Lines Of Succession
This refers to the lineage of ordination of a bishop. After Christ’s resurrection and ascension into heaven the apostles brought the faith throughout the known world and created communities of believers. Before leaving these new communities they would select people from among the faithful and lay hands on them in prayer imparting a permanent grace on their souls.
These bishops, as they would come to be known, would in turn do the same to future generations of bishops in an unbroken line of ordinations that continues to today.
Validly ordained bishops often maintain charts of their Apostolic Succession so they may trace their ordination back to one or more of the Apostles selected by Jesus Christ.
National Catholic Church of North America bishops are consecrated with what is known as the Duarte-Costa lineage; a valid, easily-traceable line of succession named after Roman Catholic Archbishop Carlos Duarte-Costa of Botucatu, Brazil, from whom the line originated in 1949. Most Reverend Joseph D. Finnegan, CSFD, DMin
Consecrated Sub Conditione June 19, 2008
+Joseph Daniel Finnegan, was consecrated sub conditione to the episcopacy on June 19th, 2008 by +Lionel Joseph White, D.D., Presiding Bishop of Catholic Church in America and +Terry G Villaire.
+Lionel Joseph White, D.D. was consecrated to the episcopacy on May 4th 2003 by +Michel Joseph Pugin, then Presiding Bishop of Catholic Church in America, and +Kenneth Maley, +James Burch and +Michael Carroll. Bishop White served as the Presiding Bishop for Catholic Church in America and continues, after the subsequent reorganization of the Church into the National Catholic Church of North America, as our current Presiding Bishop.
+Michel Joseph Pugin, D.D. was consecrated on May 1st 1993 by +Justo Roque Gonzalez Trininio, Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of New York and Primate of the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America. He was assisted by +Jose Juan Villegas and +Joseph Hladney.
+Justo Roque Gonzalez Trininio was consecrated on March 5th 1989 by +Luis Castillo Mendez, Patriarch Bishop of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil and president of the organization’s Episcopal Council. He was assisted by +Bartolomeu Sebastiao Viela, Coadjutor Bishop of Brasilia, Brazil for the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil.
+Luis Castillo Mendez was consecrated on May 3rd 1948 by +Carlos Duarte-Costa, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil and former Roman Catholic Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil.
+Carlos Duarte-Costa was consecrated Roman Catholic Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil on December 8th 1924 by +Sebastiao Leme de Silveria Cintra (Roman Catholic Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus).
The remaining ordinations continue within the Roman Catholic Church to the See of Peter.
Consecrated to the Office of Bishop November 4, 2004
Roman Catholic Church
On 12 March 1566,
Cardinal Scipione Rebiba,
Bishop of Troia consecrated
Giulio Antonio Santorio,
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Santa Severina
who on 7 September 1586 consecrated
Girolamo Bernerio, O.P.,
Roman Catholic Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
who on 4 April 1604 consecrated
Galeazzo Sanvitale,
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bari
who on 2 May 1621 consecrated
Ludovico Ludovisi,
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bologna
who on 12 June 1622 consecrated
Luigi Caetani,
Roman Catholic Titular Patriarch of Antioch
who on 7 October 1630 consecrated
Giovanni Battista Scannaroli,
Roman Catholic Titular Bishop of Sidon
who on 24 October 1655 consecrated
Antonio Barberini (the younger),
Roman Catholic Bishop of Frascati
who on 11 November 1668 consecrated
Charles Maurice Le Tellier
Roman Catholic Bishop of Mieux
who on 21 September 1670 consecrated
Jaques Benigne Boussuet
who on 24 October 1693 consecrated
Jaques Goyon De Matigon,
who on 18 February 1719 consecrated
Dominicus Marie Varlet,
Roman Catholic Bishop of Babylon
who on 17 October 1739 consecrated
Old Catholic Church of Utrecht
Pretrus Meindaerts,
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht,
who on 11 July 1745 consecrated
Johannes Van Stiphout,
Old Catholic Bishop of Harrlem,
who on 7 February 1768 consecrated
Gualterus Michael Van Nieuwenhuizen,
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht,
who on 21 June 1778 consecrated
Adrianus Johannes Broekman,
Old Catholic Bishop of Harrlem,
who on 5 July 1797 consecrated
Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijn,
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht,
who on 7 November 1805 consecrated
Gilbert Cornelius De Jong,
Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer,
who on 24 April 1814 consecrated
Willibord Van Os,
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht,
who on 25 April 1819 consecrated
Johannes Bon,
Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem,
who on 13 November 1824 consecrated
Johannes Van Santen,
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht,
who on 17 July 1854 consecrated
Casparus Johannes Rinkel,
Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem,
who on 11 May 1892 consecrated
Gerard Gul,
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht,
who on 28 April 1908 consecrated
Old Catholic Church
Arnold Harris Mathew,
Old Catholic Bishop for Great Britain
who on 28 October 1914 consecrated
Frederick Samuel Willoughby,
who on 13 February 1916 consecrated
James Ingall Wedgwood,
Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church,
who on 13 July 1919 consecrated
Irving Steiger Cooper,
Liberal Catholic Regionary Bishop for the United States,
who on 13 September 1931 consecrated
Charles H. Hampton,
Liberal Catholic Regionary Bishop for the United States,
who on 22 June 1957 consecrated
Herman Adrian Spruit,
who became Archbishop-Patriarch of the Church of Antioch
(Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch, Malabar Rite)
who on 7 October 1980 consecrated
Meri Louise Spruit
Bishop of the Church of Antioch
(Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch, Malabar Rite)
who was enthroned as Archbishop-Matriarch on 26 January 1986.
who on October 10, 1993 consecrated
Willibrord Johannes Van Campenhout
Meri Louise Spruit consecrated Willibrord Johannes Van Campenhout; assisted by bishops Richard Gundrey and Joseph Philip Sousa,
William Donovan November 14, 1993
Willibrord Johannes Van Campenhout consecrated William Dennis Donovan.
Robert Bowman April 18, 1996
William Dennis Donovan consecrated Robert M. Bowman; assisted by Lima, Cover, Reeves, and McCormick,
Daniel Clay (Pugh) July 22, 2001
Bishop Bowman consecrated Daniel Clay (Pugh); assisted by Bishops Morales, Rodig, and Rizo.
Joseph Daniel Finnegan November 4, 2005
The Principal Consecrator was Bishop Daniel Clay;
Co-consecrators: Bishops Orlando Lima y Aguirre Terry Villaire and J. David Dolance.
References
Bransom, C. N. (1990). Ordinations of U.S. Catholic Bishops 1790-1989. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
Van Campenhout, W. J. K. (1993). Apostolic Succession in the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch. Creswell, OR: Church of Antioch Press. Revised 11/9/2005
Certificates of Ordination:
Bishop William Donovan
Bishop Robert Bowman
Bishop Daniel Clay (Pugh)
Bishop Joseph Daniel Finnegan