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Apostolic Succession
Begins with the Ministry of Jesus
Apostolic
Succession begins with Jesus Baptism and early Christianity as a Jewish sect
30-60 a.d. continuing to the Roman Catholic Church in (60 a.d.)
followed by Chronological connection to the Lutheran Church in Germany
(1517) to the Finnish Lutheran Church, Finland in (1558) to the Finnish
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Michigan USA in (1876) to
Christian Alliance Ministries/
Worldwide Church of Jesus Christ, Detroit, Michigan (1980 to present).
Early Church Bishops of Rome
*The Apostle Peter was
first the Bishop of Antioch before becoming the Bishop of Rome in 60 a.d.
Together, the Apostle's Paul and Peter founded the Church at Rome.
- St.
Peter (33-67) *James, the brother of Jesus
was first Bishop of Jerusalem
- St.
Linus (67-76)
- St.
Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
- St.
Clement I (88-97)
- St.
Evaristus (97-105)
- St.
Alexander I (105-115) * Name
"Catholic Church" first recorded by Ignatius of Antioch in 110 a.d.
in a letter to the Church at Smyrma.
- St.
Sixtus I (115-125) ( Xystus I )
- St.
Telesphorus (125-136)
- St.
Hyginus (136-140)
- St.
Pius I (140-155)
- St.
Anicetus (155-166)
- St.
Soter (166-175)
- St.
Eleutherius (175-189)
- St.
Victor I (189-199)
- St.
Zephyrinus (199-217)
- St.
Callistus I (217-22)
- St.
Urban I (222-30)
- St.
Pontain (230-35)
- St.
Anterus (235-36)
- St.
Fabian (236-50)
- St.
Cornelius (251-53)
- St.
Lucius I (253-54)
- St.
Stephen I (254-257)
- St.
Sixtus II (257-258)
- St.
Dionysius (260-268)
- St.
Felix I (269-274)
- St.
Eutychian (275-283)
- St.
Caius (283-296) ( Gaius )
- St.
Marcellinus (296-304)
- St.
Marcellus I (308-309)
- St.
Eusebius (309 or 310)
- St.
Miltiades (311-14)
- St.
Sylvester I (314-35)
- St.
Marcus (336)
- St.
Julius I (337-52)
- Liberius
(352-66)
- St.
Damasus I (366-83)
- St.
Siricius (384-99) *Rome legally
recognizes name "Catholic Church".
- St.
Anastasius I (399-401)
- St.
Innocent I (401-17)
- St.
Zosimus (417-18)
- St.
Boniface I (418-22)
- St.
Celestine I (422-32)
- St.
Sixtus III (432-40)
- St.
Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
- St.
Hilarius (461-68)
- St.
Simplicius (468-83)
- St.
Felix III (II) (483-92)
- St.
Gelasius I (492-96)
- Anastasius
II (496-98)
- St.
Symmachus (498-514)
- St.
Hormisdas (514-23)
- St.
John I (523-26)
- St.
Felix IV (III) (526-30)
- Boniface
II (530-32)
- John
II (533-35)
- St.
Agapetus I (535-36) (Agapitus I)
- St.
Silverius (536-37)
- Vigilius
(537-55)
- Pelagius
I (556-61)
- John
III (561-74)
- Benedict
I (575-79)
- Pelagius
II (579-90)
- St.
Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
- Sabinian
(604-606)
- Boniface
III (607)
- St.
Boniface IV (608-15)
- St.
Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
- Boniface
V (619-25)
- Honorius
I (625-38)
- Severinus
(640)
- John
IV (640-42)
- Theodore
I (642-49)
- St.
Martin I (649-55)
- St.
Eugene I (655-57)
- St.
Vitalian (657-72)
- Adeodatus
(II) (672-76)
- Donus
(676-78)
- St.
Agatho (678-81)
- St.
Leo II (682-83)
- St.
