Succession

Lines of Apostolic Succession of
Archbishop Heigo Ritsbek

First Line of Succession
Roman – Old Catholic Succession

St. Peter the Apostle — to 64 A.D.
St. Linus — 67 to 76
St. Anacletus — 76 to 91
St. Clement I — 91 to 101
St. Evaristus — 100 to 109
St. Alexander I — 109 to 116
St. Sixtus I — 116 to 125
St. Telesphorus — 125 to 136
St. Hyginus — 138 to 140
St. Pius I — 140 to 155
St. Anicetus — 155 to 166
St. Soter — 166 to 174
St. Eleutherius — 174 to 189
St. Victor I — 189 to 198
St. Zephyrinus — 198 to 217
St. Callistus I — 217 to 222
St. Urban I — 222 to 230
St. Pontian — July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235
St. Anterus — Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236
St. Fabian — Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20, 250
St. Cornelius — Mar. 251 to June 253
St. Lucius I — June 25, 253 to March 5, 254
St. Stephen I — May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257
St. Sixtus II — Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258
St. Dionysius — July 22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268
St. Felix I — Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274
St. Eutychian — Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283
St. Caius — Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296
St. Marcellinus — June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304
St. Marcellus I — May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308
St. Eusebius — Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310
St. Miltiades — July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314
St. Silvester — Jan. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335
St. Mark — Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336
St. Julius I — Feb. 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352
St. Liberius — May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366
St. Damasus — Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384
St. Siricius — Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399
St. Anastasius I — Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19,401
St. Innocent I — Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417
St. Zosimus — Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418
St. Boniface I — Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422
St. Celestine I — Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432
St. Sixtus III — July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440
St. Leo I “The Great” — Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461
St. Hilarus — Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468
St. Simplicius — Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483
St. Felix III — Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492
St. Gelasius I — Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496
Anastasius II — Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498
St. Symmachus — Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514
St. Hormisdas — July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523
St. John I — Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526
St. Felix IV — July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530
Boniface II — Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532
St. John II — Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535
St. Agapitus I — May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536
St. Silverius — June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537
Vigilius — Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555
Pelagius I — Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561
John III — July 17, 561 to July 13, 574
Benedict I — June 2, 575 to July 30, 579
Pelagius II — Nov. 26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590
St. Gregory I “The Great” — Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604
Sabinianus — Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606
Boniface III — Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607
St. Boniface IV — Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615
St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) — Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8, 618
Boniface V — Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625
Honorius I — Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638
Severinus — May 28 to Aug. 2, 640
John IV — Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642
Theodore I — Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649
St. Martin I — July 649 to May 14, 653
St. Eugenius I — Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657
St. Vitalian — July 30, 657 to Jan. 27, 672
Adeodatus II — Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676
Donus — Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678
St. Agatho — June 27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681
St. Leo II — Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683
St. Benedict II — June 26, 684 to May 8, 685
John V — July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686
Conon — Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687
St. Sergius I — Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701
John VI — Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705
John VII — Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707
Sissinius — Jan. 15 to Feb. 4, 708
Constantine — Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715
St. Gregory II — May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731
St. Gregory III — Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741
St. Zacharias — Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752
Stephen II — Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757
St. Paul I — 29 May 757 to June 28, 767
Stephen III — Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772
Adrian I — Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795
St. Leo III — Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816
Stephen IV — June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817
St. Paschal I — Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824
Eugenius II — Feb. 824 to Aug. 827
Valentine — Aug. 827 to Sept. 827
Gregory IV — 827 to Jan. 844
Sergius II — Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847
St. Leo IV –Jan. 847 to July 17, 855
Benedict III — July 855 to Apr. 17, 858
St. Nicholas I — Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867
Adrian II — Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872
John VIII — Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882
Marinus I — Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884
St. Adrian III — May 17, 884 to Sept. 885
Stephen V — Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891
Formosus — Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896
Boniface VI — Apr. 896 to Apr. 896
Stephen VI — May 896 to Aug. 897
Romanus — Aug. 897 to Nov. 897
Theodore II — Dec. 897
John IX — Jan. 898 to Jan. 900
Benedict IV — Jan. 900 to July 903
Leo V — July 903 to Sept. 903
Sergius III — Jan. 29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911
Anastasius III — Apr. 911 to June 913
Lando — July 913 to Feb. 914
John X — Mar. 914 to May 928
Leo VI — May 928 to Dec. 928
Stephen VII — Dec. 928 to Feb. 931
John XI — Feb. 931 to Dec. 935
Leo VII — Jan. 936 to July 13, 939
Stephen VIII — July 14, 939 to Oct. 942
Marinus II — Oct. 30, 942 to May 946
Agapetus II — May 10, 946 to Dec. 955
John XII — Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964
Leo VIII — Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965
Benedict V — May 22, 964 to July 4, 966
John XIII — Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972
