Official Record of Apostolic Succession of

I. On 1 January 1946 he was consecrated by Antoine Joseph Aneed (Byzantine Universal {Catholic} and
Orthodox Church of the Americas), assisted by Bishop Henry Joseph Kleefisch and Bishop Charles H.
Hampton, and assigned as Titular Bishop of Caesarea. Mar Francis consecrated s.c. to the Sacred
Episcopate:
Emile Federico Rodriguez y Fairfield (7/3/1912 - ?), for the Byzantine Universal (Catholic) and Orthodox
Church of the Americas sub conditione on 24 August 1961. Archbishop Emile, Iglesia Catolica Apostolica
Mexicana, consecrated to the Sacred Episcopate:
Bishop Karl Julius Barwin
Primate, The Evangelical Catholic Church. Bishop Karl J. Barwin did consecrated to the episcopate on May
12, 1990
George Augustus Stallings, Jr. - Patriarch and Archbishop of the African American Catholic Congregation,
who consecrated
Carlos Enrique Harvin - Bishop in 1996 for the African American Catholic Congregation. Bishop Harvin
consecrated on January 18, 2004
Franciscus-Mariae of the Blessed Sacrament, S.F.I. - Presiding Bishop and Exarch of the Apostolic
Society of Franciscan Communities and the Emergent Catholic Church (Congregational Catholic Churches
of America). Archbishop Salvato consecrated on March 1, 2006
Michael Vincent Seneco, SPSA – Archbishop & Protector of The Society of Pope Saint Anacletus
The Apostolic Succession from
The Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All The East
Melkite (or Melchite) is the name given by the Monophysites to those Christians in the Patriarchates of
Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch after The Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon in 451 A.D. who continued
to accept and recognize the Papal and Imperial authority of Rome. Although originally the term "Melkite" was
applied to all of the Chalcedonian Orthodox jurisdictions, it later came to refer specifically to The Greek
Catholic Church of Antioch.
During the Middle Ages, two factions gradually emerged within The Melkite Church of Antioch, one favoring
continued contact with Rome and the other preferring complete autocephaly. Finally, in 1724 A.D., each
faction elected its own Patriarch. One faction within the Synod elected Kirillus Tanas (an advocate of
autonomy under the Pope) as the new Patriarch, another faction simultaneously elected Silfistrus (who
favored autocephaly under the Ecumenical Patriarch) as Patriarch. Rome recognized Kirillus VI Tanas
shortly after his election as The Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem. His
jurisdiction includes all Greek Melkite uniates in the Near East and the Americas. He alternates his
residence between the cities of Cairo and Beirut, spending six months in each.
The Patriarchs of this jurisdiction have been known for their erudition and learning, and have been native
Syrians from the beginning of the split.