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Roman - Old Catholic Succession: JESUS CHRIST St. Peter the Apostle -- to 64 A.D. St. Linus -- 67 to 76 St. Anacletus -- 76 to 91 St. Clement I -- 91 to 101 St. Evaristus -- 100 to 109 St. Alexander I -- 109 to 116 St. Sixtus I -- 116 to 125 St. Telesphorus -- 125 to 136 St. Hyginus -- 138 to 140 St. Pius I -- 140 to 155 St. Anicetus -- 155 to 166 St. Soter -- 166 to 174 St. Eleutherius -- 174 to 189 St. Victor I -- 189 to 198 St. Zephyrinus -- 198 to 217 St. Callistus I -- 217 to 222 St. Urban I -- 222 to 230 St. Pontian -- July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235 St. Anterus -- Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236 St. Fabian -- Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20, 250 St. Cornelius -- Mar. 251 to June 253 St. Lucius I -- June 25, 253 to March 5, 254 St. Stephen I -- May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257 St. Sixtus II -- Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258 St. Dionysius -- July 22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268 St. Felix -- Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274 St. Eutychian -- Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283 St. Caius -- Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296 St. Marcellinus -- June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304 St. Marcellus I -- May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308 St. Eusebius -- Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310 St. Miltiades -- July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314 St. Silvester -- Jan. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335 St. Mark -- Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336 St. Julius I -- Feb. 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352 St. Liberius -- May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366 St. Damasus -- Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384 St. Siricius -- Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399 St. Anastasius I -- Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19,401 St. Innocent I -- Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417 St. Zosimus -- Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418 St. Boniface I -- Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422 St. Celestine I -- Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432 St. Sixtus III -- July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440 St. Leo I "The Great" -- Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461 St. Hilarus -- Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468 St. Simplicius -- Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483 St. Felix III -- Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492 St. Gelasius I -- Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496 Anastasius II -- Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498 St. Symmachus -- Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514 St. Hormisdas -- July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523 St. John I -- Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526 St. Felix IV -- July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530 Boniface II -- Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532 St. John II -- Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535 St. Agapitus I -- May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536 St. Silverius -- June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537 Vigilius -- Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555 Pelagius I -- Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561 John III -- July 17, 561 to July 13, 574 Benedict I -- June 2, 575 to July 30, 579 Pelagius II -- Nov. 26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590 St. Gregory I "The Great" -- Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604 Sabinianus -- Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606 Boniface III -- Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607 St. Boniface IV -- Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615 St. Adeodatus I -- Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8, 618 Boniface V -- Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625 Honorius I -- Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638 Severinus -- May 28 to Aug. 2, 640 John IV -- Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642 Theodore I -- Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649 St. Martin I -- July 649 to May 14, 653 St. Eugenius I -- Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657 St. Vitalian -- July 30, 657 to Jan. 27, 672 Adeodatus II -- Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676 Donus -- Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678 St. Agatho -- June 27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681 St. Leo II -- Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683 St. Benedict II -- June 26, 684 to May 8, 685 John V -- July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686 Conon -- Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687 St. Sergius I -- Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701 John VI -- Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705 John VII -- Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707 Sissinius -- Jan. 15 to Feb. 4, 708 Constantine -- Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715 St. Gregory II -- May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731 St. Gregory III -- Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741 St. Zacharias -- Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752 Stephen II -- Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757 St. Paul I -- 29 May 757 to June 28, 767 Stephen III -- Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772 Adrian I -- Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795 St. Leo III -- Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816 Stephen IV -- June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817 St. Paschal I -- Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824 Eugenius II -- Feb. 824 to Aug. 827 Valentine -- Aug. 827 to Sept. 827 Gregory IV -- 827 to Jan. 844 Sergius II -- Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847 St. Leo IV --Jan. 847 to July 17, 855 Benedict III -- July 855 to Apr. 17, 858 St. Nicholas I -- Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867 Adrian II -- Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872 John