His Beatitude Archbishop RC Anderson, Holy Father of the Ecumenical Catholic Church of America is consecrated in Apostolic Succession with multiple lines tracing directly back to the Apostles of Christ. His Apostolic lines are through the:

Through these separate lines, the Apostolic Succession is intact back to:

Reformed Episcopal - Anglican Succession

1. Saint Peter, the Apostle of our Lord. - 32 - 67

2. Saint Linus - 67 - 76

3. Saint Anacletus (Cletus) - 76 - 88

4. Saint Clement I - 88 - 97

5. Saint Evaristus - 97 - 105

6. Saint Alexander I - 105 - 115

7. Saint Sixtus I (Xystus I) - 115 - 125

8. Saint Telesphorus - 125 - 136

9. Saint Hyginus - 136 - 140

10. Saint Pius I - 140 - 155

11. Saint Anicetus - 155 - 166

12. Saint Soter - 166 - 175

13. Saint Eleutherius - 175 - 189

14. Saint Victor I - 189 - 199

15. Saint Zephyrinus - 199 - 217

16. Saint Callistus I - 217 - 222

17. Saint Urban I - 222 - 230

18. Saint Pontain - 230 - 235

19. Saint Anterus - 235 - 236

20. Saint Fabian - 236 - 250

21. Saint Cornelius - 251 - 253

22. Saint Lucius I - 253 - 254

23. Saint Stephen I - 254 - 257

24. Saint Sixtus II - 257 - 258

25. Saint Dionysius - 260 - 268

26. Saint Felix I - 269 - 274

27. Saint Eutychian - 275 - 283

28. Saint Caius (Gaius) - 283 - 296

29. Saint Marcellinus - 296 - 304

30. Saint Marcellus I - 308 - 309

31. Saint Eusebius - 309 - 310

32. Saint Miltiades - 311 - 314

33. Saint Sylvester I - 314 - 335

34. Saint Marcus - 336 - 336

35. Saint Julius I - 337 - 352

36. Liberius - 352 - 366

37. Saint Damasus I - 366 - 383

38. Saint Siricius - 384 - 399

39. Saint Anastasius I - 399 - 401

40. Saint Innocent I - 401 - 417

41. Saint Zosimus - 417 - 418

42. Saint Boniface I - 418 - 422

43. Saint Celestine I - 422 - 432

44. Saint Sixtus III - 432 - 440

45. Saint Leo I (the Great) - 440 - 461

46. Saint Hilarius - 461 - 468

47. Saint Simplicius - 468 - 483

48. Saint Felix III (II) - 483 - 492

49. Saint Gelasius I - 492 - 496

50. Anastasius II - 496 - 498

51. Saint Symmachus - 498 - 514

52. Saint Hormisdas - 514 - 523

53. Saint John I - 523 - 526

54. Saint Felix IV (III) - 526 - 530

55. Boniface II - 530 - 532

56. John II - 533 - 535

57. Saint Agapetus I (Agapitus I) - 535 - 536

58. Saint Silverius - 536 - 537

59. Vigilius - 537 - 555

60. Pelagius I - 556 - 561

61. John III - 561 - 574

62. Benedict I - 575 - 579

63. Pelagius II - 579 - 590

64. Saint Gregory I (the Great) - 590 - 604

65. Saint Virgilius, Archbishop of Arles 588 - 610

66. Saint AUGUSTINE 597

67. LAURENTIUS 604

68. MELLITUS 619

69. JUSTUS 624

70. HONORIUS 627

71. DEUSDEDIT 655

72. THEODORE 668

73. BERHTWALD 693

74. TATWINE 731

75. NOTHELM 735

76. CUTHBERT 740

77. BREGOWINE 761

78. JAENBERT 765

79. ETHELHAR 793

80. WULFRED 805

81. FEOLOGELD 832

82. CEOLNOTH 833

83. ETHELRED 870

84. Wereferth 873

85. ALTHELM as Bishop of Wells (914 Canterbury) who in 914 consecrated

86. WULFHELM as Bishop of Wells (923 Canterbury) who in 927 consecrated

