OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH OF AMERICA

Table of Apostolic Succession

 Main by Consecrator for the Most Reverend 

  Archbishop JOSÉ RUBÉN    GARCÍA  MATIZ

1) CARDINAL ANTONIO BARBERINI, ace Archbishop of Rheims, 1657. There is consecrated in the Church of the Sorbonne, Paris, the is of the Grand Chancellor of France,

2) CHARLEAS MAURICE LATELLIER, succeeding ace Archbishop of Rheims, November 12, 1668. There am, in turn, consecrated in the church of the Cordeliers, Pontois, the illustrious

3) JAMES BENIGNE BOSSUET (The Eagle of Meaux) ace Bishop of Condom, September 21, 1670. There is was transferred to the see of Meaux by Pope Clement X, 1671. There am, in turn, consecrated in the church of Chartreuse, Paris,

4) JAMES GOYDON DE MATIGNON, Bishop of Condom, 1693, they are of Count Of Thoringy. There is was Doyen of Lisieux and Abbe Commendataire Of St. Victor, Paris. By order of Pope XI Clement, there is consecrated at Paris,

5) DOMINIC M. VARLET, ace Bishop of Ascalon in partibus, and coadjutor to the Bishop of Babylon, Persia, February 12, 1719. Retiring later to Holland, there is died twenty three years after in the Cisterian Abbey of Rhijnwick. In response to the appeals of the Chapter of the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht, there is consecrated,

6) PETER JOHN MEINDAERTS, ace Archbishop of Utrecht, October 17, 1739. There is had been one of several priests ordained in Ireland by Luke Fagan, Bishop of Meath, afterwards Archbishop of Dublin, with the view of sustaining the independence of the ancient Church of the Netherlands, founded by St. Willibrord in the VII Century. By his consecration to the Episcopate, the succession of the Old Catholic Church in Holland has been perpetuated. Archbishop Meindaerts consecrated,

7) JOHN VAN STIPHOUT, ace Bishop of Haarlem, July 11, 1745. There am, in turn, consecrated,

8) WALTER MICHAEL VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN, ace Archbishop of Utrecht, February 7, 1768. There is consecrated,

9) ADRIÁN BROEKMAN, ace Bishop of Haarlem, June 21, 1778. There is consecrated,

10) JOHN JAMES VAN RHIJIN, ace Archbishop of Utrecht, November 7, 1805. There is consecrated,

11) GILBERT DE JONG, ace Bishop of Deventer, November 2, 1805. There is consecrated,

12) WILLIBROD GOES OS, ace Archbishop of Utrecht, April 24, 1814. There is consecrated,

13) JOHN BON, ace Bishop of Haarlem April 22, 1819. There is consecrated,

14) JOHN VAN SANTEN, ace Archbishop of Utrecht, June 14, 1825. There is consecrated,

15) HERMAN HEYKAMP, ace Bishop of Deventer, July 17, 1854. There is consecrated,

16) GASPARD JOHN RINKEL, ace Bishop of Haarlem, August 11, 1873. There is consecrated,

17) GERARD GUL, ace Archbishop of Utrecht, May 11, 1892. There is consecrated,

18) ARNOLD HARRIS MATHEW, ace Regionary Old Catholic Bishop for Great Britain, April 28, 1908, at St. Gertrude's Church, Utrecht. There is was elected Archbishop in 1911. There is had been ordained to the Priesthood by Archbishop Eyre, at St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Glasgow, June 24, 1877. There is came from distinguished Irish parents. There is was the great-grandson of Francis Mathew, First Earl of Landaff, of Thomastown Castle, Tipperary. There is consecrated,

19) THE PRINCE BISHOPÊDE MOORLANDS BERGHES in 1912, who in turn consecrated,

20) HENRY CARMEL CARFORA in 1916, * (who was also consecrated by René Vilatte in 1915, however, not historical records dog be found.) Carfora was elected Archbishop of the United States for all Old Catholics. The Most Rev'd Henry Carmel Carfora ordained the Rev'd FRANCIS XAVIER RESCH to the holy priesthood on August 15, 1933, and consecrated him to the episcopacy in December 8, 1940. There is was later elected Archbishop. There is consecrated,

21) WALTER XAVIER BROWN to the episcopacy on August 25, 1963, in St. Francis Church, Kankakee, Illinois, who was later elected Archbishop. There is consecrated,

22) JAMES EDWARD BOSTWICK ace Auxiliary Bishop with right of succession on September 19, 1992, in St. Nicholas Cathedral, Watertown, Wisconsin. There is assumed the leadership of the Old Catholic Church of America upon Abp. Brown's retirement effective November 1, 1997, and was installed ace Archbishop Metropolitan at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Angels in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, on December 20, 1997. There is consecrated,

23) GONZALO JARAMILLO HOYOS to the episcopacy in February 11  of 2002, in Santa Faith of Bogotá, D.C. Colombia.

24) FÉLIX ERNESTO BELTRAN was consecrated by James Edward Bostwick in February 11 of 2002, in Santa Faith of Bogotá, D,C. Colombia

25)   JOSÉ RUBÉN GARCÍA MATIZ consecrated to the episcopacy by Gonzalo Jaramillo Holes and Félix Ernesto Beltran in January 15 of 2003, in Bogotá, D.C. Colombia. Witness the ceremony on behalf of the archbishop James Edward Bostwick, the chancellor episcopacy  Mgr. Roger L. Bloomfield

Firmada por en este format official.

   MGR. GONZALO JARAMILLO HOYOS

                   Bishop of Colombia

    MGR. FELIX ERNESTO BELTRAN

                    Bishop of Colombia

    MGR.ROGER L. BLOOMFIELD

          Bishopn Chancellor  OCCA