Benedict VI — Jan. 19, 973 to June 974
Benedict VII — Oct. 974 to July 10, 983
John XIV — Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984
John XV — Aug. 985 to March 996
Gregory V — May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999
Sylvester II — Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003
John XVII — June 1003 to Dec. 1003
John XVIII — Jan. 1004 to July 1009
Sergius IV — July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012
Benedict VIII — May 18, 1012 to Apr. 9, 1024
John XIX — Apr. 1024 to 1032
Benedict IX — 1032 to 1044
Sylvester III — Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045
Gregory VI — May 5, 1045 to Feb. 1046
Clement II — Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047
Damasus II — July 17, 1048 to Aug. 9,1048
St. Leo IX — Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054
Victor II — Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057
Stephen IX — Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058
Nicholas II — Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061
Alexander II — Oct. 1, 1061 to Apr. 21, 1073
St. Gregory VII — Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085
Blessed Victor III — May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087
Blessed Urban II — Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099
Paschal II — Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118
Gelasiur II — Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119
Callistus II — Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124
Honorius II — Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb. 13, 1130
Innocent II — Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143
Celestine II — Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144
Lucius II — Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145
Blessed Eugenius III — Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153
Anastasius IV — July 12, 1153 to Dec. 3, 1154
Adrian IV — Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159
Alexander III — Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181
Lucius III — Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185
Urban III — Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20 1187
Gregory VIII — Oct. 21, 1187 to Dec. 17, 1187
Clement III — Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191
Celestine III — Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198
Innocent III — Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216
Honorius III — July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227
Gregory IX — Mar. 19, 1227 to Aug. 22, 1241
Celestine IV — Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1251
Innocent IV — June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254
Alexander IV — Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261
Urban IV — Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264
Clement IV — Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29, 1268
Blessed Gregory X — Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276
Blessed Innocent V — Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276
Adrian V — July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276
John XXI — Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277
Nicholas III — Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug. 22, 1280
Martin IV — Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285
Honorius IV — Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287
Nicholas IV — Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 4, 1292
St. Celestine V (resigned) — July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294
Boniface VIII — Dec. 24, 1294 to Oct. 11, 1303
Blessed Benedict XI — Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304
Clement V — June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314
John XXII — Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334
Nicholas V — May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330
Benedict XII — Dec. 20, 1334 to Apr. 25, 1342
Clement VI — May 7, 1342 to Dec. 6, 1352
Innocent VI — Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362
Blessed Urban V — Sept. 28,1362 to Dec. 19, 1370
Gregory XI –Dec. 30, 1370 to Mar. 26, 1378
Urban VI — Apr. 8, 1378 to Oct. 15, 1389
Boniface IX — Nov. 2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404
Innocent VII — Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov. 6, 1406
Gregory XII — Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415
Martin V — Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431
Eugenius IV — Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb. 23, 1447
Nicholas V — Mar. 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455
Callistus III — Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug. 6, 1458
Pius II — Aug.19, 1458 to Aug. 15, 1464
Paul II — Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471
Sixtus IV — Aug. 9, 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484
Innocent VIII — Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492
Alexander VI — Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503
Pius III — Sept. 22, 1503 to Oct. 18, 1503
Julius II — Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513
Leo X — Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521
Adrian VI — Jan. 9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523
Clement VII — Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534
Paul III — Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov. 10, 1549
Julius III — Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555
Marcellus II — Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555
Paul IV — May 23, 1555 to Aug. 18, 1559
Pius IV — Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565
St. Pius V — Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572
Gregory XIII — May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585
Sixtus V — Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590
Urban VII — Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept. 27, 1590
Gregory XIV — Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591
Innocent IX — Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591
Clement VIII — Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605
Leo XI — Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605
Paul V — May 16, 1605 to Jan. 28 1621
Gregory XV — Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623
Urban VIII — Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644
Innocent X — Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan 7, 1655
Alexander VII — Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667
Antonio Barberini — 1657 to 1671
Michael le Tellier – 1659
Jaques Benigne de Bousseut – 1670
James Coyon de Matignon – 1693
Dominicus Marie Varlet – February 12, 1719
Peter John Meindaerts – October 17, 1739
Johannes Van Stiphout – July 11, 1745
Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen – February 7, 1768
Adrian Broekman – June 21, 1778
Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijin – July 5, 1797
Gilbertus de Jong – November 7, 1805
Wilibrordus Van Os – April 24, 1814
Johannes Bon – April 22, 1819
Johannes Van Santen – June 14, 1825
Hermanus Heijkamp – July 17, 1854
Casparus Johannes Rinkel – August 11, 1873
Geradus Gul – May 11, 1892
Arnold Harris Matthew – 28 April 1908
Rudolph Edouard de Landes Berghes – 29 June 1913
Henry Carmel Carfora – 4 October 1916
Earl Anglin Lawrence James – 17 June 1945
Grant Timothy Billet – 25 December 1950
Norman Richard Parr – 23 October 1979
Maurice Darryl McCormick – 14 July 1991
Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997
Kiiza S. Thomas – September 17, 2009
Heigo Ritsbek – August 25, 2012

