On Thursday, February 21, 2019 we will celebrate The Third Anniversary of The Anglocatholic Church. As the Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church I ask in all archdiocesis and diocesis and in all parishes and missions to have in connection with this anniversary Thanksgiving and Prayers for our Communion on Sunday Masses, February 24, 2019. May God bless our Church, our Clergy, and our Faithful Members! Here is the official flag The Anglocatholic Church.
With sadness we have to announce, that our Bishop, The Most Reverend Paul Jacob Boardman, Jr. health has deteriorated recently very much and he has announced to the Office of Patriarch of his retirement effective immediately. Please pray for Bishop Boardman and especially for his health as for his wife Murielle at your Masses and other gatherings. He will remain a Bishop of The Anglocatholic Church, but without no duties or obligations. He promised to support our Church as much as possible. He will be in the same status as our Bishop Jean Claude Normand in France.
The Anglocatholic Church thanks Bishop Paul Jacob Boardman, Jr for his best service ever possible to the Kingdom of God through The Anglocatholic Church and asks blessings upon his continued ministry!
With this statement there is no Diocese of Saint Michael in the U.S., Bishop Boardman Jr. is not a member of The Holy Synod and its Chaplain – the place of the Chaplain to the Holy Synod is vacant – sede vacante.
During the year of the Lord 2018 the Anglocatholic Church was growing in all areas. Praise the Lord! We began to minister in 11 new countries, we have 7 new archdiocesis, and 15 new diocesis. We had 82 new parishes and 12,987 new members! We had 20 new bishops, 105 new priests, and 50 new deacons. Total 175 new clergymen. Praise to the Lord!
God willing, from June 27 to July 1, 2019 there will be the Convocation of The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church in Toronto (Canada), the only legislative body of The Anglocatholic Church. The ten current members of The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church are:
Patriarch Dr. Heigo Ritsbek (Estonia)
Patriarch Coadjutor Dr. David Smith (Canada)
Primate Dr. Jean Ndjewel (Cameroon)
Primate Dr. Jeffrey Pangilinan Orellana (Philippines)
Primate Dr. Ian Charles Adrian (Australia)
Primate Jose Fernando de Faria (Brazil)
Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Raphael Marie Villiere (France)
Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Godwin Booysen (South Africa)
Metropolitan Archbishop Glentis Gladstone Samuel (Canada)
Bishop Paul Jacob Boardman, Jr. (United States)
On December 28, 2018, by the decree of His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, effective immediately, the Primates of The Anglocatholic Church are:
Primate of All Europe
His Beatitude Patriarch Dr. Heigo Ritsbek
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Primate of All Asia
His Eminence Archbishop Dr. Jeffrey Pangilinan Orellana
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Primate of All North America
His Eminence Patriarch Coadjutor Dr. David Smith
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Primate of All Caribbean and Islands
His Eminence Archishop Dr. Mauricio Isaias Largaespada Umana
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Primate of All South America
His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Jose Fernando de Faria
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Primate of All Africa
His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Jean Ndjewel
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Primate of Australia and All Oceania
His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Ian Charles Adrian
On December 27, 2018, His Beatitude, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, appointed His Eminence, The Most Reverend Jose Fernando de Faria, Primate of All South America and Metropolitan Archbishop of The Metropolitan Archdiocese of The Holy Spirit of The Anglocatholic Church (Brazil) and His Eminence, The Most Reverend Dr. Godwin Booysen, BA, MA, PsyD, PhD, DD, Metropolitan Archbishop of The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Symeon of The Anglocatholic Church (South Africa) as Members
of The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church. The next Convocation of The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church will be on June 27 – 30, 2019 in Toronto,
Canada.
The Office of the Patriarch has been noted that there are plans to ordain two men to priesthood in Toronto, Canada and four men to priesthood and two men to diaconate in Kenya, Africa. Keep these upcoming ordinations in our prayers!
Blessing from The Most Reverend Dr. Raivo Kodanik, Ordinary of The Diocese of Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God of The Anglocatholic Church (Estonia).
The Anglocatholic Church has around the world in twenty-five countries (+11): Australia, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Estonia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Tanzania, Uganda, and United States in twelve archdioceses (+7) and nineteen dioceses (+14) in 143 parishes (+80) with 21,835 faithful members (+12,939). Among them are 30 bishops (+20), 209 priests (+104), and 235 deacons (+50), total 474 clergymen (+174).
(In the brackets change with last year).
There are thirty Bishops at THE ANGLOCATHOLIC CHURCH: Patriarch Dr. Heigo Ritsbek (Estonia); Patriarch Coadjutor Dr. David Smith (Canada); Primate Glentis G. Samuel (Canada); Primate Dr. Ian Charles Adrian (Australia); Primate Dr. Jean Ndjewel (Cameroon); Primate Jose Fernando de Faria (Brazil); Primate Dr. Jeffrey Pangilinan Orellana (Philippines); Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Godwin Booysen (South Africa); Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Raphael Marie Villiere (France); Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Martin Lakwey Kiprotich (Uganda); Archbishop Emmanuel Kwasi Mensah (Ghana); Archbishop Vincent De Paul Nzunu (DR Congo); Archbishop Dr. Mauricio Isaias Largaespada Umana (Costa Rica); Bishop Dr. Raivo Kodanik (Estonia); Bishop Paul Jacob Boardman, Jr. (United States); Bishop Mathew Enoch Mount (United States); Bishop Jean Claude Normand (France); Bishop Joseph Iorhumba Pevigo (Nigeria); Bishop Joseph Matungulu Kyanga (DR Congo); Bishop Ralph Sutich (United States); Bishop Jorge dos Santos Costa (Brazil); Bishop Orestes Calazans Filho (Brazil); Bishop Jean Nicholas Ngigoe (Gabon); Bishop Bongani Mchuba (South Africa); Bishop Delvano Westenhofer Brum (Brazil); Bishop Bienvenu Beast Ngonda (DR Congo); Bishop Wenceslas Sakudu Mira (DR Congo); Bishop Anicet Bikar (DR Congo), Bishop Dr. Sylvester Rwakaikara Adyeri (Uganda); and Bishop Ebiringah Barthelomeuw Uwaoma (Nigeria).
In December 2018 three largest Archdioceses of The Anglocatholic Church are: Archdiocese of Saint Mark the Evangelist, led by His Eminence, Most Reverend Dr. Martin Lakwey Kiprotich, D.D., Archbishop, in 5 countries, 20 churches, 2 bishops, 36 priests, and 22 deacons with 10,060 faithful members; Archdiocese of Saint John the Apostle, led by His Eminence, Most Reverend Emmanuel Kwasi Mensah, Archbishop, in 3 countries, 54 churches, 1 bishop, 94 priests, and 194 deacons with 5,336 faithful members; and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mediator Dei, led by His Eminence, Most Reverend Dr. Jean Ndjewel, Metropolitan Archbishop, in 6 countries, 23 churches, 6 bishops, 33 priests, and 8 deacons with 3,273 faithful members.
On December 23, 2018, The Feast of the Fourth Advent, the Mass was celebrated at The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia by His Excellency, Dr. Raivo Kodanik, Bishop of The Diocese of Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God of The Anglocatholic Church (Estonia).
