Episcopal Seal of The Rt. Rev. Richard Allen Kalbfleisch, STL, DD Lines of Succession The Church of England & The Episcopal Church in the USA Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil (Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira) Old Catholic Church of Utrecht Russian Orthodox Church Melkite-Greek Catholic Church The Armenian Catholic Church of Cilicia Malankara (Malabar) Orthodox Syrian Church Church of Cyprus 1 The Church of England and the Episcopal Church of the USA POPE Benedict III Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 855 POPE St. NICHOLAS I Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 858 FORMOSUS (Bishop of Porto; Canterbury, Pope 891) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 864: St. PLEGMUND (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 891: ALTHELM (as Bishop of Wells; 914 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate 909: WULFHELM (as Bishop of Wells; 923 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 914: ODO (as Bishop of Ramsbury; 942 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 927: St. DUNSTAN (as Bishop of Worcester; 960 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 957: 2 St. AELPHEGE (as Bishop of Winchester; 1005 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 984: ELFRIC (as Bishop of Ramsbury; 995 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 990: WULFSTAN (as Bishop of Worcester and York) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 1003: ETHELNOTH (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 13 November 1020: EADSIGE (as Bishop of St. Martin's, Canterbury; 1038 Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 1035: STIGAND (as Bishop of Elmham; 1052 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 3 April 1043: SIWARD (as Bishop of Rochester) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 1058 Bl. LANFRANC (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 1070: THOMAS (as Archbishop of York) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 1070: St. ANSELM (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 4 December 1094: RICHARD de BELMEIS (as Bishop of London) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 26 July 1108: WILLIAM of CORBEUIL (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 18 February 1123: 3 HENRY of BLOIS (as Bishop of Winchester) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 17 November 1129: St. THOMAS BECKET (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 3 June 1162: ROGER of GLOUCESTER (as Bishop of Worcester) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 23 August 1164: PETER de LEIA (as Bishop of St. David's, Wales) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 7 November 1176: GILBERT GLANVILLE (as Bishop of Rochester) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 29 September 1185: WILLIAM de SAINTE MERE L'EGLISE (as Bishop of London) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 23 May 1199: WALTER de GRAY (as Bishop of Worcester; 1216 Archbishop of York) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 5 October 1214 WALTER KIRKHAM (as Bishop of Durham) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 5 December 1249: HENRY (as Bishop of Whithern) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 7 February 1255: ANTHONY BECK (as Bishop of Durham; 1306 Patriarch of Jerusalem) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 9 January 1284: JOHN of HALTON (as Bishop of Carlisle) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 14 September 1292 ROGER NORTHBOROUGH (as Bishop of Lichfield) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 27 June 1322: 4 ROBERT WYVIL (as Bishop of Salisbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 15 July 1330: RALPH STRATFORD (as Bishop of London) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 12 March 1340: WILLIAM EDENDON (as Bishop of Winchester) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 15 May 1346: SIMON SUDBURY (as Bishop of London; 1375 Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 20 March 1362: THOMAS BRENTINGHAM (as Bishop of Exeter) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 12 May 1370: ROBERT BRAYBROOKE (as Bishop of London) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 5 January 1382: ROGER WALDEN (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 3 February 1398: HENRY BEAUFORT (as Bishop of Lincoln; 1405 Bishop of Winchester) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 14 July 1398: THOMAS BOURCHIER (as Bishop of Worcester; 1443 Ely, 1454 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 15 May 1435: JOHN MORTON (as Bishop of Ely; 1486 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 31 January 1479: RICHARD FITZJAMES (as Bishop of Rochester; 1503 Chichester; 1506 London) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 21 May 1497: WILLIAM WARHAM (as Bishop of London; 1503 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 25 September 1502: JOHN LONGLANDS 5 (as Bishop of Lincoln) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 