Second Line of Succession
Antiochian – Jacobite Succession

Peter the Apostle 35 A.D.
Eyodius 44
Ignatius (Martyr) 68
Earon 107
Cornelius 137
Eados 142
Theophilus 157
Maximus 171
Seraphim 179
Asclepiades (Martyr) 189
Philip 210
Zebinus 219
Babylos (Martyr) 237
F’abius 250
Demeirius 251
Paul I 259
Domnus I 270
Timotheus 281
Cyrilus 291
Tyrantus 296
Vitalius 301
Philogonius 318
Eustachius 323
Paulinus 338
Philabianus 383
Evagrius 386
Phosporius 416
Alexander 418
John I 428
Theodotus 431
Domnus II 442
Maximus 450
Accacius 454
Martyrius 457
Peter II 464
Phiadius 500
Serverius the Great 509
Sergius 544
Domnus III 547
Anastasius 560
Gregory I 564
Paul II 567
Patra 571
Domnus IV 586
Julianus 591
Athanasius I 595
John II 636
Theodorus I 649
Severus 668
Athanasius II 684
Julianus II 687
Elias I 709
Athanasius III 724
Evanius I 740
Gervasius I 759
Joseph 790
Cyriacus 793
Dionsius I 818
John III 847
Ignatius II 877
Theodosius 887
Dinousius II 897
John IV 910
Evanius 922
John V 936
Evanius II 954
Dionysius 958
Abraham I 962
John VI 965
Athanasius IV 987
John VII 1004
Dionysius III 1032
Theodorus II 1042
Athanasius V 1058
John VII 1064
Basilius II 1074
Abdoone 1076
Dionysius V 1077
Evanius III 1080
Dionysius VI 1088
Athanasias VI 1091
John IX 1131
Athanasius VI 1139
Michael I (the Great) 1167
Athanasius VIII 1200
Michael II 1207
JohnX 1208
Ignatius III 1223
Dionysius VII 1253
John XI 1253
Ignatius IV 1264
Philanus 1283
Ignatius Baruhid 1293
Ignatius Ishmael 1333
Ignatius Basilius III 1366
Ignatius Abraham II 1382
Ignatius Basilius IV 1412
Ignatius Bahanam I 1415
Ignatius l~aIejih 1455
Ignatius John XII 1483
Ignatius Noah 1492
Ignatius Jesus I 1509
Ignatius Jacob I 1510
Ignatius David I 1519
Ignatius Abdullah 1520
Ignatius Naamathalak 1557
Ignatius David II 1576
Ignatius Philathus 1591
Ignatius Abdullah II 1597
Ignatius Cadhal 1598
Ignatius Simeon 1640
Ignatius Jesus II 1653
Ignatius A. Massiah I 1661
Ignatius Cabeed 1686
Ignatius Gervasius III 1687
Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708
Ignatius Siccarablak 1722
Ignatius Qervasius III 1746
Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768
Ignatius Mathias 1781
Ignatius Bahanam II 1810
Ignatius Jonas 1817
Ignatius Gervasius V 1818
Ignatius Elias II 1839
Ignatius Jacob II 1847
Ignatius Peter III 1872
Mar Paul Athanasius – 1877
Julius Alvarez – July 29, 1889
Joseph Rene Vilatte – June 5, 1892
Paolo Miraglia Guilaotte – May 6, 1900
Carmel Henry Carfora – 1911
Earl Anglin James – June 17, 1945
Grant Timothy Billet – December 25, 1950
Norman R. Parr – October 23, 1979
Maurice Darryl McCormick – July 14, 1991
Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997
Kiiza S. Thomas – September 17, 2009
Heigo Ritsbek – August 25, 2012