VIII -- Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882 Marinus I -- Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884 St. Adrian III -- May 17, 884 to Sept. 885 Stephen V -- Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891 Formosus -- Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896 Boniface VI -- Apr. 896 to Apr. 896 Stephen VI -- May 896 to Aug. 897 Romanus -- Aug. 897 to Nov. 897 Theodore II -- Dec. 897 John IX -- Jan. 898 to Jan. 900 Benedict IV -- Jan. 900 to July 903 Leo V -- July 903 to Sept. 903 Sergius III -- Jan. 29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911 Anastasius III -- Apr. 911 to June 913 Lando -- July 913 to Feb. 914 John X -- Mar. 914 to May 928 Leo VI -- May 928 to Dec. 928 Stephen VII -- Dec. 928 to Feb. 931 John XI -- Feb. 931 to Dec. 935 Leo VII -- Jan. 936 to July 13, 939 Stephen VIII -- July 14, 939 to Oct. 942 Marinus II -- Oct. 30, 942 to May 946 Agapetus II -- May 10, 946 to Dec. 955 John XII -- Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964 Leo VIII -- Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965 Benedict V -- May 22, 964 to July 4, 966 John XIII -- Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972 Benedict VI -- Jan. 19, 973 to June 974 Benedict VII -- Oct. 974 to July 10, 983 John XIV -- Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984 John XV -- Aug. 985 to March 996 Gregory V -- May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999 Sylvester II -- Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003 John XVII -- June 1003 to Dec. 1003 John XVIII -- Jan. 1004 to July 1009 Sergius IV -- July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012 Benedict VIII -- May 18, 1012 to Apr. 9, 1024 John XIX -- Apr. 1024 to 1032 Benedict IX -- 1032 to 1044 Sylvester III -- Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045 Gregory VI -- May 5, 1045 to Feb. 1046 Clement II -- Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047 Damasus II -- July 17, 1048 to Aug. 9,1048 St. Leo IX -- Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054 Victor II -- Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057 Stephen IX -- Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058 Nicholas II -- Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061 Alexander II -- Oct. 1, 1061 to Apr. 21, 1073 St. Gregory VII -- Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085 Blessed Victor III -- May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087 Blessed Urban II -- Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099 Paschal II -- Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118 Gelasiur II -- Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119 Callistus II -- Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124 Honorius II -- Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb. 13, 1130 Innocent II -- Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143 Celestine II -- Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144 Lucius II -- Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145 Blessed Eugenius III -- Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153 Anastasius IV -- July 12, 1153 to Dec. 3, 1154 Adrian IV -- Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159 Alexander III -- Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181 Lucius III -- Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185 Urban III -- Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20 1187 Gregory VIII -- Oct. 21, 1187 to Dec. 17, 1187 Clement III -- Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191 Celestine III -- Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198 Innocent III -- Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216 Honorius III -- July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227 Gregory IX -- Mar. 19, 1227 to Aug. 22, 1241 Celestine IV -- Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1251 Innocent IV -- June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254 Alexander IV -- Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261 Urban IV -- Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264 Clement IV -- Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29, 1268 Blessed Gregory X -- Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276 Blessed Innocent V -- Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276 Adrian V -- July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276 John XXI -- Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277 Nicholas III -- Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug. 22, 1280 Martin IV -- Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285 Honorius IV -- Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287 Nicholas IV -- Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 4, 1292 St. Celestine V -- July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294 Boniface VIII -- Dec. 24, 1294 to Oct. 11, 1303 Blessed Benedict XI -- Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304 Clement V -- June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314 John XXII -- Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334 Nicholas V -- May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330 Benedict XII -- Dec. 20, 1334 to Apr. 25, 1342 Clement VI -- May 7, 1342 to Dec. 6, 1352 Innocent VI -- Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362 Blessed Urban V -- Sept. 28,1362 to Dec. 19, 1370 Gregory XI --Dec. 30, 1370 to Mar. 26, 1378 Urban VI -- Apr. 8, 1378 to Oct. 15, 1389 Boniface IX -- Nov. 2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404 Innocent VII -- Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov. 6, 1406 Gregory XII -- Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415 Martin V -- Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431 Eugenius IV -- Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb. 23, 1447 Nicholas V -- Mar. 