Benedict II (684-85)
- John
V (685-86)
- Conon
(686-87)
- St.
Sergius I (687-701)
- John
VI (701-05)
- John
VII (705-07)
- Sisinnius
(708)
- Constantine
(708-15)
- St.
Gregory II (715-31)
- St.
Gregory III (731-41)
- St.
Zachary (741-52)
- Stephen
II (752) -- *Because he died before
being consecrated, some lists (including the Vatican's official
list) omit him.
- Stephen
III (752-57)
- St.
Paul I (757-67)
- Stephen
IV (767-72)
- Adrian
I (772-95)
- St.
Leo III (795-816)
- Stephen
V (816-17)
- St.
Paschal (817-24)
- Eugene
II (824-27)
- Valentine
(827)
- Gregory
IV (827-44)
- Sergius
II (844-47)
- St.
Leo IV (847-55)
- Benedict
III (855-58)
- St.
Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
- Adrian
II (867-72)
- John
VIII (872-82)
- Marinus
I (882-84)
- St.
Adrian III (884-85)
- Stephen
VI (885-91)
- Formosus
(891-96)
- Boniface
VI (896)
- Stephen
VII (896-97)
- Romanus
(897)
- Theodore
II (897)
- John
IX (898-900)
- Benedict
IV (900-03)
- Leo
V (903)
- Sergius
III (904-11)
- Anastasius
III (911-13)
- Lando
(913-14)
- John
X (914-28)
- Leo
VI (928)
- Stephen
VIII (929-31)
- John
XI (931-35)
- Leo
VII (936-39)
- Stephen
IX (939-42)
- Marinus
II (942-46)
- Agapetus
II (946-55)
- John
XII (955-63)
- Leo
VIII (963-64)
- Benedict
V (964)
- John
XIII (965-72)
- Benedict
VI (973-74)
- Benedict
VII (974-83)
- John
XIV (983-84)
- John
XV (985-96)
- Gregory
V (996-99)
- Sylvester
II (999-1003)
- John
XVII (1003)
- John
XVIII (1003-09)
- Sergius
IV (1009-12)
- Benedict
VIII (1012-24)
- John
XIX (1024-32)
- Benedict
IX (1032-45)
- Sylvester III (1045) --
*Considered
by some to be an antipope
- Benedict
IX (1045)
- Gregory
VI (1045-46)
- Clement
II (1046-47)
- Benedict
IX (1047-48)
- Damasus
II (1048)
- St.
Leo IX (1049-54)
- Victor
II (1055-57)
- Stephen
X (1057-58)
- Nicholas
II (1058-61)
- Alexander
II (1061-73)
- St.
Gregory VII (1073-85)
- Blessed
Victor III (1086-87)
- Blessed
Urban II (1088-99)
- Paschal
II (1099-1118)
- Gelasius
II (1118-19)
- Callistus
II (1119-24)
- Honorius
II (1124-30)
- Innocent
II (1130-43)
- Celestine
II (1143-44)
- Lucius
II (1144-45)
- Blessed
Eugene III (1145-53)
- Anastasius
IV (1153-54)
- Adrian
IV (1154-59)
- Alexander
III (1159-81)
- Lucius
III (1181-85)
- Urban
III (1185-87)
- Gregory
VIII (1187)
- Clement
III (1187-91)
- Celestine
III (1191-98)
- Innocent
III (1198-1216)
- Honorius
III (1216-27)
- Gregory
IX (1227-41)
- Celestine
IV (1241)
- Innocent
IV (1243-54)
- Alexander
IV (1254-61)
- Urban
IV (1261-64)
- Clement
IV (1265-68)
- Blessed
Gregory X (1271-76)
- Blessed
Innocent V (1276)
- Adrian
V (1276)
- John
XXI (1276-77)
- Nicholas
III (1277-80)
- Martin
IV (1281-85)
- Honorius
IV (1285-87)
- Nicholas
IV (1288-92)
- St.