Third Line of Succession
Antiochian – Jacobite Succession

Joseph Rene Vilatte – June 5, 1892
Frederick E. Lloyd – 1915
Gregory Lines – 1923
Justin A. Boyle – 1928
Lowell Paul Wadle – 1940
Herman Adrian Spruit – 1957
Paul Michael Clemens – 1988
Joseph Philip Sousa – July 14, 1991
Willibrord Van Campent – Oct. 10, 1993
William Dennis Donovan – November 14, 1993
Carl Thomas Swaringim – July 28, 1995
Maurice M. McCormick – Feb. 3, 1996
Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997
Kiiza S. Thomas – September 17, 2009
Heigo Ritsbek – August 25, 2012

Fourth Line of Succession
Antiochian – Jacobite Succession

Peter the Apostle 35 A.D.
Eyodius 44
Ignatius (Martyr) 68
Earon 107
Cornelius 137
Eados 142
Theophilus 157
Maximus 171
Seraphim 179
Asclepiades (Martyr) 189
Philip 210
Zebinus 219
Babylos (Martyr) 237
F’abius 250
Demeirius 251
Paul I 259
Domnus I 270
Timotheus 281
Cyrilus 291
Tyrantus 296
Vitalius 301
Philogonius 318
Eustachius 323
Paulinus 338
Philabianus 383
Evagrius 386
Phosporius 416
Alexander 418
John I 428
Theodotus 431
Domnus II 442
Maximus 450
Accacius 454
Martyrius 457
Peter II 464
Phiadius 500
Serverius the Great 509
Sergius 544
Domnus III 547
Anastasius 560
Gregory I 564
Paul II 567
Patra 571
Domnus IV 586
Julianus 591
Athanasius I 595
John II 636
Theodorus I 649
Severus 668
Athanasius II 684
Julianus II 687
Elias I 709
Athanasius III 724
Evanius I 740
Gervasius I 759
Joseph 790
Cyriacus 793
Dionsius I 818
John III 847
Ignatius II 877
Theodosius 887
Dinousius II 897
John IV 910
Evanius 922
John V 936
Evanius II 954
Dionysius 958
Abraham I 962
John VI 965
Athanasius IV 987
John VII 1004
Dionysius III 1032
Theodorus II 1042
Athanasius V 1058
John VII 1064
Basilius II 1074
Abdoone 1076
Dionysius V 1077
Evanius III 1080
Dionysius VI 1088
Athanasias VI 1091
John IX 1131
Athanasius VI 1139
Michael I (the Great) 1167
Athanasius VIII 1200
Michael II 1207
JohnX 1208
Ignatius III 1223
Dionysius VII 1253
John XI 1253
Ignatius IV 1264
Philanus 1283
Ignatius Baruhid 1293
Ignatius Ishmael 1333
Ignatius Basilius III 1366
Ignatius Abraham II 1382
Ignatius Basilius IV 1412
Ignatius Bahanam I 1415
Ignatius l~aIejih 1455
Ignatius John XII 1483
Ignatius Noah 1492
Ignatius Jesus I 1509
Ignatius Jacob I 1510
Ignatius David I 1519
Ignatius Abdullah 1520
Ignatius Naamathalak 1557
Ignatius David II 1576
Ignatius Philathus 1591
Ignatius Abdullah II 1597
Ignatius Cadhal 1598
Ignatius Simeon 1640
Ignatius Jesus II 1653
Ignatius A. Massiah I 1661
Ignatius Cabeed 1686
Ignatius Gervasius III 1687
Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708
Ignatius Siccarablak 1722
Ignatius Qervasius III 1746
Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768
Ignatius Mathias 1781
Ignatius Bahanam II 1810
Ignatius Jonas 1817
Ignatius Gervasius V 1818
Ignatius Elias II 1839
Ignatius Jacob II 1847
Ignatius Peter III 1872
Mar Paul Athanasius – 1877
Julius Alvarez – July 29, 1889
Joseph Rene Vilatte – June 5, 1892
Paolo Miraglia Gulotti – June 6, 1900
Carmel Henry Carfora – June 14, 1911
Earl Anglin James – June 17, 1945
Grant Timothy Billet – Dec. 25, 1950
Norman Parr – October 23, 1979
Maurice McCormick – July 14, 1991
Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997
Kiiza S. Thomas – September 17, 2009
Heigo Ritsbek – August 25, 2012

