Spirit of Life Communities

 
Welcome to Our Website!

Who we are

Our Ministries

List of Clergy

SOL Locations

Apostolic Lineage

 

SPIRIT OF LIFE
FAITH COMMUNITIES

Our Apostolic Succession

Our Presiding Bishop here at Spirit of Life, Dana E. Lakin, has several unbroken lineages, or "lines of apostolic succession," tracing him back to the Apostles. The two main lines which he holds come from the Old Catholic and Antiochian Orthodox Churches, which are displayed on this page.

I. Old Catholic Line of Succession
(Through +Arnold Harris Matthew)
II. Antiochian Orthodox Succession
(Through +Joseph Renee Vilatte)
GERARD GUL, Archbishop of the independent Old Catholic Church at Utrecht. On April 28, 1908, at St. Gertrude's Church in Utrecht, he consecrated,
  1. ARNOLD HARRIS MATHEW, as Regionary Bishop for Great Britian. He consecrated,
  2. THE PRINCE DE LANDAS BERGHES, on June 29, 1913. He consecrated, sub conditione,
  3. HENRY CARMEL CARFORA, on October 4, 1916. He consecrated,
  4. EARL ANGLIN JAMES, on June 17, 1945. He, in turn, consecrated,
  5. GRANT TIMOTHY BILLET, on December 25, 1950. He, in turn, consecrated,
  6. NORMAN R. PARR, on October 23, 1979. He, in turn, consecrated,
  7. MAURICE DARRYL MC CORMICK, on July 14, 1991. He, in turn, consecrated,
  8. IRWIN R. YOUNG, JR., on September 21, 1997. He in turn, consecrated,
  9. DANA EDWARD LAKIN on August 19, 2006, as presiding Bishop for the Spirit of Life Independent Catholic Community.
IGNATIUS PETER III, Patriarch of Antioch, consecrated PAUL ATHANASIUS, Bishop of Kottayam in Malabar in 1877. He consecrated,
  1. JULIUS ALVAREZ, on July 29, 1889. He, in turn, consecrated,
  2. JOSEPH RENE VILATTE, on June 5, 1892. He, in turn, consecrated,
  3. PAOLO MIRAGLIA GUILAOTTE, on May 6, 1900. He, in turn, consecrated,
  4. CARMEL HENRY CARFORA, in 1911. He, in turn, consecrated,
  5. EARL ANGLIN JAMES, on June 17, 1945. He, in turn, consecrated,
  6. GRANT TIMOTHY BILLET, on December 25, 1950. He, in turn, consecrated,
  7. NORMAN R. PARR, on October 23, 1979. He, in turn, consecrated,
  8. MAURICE DARRYL MC CORMICK, on July 14, 1991. He, in turn, consecrated,
  9. IRWIN R. YOUNG, JR., on September 21, 1997. He in turn, consecrated,
  10. DANA EDWARD LAKIN on August 19, 2006.

All material on this website Copyright (c) Spirit of Life Communities, unless otherwise noted