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455 Callistus III -- Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug. 6, 1458 Pius II -- Aug.19, 1458 to Aug. 15, 1464 Paul II -- Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471 Sixtus IV -- Aug. 9, 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484 Innocent VIII -- Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492 Alexander VI -- Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503 Pius III -- Sept. 22, 1503 to Oct. 18, 1503 Julius II -- Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513 Leo X -- Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521 Adrian VI -- Jan. 9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523 Clement VII -- Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534 Paul III -- Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov. 10, 1549 Julius III -- Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555 Marcellus II -- Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555 Paul IV -- May 23, 1555 to Aug. 18, 1559 Pius IV -- Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565 St. Pius V -- Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572 Gregory XIII -- May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585 Sixtus V -- Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590 Urban VII -- Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept. 27, 1590 Gregory XIV -- Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591 Innocent IX -- Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591 Clement VIII -- Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605 Leo XI -- Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605 Paul V -- May 16, 1605 to Jan. 28 1621 Gregory XV -- Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623 Urban VIII -- Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644 Innocent X -- Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan 7, 1655 Alexander VII -- Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667 Antonio Barberini -- 1657 to 1671 Michael le Tellier - 1659 Jaques Benigne de Bousseut - 1670 James Coyon de Matignon - 1693 Dominicus Marie Varlet - February 12, 1719 Peter John Meindaerts - October 17, 1739 Johannes Van Stiphout - July 11, 1745 Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen - February 7, 1768 Adrian Broekman - June 21, 1778 Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijin - July 5, 1797 Gilbertus de Jong - November 7, 1805 Wilibrordus Van Os - April 24, 1814 Johannes Bon - April 22, 1819 Johannes Van Santen - June 14, 1825 Hermanus Heijkamp - July 17, 1854 Casparus Johannes Rinkel - August 11, 1873 Geradus Gul - May 11, 1892 Arnold Harris Matthew - 28 April 1908 Rudolph Edouard de Landes Berghes - 29 June 1913 Henry Carmel Carfora - 4 October 1916 Earl Anglin Lawrence James - 17 June 1945 Grant Timothy Billet - 25 December 1950 Norman Richard Parr - 23 October 1979 Maurice Darryl McCormick - 14 July 1991 Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997 Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003 David Clyde Holdridge - September 17, 2005
Verifiable Line of Succession: Cardinal Scipione Rebiba - Bishop of Chieti, Italy March 16, 1541. Titular Bishop of Amyclae March 16, 1541 Giulio Antonio Santorio - March 12, 1566 Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. - September 7, 1586 Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Galeazzo Sanvitale - April 4, 1604 Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy Ludovico Ludovisi - May 2, 1621 Archbishop of Bologna, Italy Luigi Caetani - June 12, 1622 Patriarch of Titular See Giovanni Battista Scanaroli - June 12, 1622 Titular Bishop of Sidon Antonio Barberini (Jr.) - October 24, 1655 Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Charles-Maurice Le Tellier - November 11, 1668 Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet - September 21, 1670 Bishop of Condom, France Jacques de Goyon de Matignon - April 16, 1673 Bishop of Condom, France Dominicus Marie Varlet - February 18, 1719 Roman Catholic Bishop of Babylon Petrus Johannes Meindaerts - October 17, 1739 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht Johannes Van Stiphout - July 11, 1745 Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem Gualterus Michael Van Nieuwenhuizen - February 7, 1768 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht Adrianus Johannes Broekman - June 21, 1778 Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem 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 Hermanus Johannes Heykamp - July 17, 1854 Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer Casparus Johannes Rinkel - August 11, 1873 Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem, Gerard Gul - May 11, 1892 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, Arnold Harris Mathew - April 28, 1908 Old Catholic Bishop for Great Britain Rudolph Francis Edward Hamilton, de Lorraine-Brabant, prince DeLandas Berghes - June 29, 1913 Henry Carmel Carfora - October 4, 1916 Earl Anglin Lawrence James - June 17, 1945 Grant Timothy Billet - December 25, 1950 Norman Richard Parr - October 23, 1979 Maurice Darryl McCormick - July 14, 1991 David Clyde Holdridge - September 17, 2005 The line of apostolic succession of Bishop David Clyde Holdridge comes from the Roman Catholic Church, through the Utrecht Old Catholic Church and the Old Catholic Church in England. The validity of this line of succession is widely recognized, the earliest recorded member being Roman Catholic Bishop Scipione Rebiba. More than 91 percent of all Roman Catholic bishops world-wide trace their own lineage to Scipione Rebiba (including Pope John Paul II & Pope Benedict XVI) (Bransom, 1990). It is believed by some that Gian Pietro Carafa (Pope Paul IV), Bishop of Chieti, may have consecrated Cardinal Scipione Rebiba, Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti. Rebiba Notes: Cardinal Scipione Rebiba was elevated to the episcopacy in 1541 when he was ordained to the episcopal dignity as auxiliary bishop to Cardinal Pietro Carafa of Chieti. When lines of Apostolic Succession eventually lead to Cardinal Rebiba, tracing the formal lineage of a newly ordained bishop ends as the records pertaining to Cardinal Rebiba’s episcopal consecration and those immediately preceding him in office were destroyed in a fire in Chieti, the village north of Rome where Rebiba first became Auxiliary Bishop. As the oral history goes no further as well, we cannot formally list the remaining lineage of Bishop David Clyde Holdridge's Apostolic Succession but nevertheless we can still be certain, beyond any doubt whatsoever, that each bishop named today enjoys the unbroken, sacred lineage to one, or more, of the Twelve Apostles of Christ. **Leone de Simone, Bishop of Nola. Named March 23, 1442, died in July 1469.
**Oliviero Carafa, Archbishop of Napoli. Consecrated December 29, 1458 at Torre del Greco by Leone de Simone, Bishop of Nola, assisted by Leone Cortese, Bishop of Acerra, and Benedetto, Bishop of Dragonara. See the following pages too: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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