Fifth Line of Succession
Roman – Old Catholic Succession

St. Peter the Apostle — to 64 A.D.
St. Linus — 67 to 76
St. Anacletus — 76 to 91
St. Clement I — 91 to 101
St. Evaristus — 100 to 109
St. Alexander I — 109 to 116
St. Sixtus I — 116 to 125
St. Telesphorus — 125 to 136
St. Hyginus — 138 to 140
St. Pius I — 140 to 155
St. Anicetus — 155 to 166
St. Soter — 166 to 174
St. Eleutherius — 174 to 189
St. Victor I — 189 to 198
St. Zephyrinus — 198 to 217
St. Callistus I — 217 to 222
St. Urban I — 222 to 230
St. Pontian — July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235
St. Anterus — Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236
St. Fabian — Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20, 250
St. Cornelius — Mar. 251 to June 253
St. Lucius I — June 25, 253 to March 5, 254
St. Stephen I — May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257
St. Sixtus II — Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258
St. Dionysius — July 22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268
St. Felix I — Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274
St. Eutychian — Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283
St. Caius — Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296
St. Marcellinus — June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304
St. Marcellus I — May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308
St. Eusebius — Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310
St. Miltiades — July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314
St. Silvester — Jan. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335
St. Mark — Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336
St. Julius I — Feb. 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352
St. Liberius — May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366
St. Damasus — Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384
St. Siricius — Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399
St. Anastasius I — Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19,401
St. Innocent I — Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417
St. Zosimus — Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418
St. Boniface I — Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422
St. Celestine I — Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432
St. Sixtus III — July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440
St. Leo I “The Great” — Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461
St. Hilarus — Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468
St. Simplicius — Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483
St. Felix III — Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492
St. Gelasius I — Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496
Anastasius II — Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498
St. Symmachus — Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514
St. Hormisdas — July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523
St. John I — Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526
St. Felix IV — July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530
Boniface II — Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532
St. John II — Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535
St. Agapitus I — May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536
St. Silverius — June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537
Vigilius — Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555
Pelagius I — Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561
John III — July 17, 561 to July 13, 574
Benedict I — June 2, 575 to July 30, 579
Pelagius II — Nov. 26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590
St. Gregory I “The Great” — Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604
Sabinianus — Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606
Boniface III — Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607
St. Boniface IV — Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615
St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) — Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8, 618
Boniface V — Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625
Honorius I — Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638
Severinus — May 28 to Aug. 2, 640
John IV — Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642
Theodore I — Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649
St. Martin I — July 649 to May 14, 653
St. Eugenius I — Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657
St. Vitalian — July 30, 657 to Jan. 27, 672
Adeodatus II — Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676
Donus — Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678
St. Agatho — June 27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681
St. Leo II — Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683
St. Benedict II — June 26, 684 to May 8, 685
John V — July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686
Conon — Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687
St. Sergius I — Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701