87. ODO as Bishop of Ramsbury (942 Canterbury) who in 957 consecrated

88. Saint DUNSTAN as Bishop of Worcester (960 Canterbury) who in 984 consecrated

89. Saint AELPHEGE as Bishop of Winchester (1005 Canterbury) who in 990 consecrated

90. ELFRIC as Bishop of Ramsbury (995 Canterbury) who in 1003 consecrated

91. WULFSTAN as Bishop of Worcester & York who, 13 November 1020, consecrated

92. ETHELNOTH as Archbishop of Canterbury who in 1035 consecrated

93. EADSIGE as Bishop of Saint Martin's, Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury 1038) who on the 3rd April 1043 consecrated

94. STIGAND as Bishop of Elmham (1052 Canterbury) who in 1058 consecrated

95. SIWARD as Bishop of Rochester who on the 29th September 1070 assisted William, Bishop of London at the consecration of

96. Bl. LANFRANC as Archbishop of Canterbury, who in 1070 consecrated

97. THOMAS as Archbishop of York, who on the 4th December 1094 consecrated

98. Saint ANSELM as Archbishop of Canterbury, who on the 26th July 1108 consecrated

99. RICHARD DE BELMEIS as Bishop of London, who on the 18th February 1123 consecrated

100. WILLIAM OF CORBEUIL as Archbishop of Canterbury, who on the 17th November 1129 consecrated

101. HENRY OF BLOIS as Bishop of Winchester, who on the 3rd June 1162 consecrated

102. Saint THOMAS BECKET as Archbishop of Canterbury, who on the 23rd August 1164 consecrated

103. ROGER OF GLOUCESTER as Bishop of Worcester, who on the 7th November 1176 assisted Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London, at the consecration of

104. PETER DE LEIA as Bishop of Saint David's, who on the 29th September 1185 assisted Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the consecration of

105. GILBERT GLANVILLE as Bishop of Rochester, who on the 23rd May 1199 assisted Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the consecration of

106. WILLIAM OF S. MERE L'EGLISE who on the 5th October 1214 assisted Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the consecration of

107. WALTER DE GRAY as Bishop of Worcester (1216 Archbishop of York), who on the 5th December 1249 consecrated

108. WALTER KIRKHAM as Bishop of Durham, who on the 7th February 1255 consecrated

109. HENRY as Bishop of Whithern, who on the 9th January 1284 assisted William Wickwane, Archbishop of York, at the consecration of

110. ANTHONY BECK as Bishop of Durham (1306 Patriarch of Jerusalem) who on the 14th September 1292 consecrated

111. JOHN OF HALTON as Bishop of Carlisle, who on the 27th June 1322 assisted Thomas Cobham, Bishop of Worcester, at the consecration of

112. ROGER NORTHBOROUGH as Bishop of Lichfield, who on the 15th July 1330 assisted Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln, at the consecration of

113. ROBERT WYVIL as Bishop of Salisbury, who on the 12th March 1340 consecrated

114. RALPH STRATFORD as Bishop of London, who on the 15th May 1346 assisted John Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the consecration of

