Orsini)

10. Benedict XIV (Lambertini)

11. Clement XIII (delle Torre Rezzonico)

12. Bernardino Cardinal Giraud

13. Alexander Cardinal Mattei

14. Pietro Franceso Cardinal Galeffi

15. Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni

16. Carlo Cardinal Sacconi

17. Edward Cardinal Howard

18. Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro

19. Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque-Calvacanti

20. Sebastiano Cardinal de Silveira Cintra

21. Carlos Duarte-Costa

22. Luis Fernando Castillo-Mendez

23. Stephen M. Corradi-Scarella

24. Albert A. Steer

25. James A. Vick

26. Alfred J. White

27. M. Joseph Turnage

28. Max Broussard

29. Carl Allen Jimenez

30. Kenneth L. Denski was consecrated on January 22, 2005.

31. Nicholas J. Cucchiaro was consecrated on November 12, 2020.

32. Benito P. Sagra was consecrated on December 27, 2020.

33. Rita Strugala LaGrow was consecrated on July 6, 2022.

33. Miguel Dongil Sánchez was consecrated on April 22, 2023.

34. Carl Pappalardo was consecrated on April 29th, 2025

35. Erica Suriel Magoon was consecrated on April 18, 2025

Greg Saville Consecrated on May 19, 2022

3. Roman Catholic Line of Succession (Third) of ++Carl Allen Jimenez

Geradus Gul, Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland

Arnold Harris Mathew

Prince de Landas-Berghes

Carmel Hanry Carfora

Frederick Littler Pyman

John L. Schaffer

M. Joseph Turnage

Max Broussard

Carl Allen Jimenez

Kenneth L. Denski was consecrated on January 22, 2005.

Nicholas J. Cucchiaro was consecrated on November 12, 2020.

Benito P. Sagra was consecrated on December 27, 2020.

Rita Strugala LaGrow was consecrated on April 7,2022.

Miguel Dongil Sánchez was consecrated on April 22, 2023.

Carl Pappalardo was consecrated on April 29th, 2025.

Erica Suriel Magoon was consecrated on April 18th, 2025

Greg Saville Consecrated on May 19, 2022

4. Roman Catholic Line of Succession (Fourth) of ++ Joseph A. Grenier

1. Scipione Cardinal Rebiba

2. Giuglio Cardinal Santorio

3. Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio

4. Galeazzo San Vitale

5. Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi

6. Luigi Cardinal Caetani

7. Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna

8. Paluzzo Cardinal Altieri degli Albertoni

9. Benedict XIII (Orsini)

10. Benedict XIV (Lambertini)

11. Clement XIII (delle Torre Rezzonico)

12. Bernadinus Giraud was consecrated on April 26, 1767, by Pope Clement XIII (Carol della Torre Rezzoni).

13. Alexander Matthaeus was consecrated on February 23, 1777, by Bernadinus Giraud.

14. Petrus Franciscus Galetti was consecrated on September 12, 1819, by Alexander Matthaeus.

15. Iacobus Phillipus Fransoni was consecrated on December 8, 1822, by Petrus Franciscus Galetti.

16. Carolus Sacconi was consecrated on June 8, 1851, by Iacobus Phillipus Fransoni.

17. Edward Howard was consecrated on June 30, 1872, by Carolus Sacconi.

18. Mariano Rampolla Marchese del Tindaro was consecrated on December 8, 1882, by Edward Howard.

19. Joaquin Arcoverde de Albuquerque-Calvacanti was consecrated on October 26, 1890, by Mariano Rampolla Marchese del Tindaro.

20. Sebastiao Leme de Silveira Cintra was consecrated on June 4, 1911, by Joaquin Arcoverde de Albuquerque-Calvacanti.

21. Carlos Duarte Costa was consecrated on December 8, 1924, by Sebastiao Leme de Silveira Cintra. Bishop Duarte Costa served as a Roman Catholic bishop from 1924 to 1945, established the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil on July 6, 1945, and was Patriarch of the Catholic Apostolic Church from 1945 to 1961.

a) Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez was consecrated on May 3, 1948, by Carlos Duarte Costa. Bishop Castillo Mendez has been Patriarch of the Catholic Apostolic Church since 1961.