John VI — Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705
John VII — Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707
Sissinius — Jan. 15 to Feb. 4, 708
Constantine — Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715
St. Gregory II — May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731
St. Gregory III — Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741
St. Zacharias — Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752
Stephen II — Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757
St. Paul I — 29 May 757 to June 28, 767
Stephen III — Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772
Adrian I — Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795
St. Leo III — Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816
Stephen IV — June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817
St. Paschal I — Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824
Eugenius II — Feb. 824 to Aug. 827
Valentine — Aug. 827 to Sept. 827
Gregory IV — 827 to Jan. 844
Sergius II — Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847
St. Leo IV –Jan. 847 to July 17, 855
Benedict III — July 855 to Apr. 17, 858
St. Nicholas I — Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867
Adrian II — Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872
John VIII — Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882
Marinus I — Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884
St. Adrian III — May 17, 884 to Sept. 885
Stephen V — Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891
Formosus — Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896
Boniface VI — Apr. 896 to Apr. 896
Stephen VI — May 896 to Aug. 897
Romanus — Aug. 897 to Nov. 897
Theodore II — Dec. 897
John IX — Jan. 898 to Jan. 900
Benedict IV — Jan. 900 to July 903
Leo V — July 903 to Sept. 903
Sergius III — Jan. 29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911
Anastasius III — Apr. 911 to June 913
Lando — July 913 to Feb. 914
John X — Mar. 914 to May 928
Leo VI — May 928 to Dec. 928
Stephen VII — Dec. 928 to Feb. 931
John XI — Feb. 931 to Dec. 935
Leo VII — Jan. 936 to July 13, 939
Stephen VIII — July 14, 939 to Oct. 942
Marinus II — Oct. 30, 942 to May 946
Agapetus II — May 10, 946 to Dec. 955
John XII — Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964
Leo VIII — Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965
Benedict V — May 22, 964 to July 4, 966
John XIII — Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972
Benedict VI — Jan. 19, 973 to June 974
Benedict VII — Oct. 974 to July 10, 983
John XIV — Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984
John XV — Aug. 985 to March 996
Gregory V — May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999
Sylvester II — Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003
John XVII — June 1003 to Dec. 1003
John XVIII — Jan. 1004 to July 1009
Sergius IV — July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012
Benedict VIII — May 18, 1012 to Apr. 9, 1024
John XIX — Apr. 1024 to 1032
Benedict IX — 1032 to 1044
Sylvester III — Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045
Gregory VI — May 5, 1045 to Feb. 1046
Clement II — Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047
Damasus II — July 17, 1048 to Aug. 9,1048
St. Leo IX — Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054
Victor II — Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057
Stephen IX — Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058
Nicholas II — Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061
Alexander II — Oct. 1, 1061 to Apr. 21, 1073
St. Gregory VII — Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085
Blessed Victor III — May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087
Blessed Urban II — Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099
Paschal II — Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118
Gelasiur II — Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119
Callistus II — Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124
Honorius II — Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb. 13, 1130
Innocent II — Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143
Celestine II — Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144
Lucius II — Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145
Blessed Eugenius III — Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153
Anastasius IV — July 12, 1153 to Dec. 3, 1154
Adrian IV — Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159
Alexander III — Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181
Lucius III — Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185
Urban III — Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20 1187
Gregory VIII — Oct. 21, 1187 to Dec. 17, 1187
Clement III — Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191
Celestine III — Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198
Innocent III — Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216
Honorius III — July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227
Gregory IX — Mar. 19, 1227 to Aug. 22, 1241
Celestine IV — Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1251
