WE, THE PATRIARCH OF THE ANGLOCATHOLIC CHURCH, ACCEPT THE RETIREMENT OF METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP DR DAVID SMITH FOR HEALTH REASONS WITH VERY VERY GREAT SADNESS. THE SAME TIME WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE MINISTRY OF METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP DAVID SMITH FOT THE ANGLOCATHOLIC CHURCH. NOW HIS TITLE REMAINS – ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS. THANK YOU BROTHER DAVID!
At the same time we announce with change in our church structure – abolishment all offices under the General Office of Tallinn Patriarchate.
God willing, in October 2025, THE FIRST CONVOCATION OF THE ANGLOCATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE SECOND CONCLAVE OF THE COLLEGE OF BISHOPS OF THE ANGLOCATHOLIC CHURCH will take place in Catania, Sicily, Italy. During the sessions of the Conclave THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE ANGLOCATHOLIC CHURCH WILL MEET THERE TOO.
Convocation is the gathering of all clergy and laity of The Anglocatholic Church, Conclave is the gathering of all Bishops of The Anglocatholic Church.
The plans are to arrive on Thursday and leave on Tuesday from Catania International Airport, the events will take place in a hotel. On weekdays the evening HOLY MASSES will be at 8pm, on Sunday HOLY MASS will be at 10am. Our Host Bishop will be His Excellency Adriano Amato. As we have in Sicily close to 200 church members, it is good to have volunteers there to help us to have such an event. Please begin to save money!
His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Lord Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of the Anglocatholic Church, visited Switzerland on August 15 – 20, 2021. The purpose of the visitation was to meet new Bishop, The Most Reverend Adriano Amato, Bishop of Diocese of Saint Stephen the Martyr of the Anglocatholic Church (Italy & Switzerland).
Bishop Adriano Amato celebrates Holy Mass in his home chapel in Switzerland.
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Dr. Balthazari Mtenga, Ordinary of The Diocese of Saint Luke the Evangelist of The Anglocatholic Church (Tanzania) received a new chasuble from Tallinn Patriarchate of The Anglocatholic Church.
The new book, titled “Holy Baptism. Holy Eucharist” by His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Lord Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, is in the printinghouse, to be published late August 2021.
On July 24, 2021, His Eminence, The Most Reverend Dr. Raphael Marie Villiere, Patriarch Coadjutor of The Anglocatholic Church, consecrated a new Bishop in Christ’s One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church – His Excellency, The Most Reverend Emmanuel Segue as The Ordinary of The Diocese of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception of The Anglocatholic Church (Cameroon). More than 1,000 people attended the episcopal consecration in Makak, Cameroon.
At the Consecration, from right: His Eminence, Patriarch Coadjutor Dr. Raphael Marie Villiere and His Excellency, Bishop Emmanuel Segue of Cameroon, Africa
His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Lord Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, visited with his wife on Sunday, July 25th, 2021 his birthplace Pärnu, in the Republic of Estonia. They attended the 71st birthday of The Reverend Dr. Joosep Tammo, President Emeritus of The Baptist Union of Estonia, Vice President Emeritus of Estonian Council of Churches.
On the left Patriarch Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, on the right Pastor Dr. Joosep Tammo
God willing, His Eminence, Most Reverend Dr. Raphael Marie Villiere, DD, Patriarch Coadjutor of The Anglocatholic Church, Primate of All Europe of The Anglocatholic Church, The Prefect of the Office of Consecrations and Establishments of New Dioceses of The Anglocatholic Church, Metropolitan Archbishop of The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mary Mediatrix of All Graces of The Anglocatholic Church, will consecrate on Saturday, July 24th, 2021, in Yaounde, Cameroon, Bishop Elect Emmanuel Segue as a Bishop of Christ’s One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, to serve as The Bishop of The Diocese of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception of The Anglocatholic Church.
By the decree of His Beatitude, Patriarch Lord Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, The Reverend Father Walnakursyria Warikakkarage Augustus Dilkushan Fernando, Ph.B.,Th.B, M.A., M.B.A., from Sri Lanka, a former Roman Catholic priest, has been incardinated into The Anglocatholic Church! He is our only priest now in the new Diocese Mary the Mother of God of The Anglocatholic Church (Sri Lanka). Axios! Axios! Axios!
As His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Lord Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, celebrated his 25th Anniversary of his Ordination into Priesthood, His Beatitude was congratulated by Patriarch Coadjutor Dr. Raphael Marie Villiere (France), Primate Dr. Joseph Pevigo (Nigeria), Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Augustine Urumbayev (Russia), Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. David Smith (Canada), Bishop Emeritus Dr. P. J. Boardman (United States), Bishop Conrad Luis Diazgranados (Colombia), Bishop Adriano Amato (Switzerland), Bishop Dr. Raivo Kodanik (Estonia) – all from The Anglocatholic Church; Bishop Dr. Tiit Salumäe (Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church), Bishop Dr. Kenneth Myers (Anglican Church in North America) and many-many other prelates and clergy from different denominations. Thank you very much!
