The Anglocatholic Church

On Saturday, September 3, 2022, His Eminence, The Most Reverend Dr. Joseph Iorhumba Pevigo, B.Ed., D.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of The Archdiocese of Saint Joseph of The Anglocatholic Church in Nigeria, ordained two new deacons to the deaconate – these new deacons are The Reverend Deacon Stephen Aginde and The Reverend Deacon Vincent Hingir. Axios! Axios! Axios!

On August 25th, 2012, His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Lord Dr. HEIGO RITSBEK, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, celebrates his tenth anniversary of the consecration as a Bishop in Christ’s One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Axios! Axios! Axios!

As of August 4, 2022 there are in the Anglocatholic Church all over the world 30 Bishops, 165 Priests, and 72 Deacons (total clergy 267) ministering in 28 Countries in 10 Archdioceses and 15 Dioceses, with total faithul membership of 29,871.

Due to the new laws concerning clergy in the Russian Federation, our Metropolitan Archbishop there cannot use his name Augustine Urumbayev anymore, but the name as to be as in the Russian passport. So the official name of our Metropolitan Archbishop in Siberia is URUMBAYEV OLEG ANATOLYEVICH.

A new festschrift, Scripta Amicis (Tallinn, 2021), with essays in Estonian and English, honors the life and work of Rev. Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, Patriarch of the Anglocatholic Church. Dr. Ritsbek studied under Prof. Dana Robert at the Boston University School of Theology, graduating in 1996 with a DMin. Dr. Ritsbek’s autobiography, Tagasivaade (2020), is also available. Throughout his life, he has ministered in many countries around the world, including Estonia, Germany, United States, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Latvia, the Ukraine, South Africa, Uganda, France, Canada, Finland, Russia, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Denmark, Lithuania, and Italy.

On July 3, 2022, The Reverend Father Christian Loizon was incardinated into The Anglocatholic Church in France. He will be serving under His Eminence Patriarch Coadjutor Dr. Raphael Marie Villiere. Axios! Axios! Axios!