My Apostolic Succession

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

Martin McGuire - March 20, 2004

Michael K. McKay - June 4, 2006

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
Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997

Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003

Martin McGuire - March 20, 2004

Michael McKay – June 4, 2006

The line of apostolic succession of Bishop Michael K. McKay, RN, SSCam 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 McKay’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.