115. WILLIAM EDENDON as Bishop of Winchester, who on the 20th March 1362 consecrated

116. SIMON SUDBURY as Bishop of London, (later Archbishop of Canterbury) who on the 12th of May 1370 consecrated

117. THOMAS BRENTINGHAM as Bishop of Exeter, who on the 5th january 1382 consecrated

118. ROBERT BRAYBROOKE as Bishop of London, who on the 3rd February 1398 consecrated

119. ROGER WALDEN as Archbishop of Canterbury, who on the 14th July 1398 consecrated

120. HENRY BEAUFORT as Bishop of Lincoln, who in 1405 became Bishop of Winchester and on the 15th May 1435 consecrated

121. THOMAS BOURCHIER as Bishop of Worcester (1443 Ely, 1454 Canterbury) who on the 31st January 1479 consecrated

122. JOHN MORTON as Bishop of Ely (1486 Canterbury) who on the 21st May 1497 consecrated

123. RICHARD FITZJAMES as Bishop of Rochester (1503 Chichester, 1506 London) who on the 25th September 1502 consecrated

124. WILLIAM WARHAM as Bishop of London (1503 Cant) who on the 15th May 1521 consecrated

125. JOHN LONGLANDS as Bishop of Lincoln who on the 30th March 1533 consecrated, for the Church of England,

126. THOMAS CRANMER as Archbishop of Canterbury who in June 1536 consecrated

127. WILLIAM BARLOW as Bishop of Saint David's (1549 Bath, 1559 Chichester), on the 17th December 1559 consecrated

128. MATTHEW PARKER as Archbishop of Canterbury who, four days later, consecrated

129. EDMUND GRINDAL as Bishop of London (1570 york, 1576 Canterbury) who on the 21st April 1577 consecrated

130. JOHN WHITGIFT as Bishop of Worcester (1583 Canterbury) who on the 8th May 1597 consecrated

131. RICHARD BANCROFT as Bishop of London (1604 Canterbury) who on the 3rd December 1609 consecrated

132. GEORGE ABBOT as Bishop of Lichfield (1610 London, 1611 Canterbury) who on the 14th December 1617 consecrated

133. GEORGE MONTAIGNE as Bishop of Lincoln (1621 London, 1628 Durham, 1628 York) who on the 18th November 1621 consecrated

134. Bl. WILLIAM LAUD as Bishop of Saint David's (1626 Bath, 1628 London, 1633 Archbishop of Canterbury) who on the 17th June 1638 consecrated

135. BRIAN DUPPA as Bishop of Chichester (1641 Salisbury, 1660 Winchester) who on 28 October 1660 consecrated

136. GILBERT SHELDON as Bishop of London (1663 Canterbury) who on 6 December 1674 consecrated

137. HENRY COMPTON as Bishop of Oxford (1675 London) who on 27 January 1678 consecrated

138. WILLIAM SANCROFT, Archbishop of Canterbury, who on 25 October 1685 consecrated

139. THOMAS WHITE as Bishop of Peterborough, who was deposed in 1690 as a non-juror and on 24 February 1693, under Royal Warrant from the exiled King James II, consecrated

140. GEORGE HICKES as Bishop of Thetford, who on 24 February 1712 consecrated

141. JAMES GADDERAR (consecrated without a See; later Bishop of Aberdeen and Moray), who on 4 June 1727 consecrated

142. THOMAS RATTRAY as Bishop of Dunkold, who in 1741 consecrated

143. WILLIAM FALCONAR as Bishop of Ross and Caithness, who on 21 September 1768 consecrated

144. ROBERT KILGOUR as Bishop of Aberdeen, who on 14 November 1784 consecrated

145. SAMUEL SEABURY as Bishop of Connecticut, who on 17 September 1792 (assisted by Bishops White, Provoost and Madison who had themselves been consecrated by John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was consecrated 12 Feb 1775 by Frederick Corwallis, who was consecrated 19 Feb 1750 by Thomas Herring), consecrated

146. THOMAS JOHN CLAGGETT as Bishop of Maryland, who on 7 May 1797 consecrated

147. EDWARD BASS as Bishop of Massachusetts who on 18 October 1797 consecrated

148. ABRAHAM JARVIS as Bishop of Connecticut, who on 29 May 1811 consecrated

149. ALEXANDER VIETS GRISWOLD as Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, who, with JOHN MOORE, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 31 October 1832 consecrated

150. JOHN HENRY HOPKINS as Bishop of Vermont, who on 15 November 1866 consecrated

151. GEORGE DAVID CUMMINS, Bishop of Kentucky and Founder of the Reformed Episcopal Church, who on 14 December 1873 consecrated

152. CHARLES EDWARD CHENEY for the Reformed Episcopal Church, who on 24 February 1876 consecrated

153. WILLIAM RUFUS NICHOLSON who on 22 June 1879 consecrated

154. ALFRED SPENCER RICHARDSON who in 1890 assisted Charles Isaac Stevens of the Ferrete succession at the conditional consecration of

