The Anglocatholic Church

Anglocatholics in Pakistan under the leadership of The Reverend Father Ilyas Nawab are joining our Anglocatholic Church, they will be serving as The Diocese of Saint Matthew the Apostle of the Anglocatholic Church (Pakistan). Now The Anglocatholic Church under the leadership of His Beatitude Patriarch Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, is ministering in 24 countries of the world.

Great news! Several dioceses in South African Republic and in Brazil are in the process of joining us. If their pland will work out, then the number of our bishops will be doubled, as numbers of clergy and church members. Let us pray that it will work out!

Most Reverend Dr. Edison Raul Narvaez Guerra with his 6 clergy and 9 parishes with 600 members have joined The Anglocatholic Church. They form in our church The Diocese of the Holy Mother of God of The Anglocatholic Church (Ecuador).

The Most Reverend Joseph Iorhumba Pevigo from Nigeria and The Most Reverend David Rodriguez from Venezuela have joined us with their clergy and the churches under them. WELCOME! Now we have 17 bishops ministering in 23 countries of the world.

Photos of Metropolitan Archbishop Glentis G. Samuel and Bishop David Smith at Cathedral of Our Lady and Saint Basil in Toronto Canada after Solemn Pentecost Mass on Sunday, May 20, 2018.

By the decree of His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of the Anglocatholic Church, we have accepted three priests – two from the United States and one from Dominican Republic. By the same decree all these priests – Fr. Pedro Antonio Tineo Serrano, Fr. Jose Luis Lopez, and Fr. Norberto Ramon Polanco Perez are nominated as Bishop-Elects. Possible consecration of these three priests will happen in 2019. They will be serving The Diocese of Divine Child Jesus (Fr. Serrano, U.S.); The Diocese of Our Lady of Perpetual Aid (Fr. Lopez U.S.), and The Diocese of Saint Matthew the Apostle (Fr. Polanco, Dominican Republic) of The Anglocatholic Church.

The Anglocatholic Church, led by His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, DLitt, DD, The Patriarch, is growing around the world. Currently we are ministering at 137 parishes in 21 countries with 15 bishops, 144 priests, and 219 deacons – total clergy 378. Nearly 200 clergy are in the process of joining us.

On May 12, 2018 The Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, was received as a Commander into the Union of Noble Knights of Reval by Grand Prior Albert Stepanjan in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Most Reverend Dr. Kambham Yesupadam, B.D., B.Th., M.Ph.,D.Min, has joined the Anglocatholic Church with his Diocese of the Holy Family. He will be serving The Diocese of the Holy Family of the Anglocatholic Church (India).