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Apostolic Succession of the Orthodox Anglican Church APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION April 18, A.D. 2017 Apostolic succession is the unbroken line of bishops by the laying on of hands stretching back to the apostles of Jesus Christ. The Orthodox Anglican Church® has always insisted that Apostolic Succession was God’s will for the Church. The Orthodox Anglican Church was organized in the early 1960’s and incorporated on March 6, A.D. 1964. The jurisdiction represented the first noteworthy group of Anglicans departing from the Episcopal Church since 1873. The Apostolic Succession of the current bishops of the Orthodox Anglican Church can simply be traced back to the Anglican succession maintained in the original consecrations of Continuing Anglicans. This succession includes the following bishops: the Rt Revd Albert A. Chambers (#588), the Rt Revd Francisco Pagtakhan, the Rt Revd Charles D. D. Doren, and the Rt Revd Robert S. Morse. Chambers Succesion +Albert A. Chambers, 1962 (#588) +Robert S. Morse, 1978 *+George D. Stenhouse, 1990 ‡Thomas E. Gordon, 2012 *+Albert A. Chambers was also co-consecrator to +George D. Stenhouse by letter of consent. The Apostolic Succession of the current bishops of the Orthodox Anglican Church consists of other lines of: Anglican succession, Continuing Anglican succession, Eastern Orthodox succession through the Moscow July 22, AD 2012, ‡T. Creighton Jones, +George D. Stenhouse, and three other Patriarchate, and the Rebiban succession of the Roman bishops lay hands on ‡Thomas E. Gordon Catholic Church (including the Duarte Costa line). For information on the Orthodox Anglican Church, or the international Orthodox Anglican Communion please contact: The Most Revd Thomas E. Gordon 529 Breezewood Drive Charlotte, NC 28262 Email: [email protected] Phone: 704-807-9773 www.OrthodoxAnglican.net .
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