155. LEON CHECHEMIAN, Armenian Uniate titular Bishop of Malatia, who had a license to officiate in the Diocese of Dublin. Bishop Chechemian, on 2 November 1897, consecrated

156. ANDREW CHARLES ALBERT McLAGEN as Titular Bishop of Claremont, who on 4 June 1922 consecrated

157. JAMES HEARD as Archbishop of Selsey, who on 13 June 1943 consecrated

158. WILLIAM BERNARD CROW, who on 10 April 1944 consecrated

159. HUGH GEORGE DE WILMOTT NEWMAN as Mar Georgius I, Metropolitan of Glastonbury, who on 6 June 1946 consecrated

160. WALLACE DAVID DE ORTEGA MAXEY as Mar David I, who on 25 September 1977, consecrated

161. Bishop John Simmons, who on 21 June 1983 consecrated

162. Bishop Jonathon Andrews, who on 14 May 1993 consecrated

163. Bishop Marcus Cummins, who on 25 November 1989 consecrated

164. Archbishop RC Anderson

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Anglican, Celtic, Hebraic Succession [Line 1]

1. St. James the Less: Recognized by the other Apostles as the Bishop of Jerusalem.

2. Simeon

3. Justus I

4. Zaccheus

5. Tobias

6. Benjamin

7. John I

8. Matthias

9. Philip

10. Seneca

11. Justus II

12. Levi

13. Ephraim

14. Joseph

15. Judas

16. Marcus

17. Cassianus

18. Publius

19. Maximus I

20. Julian

21. Caius

22. Symmachus

23. Caius II

24. Julian II

25. Maximus II

26. Antonius

27. Capito

28. Valius

29. Daleanus

30. Narcissus

31. Dius

32. Germanio

33. Gordius

34. Alexander

35. Nazabancs

36. Hymenacus

37. Zamboas

38. Herman

39. Marcarius I

40. Maximus III

41. Cyril

42. Herenius

43. Hilary

44. John II

45. Praglius

46. Juvenal

47. Anastacius

48. Martyrius

49. Salutis

50. Elias

51. John III of Jerusalem

52. ST. DAVID: consecrated first Celtic Bishop of Mineva, St. David's, Wales (AD 519)

53. Cynog

54. Teilo

55. Ceven

56. Morfall

57. Haerwneu

58. Elwaed

59. Gwrnwen

60. Llumverth

61. Gwrgwyst

62. Gwgan

63. Eineon

64. Clydawg

65. Elfod

66. Ethelman

67. Elane

68. Magelsgwyd

69. Made

70. Cadell

71. Sadwrnfen

72. Novis

73. Sulhaithnay

74. Idwall

75. Asser

76. Arthwael

77. Samson

78. Reubin

79. Rhydderch

80. Elwin

81. Morbiw

82. Llunwerth

83. Hubert

84. Enerius

85. Ivor

86. Morgeneu I

87. Nathan

88. Jenan

89. Arwystl

90. Morgeneu II

91. Ervin

92. Trahacarn

93. Joseph

94. Bleiddud

95. Salien

96. Abraham

97. Rhyddmarch

98. Wilfrid

99. Bernard

100. D. Fitzgerald

101. P. deLeia

102. G. Camb

103. G. deHenelawe

104. Jowerth

105. Gross

106. deCarew

107. T. Hech

108. D. Martin

109. H. Gower

110. J. Thorsby

111. R. Brian

112. F. Fastolfe

113. H. Doughton

114. J. Gilbert

115. G. deMona

116. Henry Chichele - Bishop of the Celtic Church in Wales, St. David's in 1408, made Archbishop of Canterbury by Rome in 1414.

117. J. Stalford

118. J. Kemp

119. T. Bourchier

120. J. Morton

121. H. Dean

122. W. Wareham

123. Thomas Cranmer - from a Celtic line made Archbishop of Canterbury.

124. R. Pole

125. M. Parker

126. E. Grindall

127. J. Whitgift

128. R. Bancroft

129. G. Abbott

130. W. Laud, Bishop of St. David's of Wales 1621, 1629 chancellor of Oxford University, 1633 Archbishop of Canterbury.

131. W. Juxon

132. G. Sheldon 133. W. Sancroft - NOTE: The Episcopal Church in the USA lineages of both Samuel Seabury and Thomas Herring are traced back to William Sancroft. Either link may be followed to reach William Sancroft, and ultimately go to the oldest recorded consecration for this line of Apostolic Succession.

