​Apostolic Succession

​The icon reminds us of the "Great Catch" as told in the Gospel of Saint Luke. Jesus called Simon and Andrew, who were brothers, to be "fishers of men." Certainly they both lived up to that call. They would both be put to death in the persecutions by crucifixion; Simon Peter upside down, and Andrew in the shape of an "X". These two great martyrs and apostles are viewed as the founding members of the two major Catholic Rites in the world; Peter for the Latin Rite, and Andrew for the Orthodox. 


May we continue the work begun by our "Apostolic Grandfathers."
Apostolic succession is the method by which the ministry of the Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession. Through an unbroken line from the original twelve, the Church has “laid hands” and invoked the Holy Spirit, in order to ordain to the priesthood those who have been called by Christ. It is through the proper celebration of Holy Orders that the “validity” of orders is determined. 

While our Sacraments are considered “illicit” by the Roman Church, and therefore are not recognized, it is the Apostolic Succession that demonstrates validity.  Here we present the Apostolic Succession of our own Bishop Scott Kershaw. 

Orthodox Lines of Succession


Gregorious IV, Patriarch of Antioch 

​Metropolitan Archbishop Dionsiy Valedynskyj (1913)

Metropolitan Archbishop Polikarp Sikorskyj (1932)

Metropolitan Archbishop Nikanor Abramovych (1942)

Metropolitan Archbishop Hryhorij Ouijchuk (1942)

Metropolitan Archbishop Andrew Prazsky (1969)

Metropolitan Archbishop Alexis Nizza (1988)

Metropolitan Archbishop Michael Javchak Champion (1999)


On June 16, 2012 , was consecrator at the Episcopal Ordination of 

Scott Paul Kershaw 

Latin Rite Lines of Succession

Dominicus Marie Varlet, February 18, 1719
​Roman Catholic Bishop of BabylonPetrus Meindaerts, October 12, 1739
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht

Johannes Van Stiphout, July 11, 1745
Old Catholic Bishop of Harrlem

Gualterus Michael Van Nieuwenhuizen, February 7, 1768
Old Catholic Arcbishop of Utrecht

Adrianus Johannes Broekman, June 21, 1778
Old Catholic Bishop of Harrlem

Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijn, July 5, 1797
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht

Gilbert Cornelius De Jong, November 7, 1805
Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer

Willibord Van OS, April 24, 1814
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht,

Johannes Bon, April 25, 1819
Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem

Johannes Van Santen, November 13, 1824
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht

Casparus Johannes Rinker, July 17, 1854
Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem

Gerard Gul, May 11, 1892
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht

Arnold Harris Mathew, April 28, 1908
Old Catholic Bishop of Great Britian

Frederick Samuel Willoughby, October 28, 1914
James Ingall Wedgwood, February 13, 1916

Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church
Irving Steiger Cooper, July 13, 1919

Liberal Catholic Church,
Charles H. Hampton, September 13, 1931

Liberal Catholic Church
Adrian Spruit, June 22, 1957

Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch
Dr. Lewis Keizer, April 14, 1975

Luis Londono, June 3, 2007

Ricardo Rivera, September 4, 2010
Chief Consecrator 

with Consecrators:
Most Reverend Miguel Champion (UAOC)
Most Reverend Raymond Laliberte

Scott Paul Kershaw  June 16, 2012
 



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