Justo Gonzalez was consecrated in May, 1989, by Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez (sub conditione, to assure valid succession through Carlos Duarte Costa from a principal consecrator).

Donald J. Buttenbusch was consecrated on September 22, 1990, by Justo Gonzalez.

Raymond F. Kelly was consecrated on February 17, 1996, by Donald J. Buttenbusch.

Joseph A. Grenier was consecrated on April 6, 1997, by Raymond F. Kelly as a co-consecrator.

Kenneth L. Denski was consecrated on January 22, 2005 by Joseph A. Grenier.

Nicholas J. Cucchiaro was consecrated on November 12, 2020 by Kenneth. K. Denski.

Benito P. Sagra was consecrated on December 27, 2020 by Nicholas J. Cucchiaro.

Rita Strugala LaGrow was consecrated on April 7, 2022 by Nicholas J. Cucchiaro and Benito P. Sagra.

Miguel Dongil Sánchez was consecrated on April 22, 2023 by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Benito P. Sagra.

Carl Pappalardo was consecrated on April 29th, 2025 by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Rita Strugala LaGrow

Erica Suriel Magoon Bishop Elect- consecration date pending by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Rita Strugala LaGrow

b) Salmeo Ferraz was consecrated on August 15, 1945, by Carlos Duarte Costa.;Manuel Ceja Lananjeina was consecrated on May 29, 1951, by Salmeo Ferraz.

Benedito Lima was consecrated on August 15, 1965, by Manuel Ceja Lananjeina.

Jose Machado was consecrated on August 1, 1966, by Benedito Lima.

Oscar Fernandez was consecrated on December 2, 1967, by Jose Machado.

Michael Saffiero was consecrated on April 29, 1973, by Oscar Fernandez.

Renier Lauters was consecrated in November, 1976, by Michael Saffiero.

Charles McCarthy was consecrated on April 30, 1977, by Renier Lauters.

Charles David Luther was consecrated on September 25, 1977, by Charles McCarthy as co-consecrator, the principal consecrator being Francis Jerome Joachim.

Martin J. Hill was consecrated on February 5, 1983, by Charles David Luther as co-consecrator, the principal consecrator being Wallace David de Ortega Maxey.

Justo Gonzalez was consecrated on June 26, 1983, by Martin J. Hill as co-consecrator, the principal consecrator being Francis Jerome Joachim.

Donald J. Buttenbusch was consecrated on September 22, 1990, by Justo Gonzalez.

Raymond F. Kelly was consecrated on February 17, 1996, by Donald J. Buttenbusch.

Joseph A. Grenier was consecrated on April 6, 1997, by Raymond F. Kelly as a co-consecrator.

Kenneth L. Denski was consecrated on January 22, 2005 by Joseph A. Grenier.

Nicholas J. Cucchiaro was consecrated on November 12, 2020 by Kenneth. K. Denski.

Benito P. Sagra was consecrated on December 27, 2020 by Nicholas J. Cucchiaro.

Rita Strugala LaGrow was consecrated on April 7,2022 by Nicholas J. Cucchiaro and Benito P. Sagra.

Miguel Dongil Sánchez was consecrated on April 22, 2023 by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Benito P. Sagra.

Carl Pappalardo was consecrated on April 29th, 2025 by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Rita Strugala LaGrow.

Erica Suriel Magoon- consecration on April 18th, 2025 by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Rita Strugala LaGrow.

Greg Saville Consecrated on May 19, 2022 by Nicholas Cucchiaro.

5-Antiochian-Jacobite Line of Succession of ++ Joseph A. Grenier:

Mar Ignatius Peter III was consecrated in1872.

Paulose Mar Athanasius (Kadavil Kooran) was consecrated on December 4, 1907, by Mar Ignatius Peter III as Syrian Antioch Bishop of Kottayam and Metropolitan of Malabar (India).