Innocent IV — June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254
Alexander IV — Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261
Urban IV — Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264
Clement IV — Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29, 1268
Blessed Gregory X — Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276
Blessed Innocent V — Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276
Adrian V — July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276
John XXI — Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277
Nicholas III — Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug. 22, 1280
Martin IV — Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285
Honorius IV — Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287
Nicholas IV — Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 4, 1292
St. Celestine V (resigned) — July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294
Boniface VIII — Dec. 24, 1294 to Oct. 11, 1303
Blessed Benedict XI — Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304
Clement V — June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314
John XXII — Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334
Nicholas V — May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330
Benedict XII — Dec. 20, 1334 to Apr. 25, 1342
Clement VI — May 7, 1342 to Dec. 6, 1352
Innocent VI — Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362
Blessed Urban V — Sept. 28,1362 to Dec. 19, 1370
Gregory XI –Dec. 30, 1370 to Mar. 26, 1378
Urban VI — Apr. 8, 1378 to Oct. 15, 1389
Boniface IX — Nov. 2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404
Innocent VII — Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov. 6, 1406
Gregory XII — Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415
Martin V — Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431
Eugenius IV — Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb. 23, 1447
Nicholas V — Mar. 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455
Callistus III — Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug. 6, 1458
Pius II — Aug.19, 1458 to Aug. 15, 1464
Paul II — Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471
Sixtus IV — Aug. 9, 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484
Innocent VIII — Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492
Alexander VI — Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503
Pius III — Sept. 22, 1503 to Oct. 18, 1503
Julius II — Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513
Leo X — Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521
Adrian VI — Jan. 9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523
Clement VII — Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534
Paul III — Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov. 10, 1549
Julius III — Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555
Marcellus II — Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555
Paul IV — May 23, 1555 to Aug. 18, 1559
Pius IV — Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565
St. Pius V — Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572
Gregory XIII — May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585
Sixtus V — Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590
Urban VII — Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept. 27, 1590
Gregory XIV — Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591
Innocent IX — Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591
Clement VIII — Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605
Leo XI — Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605
Paul V — May 16, 1605 to Jan. 28 1621
Gregory XV — Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623
Urban VIII — Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644
Innocent X — Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan 7, 1655
Alexander VII — Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667
Antonio Barberini — 1657 to 1671
Michael le Tellier – 1659
Jaques Benigne de Bousseut – 1670
James Coyon de Matignon – 1693
Dominicus Marie Varlet – February 12, 1719
Peter John Meindaerts – October 17, 1739
Johannes Van Stiphout – July 11, 1745
Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen – February 7, 1768
Adrian Broekman – June 21, 1778
Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijin – July 5, 1797
Gilbertus de Jong – November 7, 1805
Wilibrordus Van Os – April 24, 1814
Johannes Bon – April 22, 1819
Johannes Van Santen – June 14, 1825
Hermanus Heijkamp – July 17, 1854
Casparus Johannes Rinkel – August 11, 1873
Geradus Gul – May 11, 1892
Arnold Harris Matthew – 28 April 1908
Frederick Samuel Willoughby – October 28, 1914
James I. Wedgewood – 1916
Irving S. Cooper – 1919
Charles Hampton – 1931
Herman A. Spruit – 1957
Paul Michael Clemens – 1988
Joseph Philip Sousa – 1991
Willibrord Johannes Van Campenhout – 1993
William Dennis Donavan – 1993
Carl Thomas Swaringim – July 28, 1995
Maurice D. McCormick – February 3, 1996
Rodney P. Rickard – April 26, 1997
Kiiza S. Thomas – September 17, 2009
Heigo Ritsbek – August 25, 2012