15 May 1521: THOMAS CRANMER (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 30 March 1533: WILLIAM BARLOW (as Bishop of St. David's, Wales; 1549 Bath; 1559 Chichester) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in June 1536: MATTHEW PARKER (as Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 21 December 1559: EDMUND GRINDAL (as Bishop of London; 1570 York; 1576 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 21 April 1577: JOHN WHITGIFT (as Bishop of Worcester; 1583 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 8 May 1597: RICHARD BANCROFT (as Bishop of London; 1604 Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 3 December 1609: GEORGE ABBOT as Bishop of Lichfield) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 14 December 1610: GEORGE MONTAIGNE (as Bishop of Lincoln) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 14 December 1617: Bl. WILLIAM LAUD (as 76th Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 18 November 1621: BRIAN DUPPA (as Archbishop of Winchester) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 17 June 1638 GILBERT SHELDON (as 78th Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 18 October 1660: HENRY COMPTON 6 (as Bishop of London) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 6 December 1674: WILLIAM SANCROFT (as 79th Archbishop of Canterbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 27 January 1677: THOMAS WHITE (as Bishop of Peterborough, England) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 25 October 1685: GEORGE HICKES (as Bishop of Thetford, England) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 24 February 1693: JAMES GADDERAR (consecrated Bishop. of Aberdeen, Scotland) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 4 June 1712: THOMAS RATTRAY (as Bishop of Dunkold, Scotland) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 4 June 1727: WILLIAM FALCONAR (as Bishop of Ross and Caithness, Scotland) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 10 September 1768: ROBERT KILGOUR (as Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 21 September 1768: SAMUEL SEABURY (as Bishop of Connecticut) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 14 November 1784: THOMAS JOHN CLAGGETT (as Bishop of Maryland) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 17 September 1792: EDWARD BASS (as Bishop of Massachusetts) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 7 May 1797: ABRAHAM JARVIS (as Bishop of Connecticut) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 18 October 1797: 7 ALEXANDER VIETS GRISWOLD (as Bishop of the Eastern Diocese) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 29 May 1811: JOHN HENRY HOPKINS (as Bishop of Vermont) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 31 October 1832 GEORGE DAVID CUMMINS (as Assistant Bishop of Kentucky) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 15 November 1866 CHARLES EDWARD CHENEY (for the Reformed Episcopal Church) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 14 December 1873 WILLIAM RUFUS NICHOLSON (Reformed Episcopal Church) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 24 February 1876 ALFRED SPENCER RICHARDSON (Reformed Episcopal Church) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 22 June 1879 LEON CHECHEMIAN Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 4 May 1890: ANDREW CHARLES ALBERT McLAGLEN (as Titular Bishop of Claremont) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 2 November 1897: HERBERT JAMES MONZANI HEARD Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 4 June 1922: WILLIAM BERNARD CROW Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 13 June 1943: HUGH GEORGE de WILLMOTT NEWMAN (Archbishop of Glastonbury) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 10 April 1944: RICHARD KENNETH HURGON (Titular Bishop of Mere) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 22 April 1946: NILS BERTIL ALEXANDER PERSSON (Apostolic Episcopal Church - Bishop of Queens, NY) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 7 November 1986: 8 KARL JULIUS BARWIN (Apostolic Episcopal Church - Bishop of Grand Rapids) Consecrated to the Sacred Episcopate on 5 August 1989. ARTHUR (ALEXIS) LONGACRE (Bishop of The American National Catholic Church) Consecrated to the Sacred Episcopate on 5 May 1991: LOUIS DAVID CHINAVARE (as Bishop of The American National Catholic Church) Consecrated to the Sacred Episcopate on 4 January 1997: RICHARD ALLEN KALBFLEISCH (as Old Catholic Bishop of Summerville, SC) Consecrated to the Sacred Episcopate 7 May 2006. + + + John Moore (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1783) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate in 1783: William White (Presiding Bishop, PECUSA: 1789, 1795 - 1835) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 4 February 1787: Henry Ustick Onderdonk (Bishop of Pennsylvania) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on 25 October 1827: Samuel Allen McCoskry (First PECUSA Bishop of Michigan) Consecrated to The Sacred Episcopate on