Mar Julius I (Antonio Francis Xavier Alvares) was consecrated July 28, 1889, by Paulose Mar Athanasius, under the authority of Patriarch Ignatius Peter III to be Archbishop of the Latin Rite Independent Catholic Church of Ceylon, Goa, and India.

Joseph Rene Vilatte was consecrated on May 29, 1892, in Colombo, Ceylon, by Mar Julius I, under the authority of a Bull of Mar Ignatius Peter III, to serve as Archbishop of North America.

Fredrick E. Lloyd was consecrated in 1915; Samuel Gregory Lines, in 1923; Justin Boyle, in 1927; Lowel Paul Wadle, in1940;

Herman Adrian Spruit was consecrated in 1957 by Lowel Paul Wadle, C. Hampton, C. Hanlon, and F. Marshall.

Robert E. Burns was consecrated on July 12, 1980, by Herman A. Spruit.

Ivan B. MacKillop was consecrated on November 30, 1984, by Robert E. Burns and Patricia DuMont-Ford.

Joseph A. Grenier was consecrated on April 6, 1997, by Ivan B. MacKillop as principal consecrator.

Kenneth L. Denski was consecrated on January 22, 2005 by Joseph A. Grenier.

Nicholas J. Cucchiaro was consecrated on November 12, 2020 by Kenneth. K. Denski.

Benito P. Sagra was consecrated on December 27, 2020 by Nicholas J. Cucchiaro.

Rita Strugala LaGrow was consecrated on April 7, 2022 by Nicholas J. Cucchiaro and Benito P. Sagra.

Miguel Dongil Sánchez was consecrated on April 22, 2023 by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Benito P. Sagra.

Carl Pappalardo was consecrated on April 29th, 2025 by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Rita Strugala LaGrow.

Erica Suriel Magoon consecrated on April 18tth, 2025 by Nicholas Cucchiaro and Rita Strugala LaGrow.

Greg Saville Consecrated on May 19, 2022 by Nicholas Cucchiaro.

6-Roman-Old Catholic Line of Succession of ++ Joseph A. Grenier:

Antonio Barberini, the nephew of Pope Urban VIII, was consecrated in 1655 under the authority of the Bishop of Rome, Pope Alexander VII, by Bishops Scanarello, Bottini, and Govotti.

Michael le Tellier was consecrated in 1668 by Antonio Barberini.

Jaques-Benigne Bossuet was consecrated in 1670 by Michael le Tellier.

James Coyon de Matignon was consecrated in 1693 by Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.

Dominicus Marie Varlet was consecrated in 1719 by James Coyon de Matignon, became Roman Catholic Bishop of Babylon in 1717, and was later suspended from office.

Cornelius Van Steenhoven was consecrated on October 15, 1724, by Dominicus Marie Varlet to serve as Archbishop of Utrecht, the Primatial See of Holland, which had been without a bishop for 18 years for refusing to cooperate in the persecution of the “Jansenists” in Holland. In this consecration was born the Old Catholic Church.

Johannes Van Stiphout was consecrated in1745.

Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen, in 1786.

Adrian Brockman, in 1778.

Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijn, in1797; Gilbertus de Jong, in1805; Wilibrordus Van Os, in1814; Johannes Bon, in1819; Johannes Van Santen, in1825; Hermanus Heijkamp, in1854; Casparus Johannes Rinkel, in1873; Gerardus Gul, in1892.

Arnold Harris Matthew was consecrated on April 28, 1908, by Gerardus Gul of Utrecht, assisted by Bishop J. J. Van Thiel of Haarlem, Bishop N. B. P. Spit of Deventer, and Bishop J. Demmel of Bonn, Germany, to serve as the first Old Catholic Bishop of Britain.

Fredrick Wiloughby was consecrated in1914; James I. Wedgewood, in1916; Irving S. Cooper, in1919; Charles Hampton, in1931.

Herman A. Spruit was consecrated in 1957 by Charles Hampton as principal consecrator.