The Anglocatholic Church

The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church has decided: a) not to have the position Vicar General; b) to establish a position of Patriarch Coadjutor; c) in the case of sede vacante  immediately Patriarch Coadjutor will become Acting Patriarch, his enthronement will be at the next Meeting of the Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church.

By the powers vested in us, We, The Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, hereby appoint The Primate of Australia and All Oceania, The Most Reverend Dr. Ian Charles Adrian, Dip.Th., Lic.Th., Ass.Th, D.D., a Member of The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church.

Currently the members of The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church are: Patriarch Dr. Heigo Ritsbek (Estonia); Primate Dr. Jean Ndjewel (Cameroon); Primate Dr. Jeffrey Pangilinan Orellana (Philippines); Primate Dr. Ian Charles Adrian (Australia); Primate Glentis Gladstone Samuel (Canada); Primate David Smith (Canada); Metropolitan Archbishop Raphael Marie Villiere (France); Bishop Paul Jacob Boardman, Jr. (United States).

The Meeting of The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church will be next June at the Guesthouse of The Sisterhood of Saint John the Divine in Toronto, Canada.

Preparations for the Meeting of The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church in June 2019 in Toronto, Canada are going on. It will be another milestone for The Anglocatholic Church, as The Holy Synod is the only legislative organ over the whole communion. The Conclave of The College of Bishops is a meeting for fellowship, encouragement, comraderie, and serving the Lord together. The Holy Synod of The Anglocatholic Church consists currently of eight bishops.

On August 15th, 2018 there was a Solemn Mass of Feast of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in France, where the Celebrant was Metropolitan Archbishop, The Most Reverend Raphael Marie Villiere. He was assisted by The Reverend Fr. Pascal from Old Catholic Latin Church of France.

On August 6th, 2017, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, was Received and Enthroned as the Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church together with the Celebration of Pontifical High Mass in Seekonk, Massachusetts, United States of America at The First Conclave of The Anglocatholic Church. The Celebrant of The Enthronement Mass was Archbishop Glentis Samuel, assisted by Bishop Paul J. Boardman and Bishop Mathew Mount and Canon David Smith.
Special days for Patriarch Dr. Heigo Ritsbek – March 9 Deacon Ordination 1979; April 12 Birthday 1951; June 23 Priest Ordination 1996; August 6 Patriarch Enthronement 2017; August 25 Episcopal Consecration 2012.

By the decree of His Beatitude, The Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD,

His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop, The Most Reverend Dr. Ian Charles Adrian, The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Our Lady of Guadeloupe of The Anglocatholic Church, has been appointed as The Primate of Australia and All Oceania of the Anglocatholic Church. This task of a Primate is added to his Eminence’s ministry as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Our Lady of Guadeloupe of The Anglocatholic Church.

His Excellency Bishop, The Most Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Pangilinan Orellana, The Diocese of Divine Trinity of The Anglocatholic Church, has been elevated as an Archbishop of The Anglocatholic Church. And he has been appointed as The Primate of All Asia of The Anglocatholic Church. This task of a Primate is added to his Eminence’s ministry as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Divine Trinity of The Anglocatholic Church.

Since July 19, 2018 His Beatitude, Patriarch, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD,DD, The Anglocatholic Church, serves also as the Primate of All Europe of The Anglocatholic Church.

By the decree of His Beatitude, The Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, The Most Reverend Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD,

His Eminence Archbishop, The Most Reverend Dr. Jean Ndjewel, The Archdiocese of Mediator Dei of The Anglocatholic Church, has been appointed as The Primate of All Central and Western Africa of the Anglocatholic Church. This task of a Primate is added to his Eminence’s ministry as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mediator Dei of The Anglocatholic Church.

His Eminence Archbishop, The Most Reverend Dr. Martin Lakwey Kiprotich, The Archdiocese of Saint Mark the Evangelist of The Anglocatholic Church, has been appointed as The Primate of All Eastern Africa of The Anglocatholic Church. This task of a Primate is added to his Eminence’s ministry as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mark the Evangelist of The Anglocatholic Church.