Decrees of The Patriarch August 19, 2020

On August 19, 2020, His Beatitude, The Most Reverend D.Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church gave the following decrees:

a) The Office of the Patriarch is re-named as General Office of Tallinn Patriarchate;

b) different Offices under the General Office have leaders as Prefects, The Membership of all Prefects of different Office leaders (Prefects & Vice-Prefects) under Tallinn Patriarchate is called Prefectorium;

c) as already decided earlier under General Office of Tallinn Patriarchate there is Office of Liturgy, which is led by Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. David Smith as Prefect;

d) there will be under General Office of Tallinn Patriarchate another office – Office of Consecrations, which will be led by Patriarch Coadjutor Dr. Raphael Marie Villiere as Prefect and Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. David Smith as Vice-Prefect;

e) there will be under General Office of Tallinn Patriarchate another office – Office of Episcopal Relations, which will be led by Primate Dr. Earl Lewis Frazier as Prefect;

f) There is a difference in Primacy concerning South America. Instead of one Primacy there will be two Primacies, led by two Primates: Primate of All Latin America of The Anglocatholic Church (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru, Venezuela) – sede vacante now, and Primate of All South America of The Anglocatholic Church (Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Chile) – His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Jose Fernando de Faria.

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