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  2. Apostolic succession - Wikipedia

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    Michael Ramsey, an English Anglican bishop and the Archbishop of Canterbury (1961–1974), described three meanings of "apostolic succession": . One bishop succeeding another in the same see meant that there was a continuity of teaching: "while the Church as a whole is the vessel into which the truth is poured, the Bishops are an important organ in carrying out this task".

  3. List of popes - Wikipedia

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    Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.

  4. Papal nobility - Wikipedia

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    The papal nobility are the ... donations to the Catholic University of America, ... Ferrara, Modena and Reggio elevated to Marquisates; 1308–1309, succession ...

  5. Holy Catholic Church Anglican Rite - Wikipedia

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    The apostolic succession of the bishops of the Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite) can be traced back to the Anglican succession maintained in the original consecrations of Continuing Anglicans. This succession includes the following bishops: the Right Reverend Albert A. Chambers , the Right Reverend Francisco Pagtakhan, the Right Reverend ...

  6. History of papal primacy - Wikipedia

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    This direct succession of bishops from the apostles to the present day bishops is referred to as apostolic succession. The Roman Catholic Church also holds that among the apostles, Peter was picked out for the unique role of leadership and to serve as the source of unity among the apostles, a role among the bishops and within the church ...

  7. Historical episcopate - Wikipedia

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    The historic or historical episcopate comprises all episcopates, that is, it is the collective body of all the bishops of a group who are in valid apostolic succession. This succession is transmitted from each bishop to their successors by the rite of Holy Orders. It is sometimes subject of episcopal genealogy.

  8. List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States ...

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    III Central America and Panama Canal Zone/Panama and the Canal Zone [N 52] 455 Henry I. Louttit: 345 350 416: 1945 III South Florida, [N 26] I Central Florida [N 53] 456 Arthur B. Kinsolving: 258 350 409: 1945 I Arizona [N 25] 457 Frederick L. Barry: 258 325 346: 1945 IV Albany: 458 C. Avery Mason: 258 291 426: 1945 III Dallas: 459 Alfred L ...

  9. Independent Catholicism - Wikipedia

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    The sharing of apostolic succession in the west outside the Catholic Church was largely confined to the Church of Utrecht for over a century. After the (First) Vatican Council in 1870, many Austro-Hungarian, German and Swiss Catholics rejected assertions of universal jurisdiction of the pope and the declaration of papal infallibility, and their bishops, inspired by earlier acts in Utrecht ...