The consecration by the laying on of hands of the
Association's Bishop can be traced back to Constantinople and Rome, some of the
earliest times such consecrations can be traced, providing
valid Holy Orders for those ordained by laying on of hands by Bishop
Robert.
History:
1.
SCIPIONE REBIBA, Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Titular Patriarch of
Constantinople, was elected Titular Bishop of Amicle and Auxiliary to Gian
Pietro Cardinal Carafa, Archbishop of Chieti (who later became Pope Paul
IV) on March 16, 1541. Rebiba consecrated on March 12, 1566:
2. GUILIO ANTONIO SANTORO, Archbishop of Santa Severina, in the Pauline
Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Palace. His co-consecrator’s were Annibale
Caracciolo, Bishop of Isola and Giacomo de`Giacomelli, Bishopemeritus
of Belcastro. Santoro consecrated on September 7, 1586:
3. GIROLAMA BERNERIO, O.P., Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, in the Basilicaof
the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome. His co-consecrator’s were Guilio Masetti,
Bishop of Reggio Emilia and Ottaviano Paravicini, Bishop of Alessandria.
Bernerio consecrated on April 4, 1604:
4. GALEAZZO SANVITALE, Archbishop of Bari. He was consecrated in the
Chapel of the Apostolic Sacristy, Rome. His co-consecrator`s were Claudio
Rangoni, Bishop of Piacenza and Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia, Bishop of
Castro di Toscana. Sanvitale consecrated on May 2, 1621:
5. LODOVICO LUDOVISI, Cardinal Archbishop of Bologna, in the private
chapel of Sanvitale, near St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Assisting
Sanvitale were Cosmo de Torres, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis
and Ottavio Ridolfi, Bishop of Atiano. Ludovisi consecrated on
June 12, 1622:
6. LUIGI CAETANI, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, in the Basilica of Santa
Maria Maggiore, Rome. Assisting Ludovisi were: Galeazzo Sanvitale,
Archbishop emeritus of Bari and Vulpiano Volpi, Archbishop emeritus of
Chieti. Caetani consecrated on October 7, 1630:
7. ULDERICO CARPEGNA, Bishop of Gubbio in the Pauline Chapel of the
Apostolic Palace of the Quirinal, Rome. His co-consecrator’s were Antonio
Ricciulli, Bishop emeritus of Belcastro and Vicegerent of Rome, and
Benedetto Landi, Bishop of Fossombrone. Carpegna consecrated on May
2, 1666:
8. PALUZZO (PALUZZI degli ALBERTONI) ALTIERI, Bishop of Montefiascone e
Corneto, in the Church of San Silvestro in Capite, Rome. Assisting Carpegna
were Stefano Ugolini, Titular Archbishop of Corinth and Giovanni
Tommaso Pinelli, Bishop of Albenga. Altieri consecrated on February
3, 1675:
9. VINCENZO MARIA ORSINI, O.P., Cardinal Archbishop of Manfredonia (who
later became Pope Benedict XIII), in the Church of SS. Domenico e Sisto,
Rome. His co-consecrator’s were Stefano Brancaccio, Archbishop-Bishop of
Viterbo e Tuscania and Costanzo Zani, O.S.B., Bishop of Imola. Orsini
consecrated on July 16, 1724:
10. PROSPERO LORENZO LAMBERTINI, Titular Archbishop of Theodosia, who
became Pope Benedict XIV in 1740, in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic
Palace of the Quirinal, Rome. Orsini was assisted by Giovanni
Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M.Ref., Titular Archbishop of Myra and Nicola
Maria Lercari, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus. ( **Prospero Lorenzo
Lambertini and those previous to him, are in the Episcopal Lineage of His
Holiness, John Paul II – Karl Wojtyla**). Lambertini consecrated
on March 19, 1743:
11. CAROL DELLA TORRE REZZONI, who became Pope Clement XIII in
1758. His co-consecrator’s were Archbishops Scopio Borghese and
Ignatius Reali. Pope Clement XIII (Rezzoni) consecrated on April 26,
1767:
12. BERNADINUS GIRAUD, who became a Cardinal in 1771. Assisted by
Archbishop Marcus Antonius Conti and Bishop Iosefus Maria Carafa,
Cardinal Giraud consecrated on February 23, 1777:
13. ALEXANDER MATTHAEUS, who became a Cardinal in 1779. Assisted by
Bishops Geraldus Macioti and Franciscus Albertini, Cardinal
Matthaeus consecrated on September 12, 1819:
14. PETRUS FRANCISCUS GALEFFI who became a Cardinal in 1803. Assisted by
Archbishops Ioannes Franciscus Falzacappa and Iosephus della Porta
Rondiana, Cardinal Galeffi consecrated on December 8, 1822:
15. IACOBUS PHILLIPUS FRANSONI who became a Cardinal in 1826. Assisted by
Patriarch Joseph Valerga and Bishop Rudensindus Salvado, Cardinal
Fransoni consecrated on June 8, 1851:
16. CAROLUS SACCONI who became a Cardinal in 1861. Assisted by
Archbishops Salvator Nobili Vitelleschi and Franciscus Xaverius
Fredericus de Merode, Cardinal Sacconi consecrated on June 30, 1872:
17. EDUARD HOWARD who became a Cardinal in 1877. Assisted by Archbishops
Alessandro, Sanminiatelli, Zabarella and Bishop Guilio Lenti,
Cardinal Howard consecrated on December 8, 1882:
18. MARIANO RAMPOLLA MARCHESE DEL TINDARO who became a Cardinal 1887. In
Brazil, Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro consecrated, for the Roman Catholic
Church, on October 26, 1890:
19. JOAQUIN ARCOVERDE DE ALBUQUERQUE-CALVACANTI who became a Cardinal in
1905. Cardinal de Albuquerque-Calvacanti consecrated on June 4, 1911:
20. SEBASTIAO LEME DE SILVEIRA CINTRA, who became an Archbishop in 1921.
Assisted by Dom Alberto Jose Goncalves and Dom Benedito Paulo Alves de
Souza, Archbishop de Silveira Cintra consecrated on December 8, 1924:
21. CARLOS DURANTE COSTA who had been ordained a Roman Catholic priest on
April l, 1911. Costa was consecrated a Roman Catholic bishop in 1924 and
remained such until he retired in 1945. Costa retired because Rome refused to
take a stand against the relocation of War Criminals from the Nazi regime to his
homeland of Brazil. He served as the Patriarch of the Brazilian Catholic
Apostolic Church from 1945 to 1961. Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa
consecrated on June 5, 1960:
22. MILTON CUNHA. Bishop Cunha consecrated Propheta and:
23. GIUSEPPE SANTO EUSEBIO PACE on October 3, 1968. Bishop Pace
consecrated:
24. IGNAZIO ANTONIO TEODOSIO PIETROBURGO on October 15, 1978. Bishop
Pietroburgo consecrated:
25. DONALD LAWRENCE JOLLY-GABRIEL on June 25,1980 and he consecrated:
27. MARK SHIRILAU,
December 26, 1987 Archbishop Shirilau consecrated
28.
ROBERT JOSEPH BUCHANAN, on May 9, 2004. Co-consecrators: William Maurice
Clyma; Bishop of the Inclusive Anglican Reformed Church, John Edward
Voyles; Bishop of the American Catholic Reformed Church, James Alan
Wilkowski; Bishop of the Independent Evangelical Catholic Church, at
the Parish Church of Saint Jerome in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bishop Buchanan now
serves the the Association of Inclusive Christian Ministries.