Celestine V (1294)
- Boniface
VIII (1294-1303)
- Blessed
Benedict XI (1303-04)
- Clement
V (1305-14)
- John
XXII (1316-34)
- Benedict
XII (1334-42)
- Clement
VI (1342-52)
- Innocent
VI (1352-62)
- Blessed
Urban V (1362-70)
- Gregory
XI (1370-78)
- Urban
VI (1378-89)
- Boniface
IX (1389-1404)
- Innocent
VII (1404-06)
- Gregory
XII (1406-15)
- Martin
V (1417-31)
- Eugene
IV (1431-47)
- Nicholas
V (1447-55)
- Callistus
III (1455-58)
- Pius
II (1458-64)
- Paul
II (1464-71)
- Sixtus
IV (1471-84)
- Innocent
VIII (1484-92)
- Alexander
VI (1492-1503)
- Pius
III (1503)
- Julius
II (1503-13)
- Leo
X (1513-21) *Excommunicated Martin Luther
from Catholic Church
Lutheran Bishop Germany (Founder)
-
Martin Luther 1517-1547
Lutheran
Bishops of Turku (Finland)
- Mikael
Agricola 1554-1557
*Studied and met Luther
1536, Germany
- Petrus
Follingius 1558-1563
- Paulus
Juusten 1563-1575
- Ericus
Erici Sorolainen 1583-1625
- Isacius
Rothovius 1627-1652
- Eskillus
Petraeus 1652-1657
- Johannes
Terserus 1658-1664
- Johannes
Gezelius the elder 1664-1690
- Johannes
Gezelius the youger 1690-1718
- Herman
Witte 1721-1728
- Lars
Tammelin 1728-1733
- Jonas
Fahlenius 1734-1748
- Johan
Browallius 1748-1755
- Karl
Fredrik Mennander 1757-1775
- Jakob
Haartman 1776-1788
- Jakob
Gadolin 1788-1802
- Jakob
Tengström 1803-1817
Lutheran
Archbishops of Turku (Finland)
Bishop
of Turku was elevated to archepiscopal rank in 1817.
- Jakob
Tengström 1817-1832
- Erik
Gabriel Melartin 1833-1847
- Edvard
Bergenheim 1850-1884
Finnish
Lutheran Church
Michigan, USA
- Alfred
E. Backman 1844-1909
*1st
From Finland 1876 *Begin
Birth/Death years
- Dr.
JJ Hoikka 1854-1917
*First Lutheran
ordained in USA
- Johan
Kustaa Nikander 1845-1919
*Apostle to America
from Finland 1885
- JW
Eloheimo 1845-1913
*Bishops: Nikander, Hoikka, Eloheimo and KL Tolonen, organized
the Finnish Evangelical
Lutheran Church of America
and the Suomi Synod in 1890
- Alfred
Haaponnen 1874-1950
* Bishop/ President of Suomi Synod 1922-1950
- Reuben
Kauppila 1914-1986
*Baptized Bishop Dr. Howard M. Sarkela
*Worldwide
Church of Jesus Christ
Michigan, USA
- Dr.
Howard M. Sarkela (1951-
)
* Founder, Presiding Bishop WCJC
- Dr.
Samuel Galloza (1965-
) * Bishop WCJC / CAM
- Dr.
Larry Stutzman (1945-
)
*Bishop WCJC / IFCM
-
*
Succession continues to Bishops
ordained by the above Senior Bishops
*The WCJC identifies with the early
New Testament Church as a Jewish sect in 30-60 a.d prior to
establishment of the Catholic "Universal" Church at Rome in 60 a.d.
Jesus
said: “But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become
SONS of God”. (John
1:12)
The
Apostles Creed
I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was
conceived of the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The
third day He arose again from the dead.
He
ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of God the Father
Almighty,
whence He shall come to judge the living and the
dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Apostolic Christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.
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