134. T. White

135. G. Hickes

136. J. Gadderar

137. T. Rattray

138. W. Falconar

139. R. Kilgour as Bishop of Aberdeen, who was consecrated on the 12th of February 1775 by Bishop Frederick Corwallis, who himself was consecrated on the 19th of February 1750 by Bishop Thomas Herring. Bishop KILGOUR on the 14th of November 1784 consecrated

140. SAMUEL SEABURY, as Bishop of Connecticut, of the Episcopal Church USA., who on the 17th of September 1792 consecrated

141. T. J. Claggett

142. E. Bass

143. A. Jarvis

144. J. H. Hobart

145. H. Onderdonk

146. A. M. McCroskey

147. W. E. McClaren

148. William Montgomery Brown was ordained a priest in PECUSA May 22, 1884. He was consecrated a bishop by William Edward McClaren (114) on June 24, 1898. At his consecration were the assisting consecrators Vincent Boyd (148), William Leonard (151), Edward Atwill (155), Charles Hale (161). Bishop Brown on January 2, 1927 sub conditione consecrated

149. Wallace de Ortega Maxey, who on 25 September 1977, consecrated

161. Bishop John Simmons, who on 21 June 1983 consecrated

162. Bishop Jonathon Andrews, who on 14 May 1993 consecrated

163. Bishop Marcus Cummins, who on 25 November 1989 consecrated

164. Archbishop RC Anderson

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Anglican, Celtic, Hebraic Succession [Line 2]

1. James the less: Recognized by the other Apostles as the Bishop of Jerusalem.

2. Simeon

3. Justus I

4. Zaccheus

5. Tobias

6. Benjamin

7. John I

8. Matthias

9. Philip

10. Seneca

11. Justus II

12. Levi

13. Ephraim

14. Joseph

15. Judas

16. Marcus

17. Cassianus

18. Publius

19. Maximus I

20. Julian

21. Caius

22. Symmachus

23. Caius II

24. Julian II

25. Maximus II

26. Antonius

27. Capito

28. Valius

29. Daleanus

30. Narcissus

31. Dius

32. Germanio

33. Gordius

34. Alexander

35. Nazabancs

36. Hymenacus

37. Zamboas

38. Herman

39. Marcarius I

40. Maximus III

41. Cyril

42. Herenius

43. Hilary

44. John II

45. Praglius

46. Juvenal

47. Anastacius

48. Martyrius

49. Salutis

50. Elias

51. John III of Jerusalem

52. ST. DAVID: consecrated first Celtic Bishop of Mineva, St. David's, Wales (AD 519)

53. Cynog

54. Teilo

55. Ceven

56. Morfall

57. Haerwneu

58. Elwaed

59. Gwrnwen

60. Llumverth

61. Gwrgwyst

62. Gwgan

63. Eineon

64. Clydawg

65. Elfod

66. Ethelman

67. Elane

68. Magelsgwyd

69. Made

70. Cadell

71. Sadwrnfen

72. Novis

73. Sulhaithnay

74. Idwall

75. Asser

76. Arthwael

77. Samson

78. Reubin

79. Rhydderch

80. Elwin

81. Morbiw

82. Llunwerth

83. Hubert

84. Enerius

85. Ivor

86. Morgeneu I

87. Nathan

88. Jenan

89. Arwystl

90. Morgeneu II

91. Ervin

92. Trahacarn

93. Joseph

94. Bleiddud

95. Salien

96. Abraham

97. Rhyddmarch

98. Wilfrid

99. Bernard

100. D. Fitzgerald

101. P. deLeia

102. G. Camb

103. G. deHenelawe

104. Jowerth

105. Gross

106. deCarew

107. T. Hech

108. D. Martin

109. H. Gower

110. J. Thorsby

111. R. Brian

112. F. Fastolfe