Sixth Line of Succession
Russian Orthodox Succession

The Apostolic Succession of the Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople and the Holy Metropolitans of Kiev, Vladimir and Moscow which originated with the APOSTLE ANDREW the First Called Apostle to the Scythians
Metropolitan Nikon of Moscow, in Moscow, Russia did consecrate Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij in 1884
Metropolitan Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij did consecrate Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky as Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Moscow on December 13th, 1903 (old style) in Moscow, Russia assisted by Bishop Innokentij of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Archbishop Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky (Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Alaska and North America, ruling Hierarch in the Western Hemisphere for the Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia) did on May 13 (N.S.), 1917 (April 30, O.S.) consecrate Aftimios (Abdullah) Ofiesh at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, New York City assisted by Bishop Stephen Alexander Dzubay of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Bishop Alexander Alexandrovich Nemolovsky, Russian Orthodox Bishop of Canada.
Metropolitan Aftimios Ofiesh, Russian Orthodox Bishop of Brooklyn, New York and head of the Syrian Greek Orthodox Catholic Mission did on September 27, 1932 consecrate Ignatius William Albert Nichols as Bishop of Washington, D.C.
Ignatius William Albert Nichols in 1940 did consecrate Frank Dyer
Frank Dyer on March 16, 1947 did consecrate Matthew Nicholas Nelson
Bishop Nicholas Nelson, Titular Bishop of Hawaii, on July 27, 1947 did consecrate Lowell Paul Wadle
Lowell Paul Wadle on June 22, 1957 did consecrate Herman Adrian Spruit
Bishop Herman Adrian Spruit in 1988 did consecrate Paul Michael Clemens
Paul Michael Clemens on July 14th, 1991 did consecrated Joseph Philip Sousa
Joseph Philip Sousa on October 10, 1993 did consecrateWillibrord J. van Campen
Willibrord J. van Campen on November 14, 1993 did consecrate William Dennis Donovan
William Dennis Donovan on July 28, 1995 did consecrate Carl Thomas Swaringim
Carl Thomas Swaringim on February 3, 1996 did consecrate Maurice D. McCormick
Maurice D. McCormick on April 26, 1997 did consecrate Rodney P. Rickard
Rodney P. Rickard on September 17, 2009 did consecrate Kiiza S. Thomas
Kiiza S. Thomas on August 25, 2012 did consecrate Heigo Ritsbek

Seventh Line of Succession
Anglican Succession

Other Lines of Succession
1. Armenian Uniate: Chorchurian – Chechamian – Crow – Newman – Maxey – Wadle – Spruit – Clemens – Sousa – Campent – Swaringim – McCormick – Rickard – Thomas – Ritsbek.
2. Syro-Chaldean: St. Thomas – Shimun XVIII – Antony – Bartlett – Newman – Maxey – Wadle – Spruit – Clemens – Sousa – Campent – Swaringim – McCormick – Rickard – Thomas – Ritsbek.
3. Anglican, including Celtic origin: Moore – White – Hopkins – Chechemian – Crow – Newman – Maxey – Wadle – Spruit – Clemens – Sousa – Campent – Swaringim – McCormick – Rickard – Thomas – Ritsbek.
4. Greek Melchite: Cyril VI – Savoya – Aneed – Spruit – Clemens – Sousa – Campent – Swaringim – McCormick – Rickard – Thomas – Ritsbek.
5. Orthodox Patriarchate: (Constantinople) – Sergius – Klefish – Aneed – Wadle – Spruit – Clemens – Sousa – Campent – Swaringim – McCormick – Rickard – Thomas – Ritsbek.
6. Non Juring Bishops of Scotland: Montaigne – Seabury – Richardson – Newman – Maxey – Wadle – Spruit – Clemens – Sousa – Campent – Swaringim – McCormick – Rickard – Thomas – Ritsbek.

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