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OUR LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, who set apart, consecrated, and blessed the Apostles.
The Apostle Peter, who wrote his Epistle from Babylon [1 Peter 1:1 and 5:13]
Thomas, who after establishing the Church in Edessa, King Agbar, all of Mesopotamia, Persia, and their environment, went to India.
NAME OF CLERGY OR BISHOP |
DATE |
Thomas
Thomas, the Twin arrives in India |
33-73
49-52 |
Bar Tulmay |
33 |
Addi [or Asddai] Shilikha |
33-45 |
Agai, Disciple of Addai,
From the 70 Disciples |
45-81 |
Mari, Disciple of Addai |
48-81 |
Abris, Relative to the Virgin Mary |
90-107 |
Oraham I, of Kashkar |
130-152 |
Yacobm Relative of Yasip
[Joseph] the Carpenter |
170-190 |
Edid M'shikha |
191-203 |
Akhu d'Awu |
205-220 |
Shakhulpa of Kashkar |
224-244 |
Papa Bar Gaggai |
247-326 |
Shimun Bar Sabbai |
328-341 |
Shahdust |
345-347 |
Bar Bashmin |
350-358 |
Theophilus the Indian, from the island of Divu,
Consecrated Bishop |
356 |
Tumarsa |
383-393 |
Qaiyuma |
393-399 |
Eskhaq |
399-411 |
Akhkhi |
411-415 |
Unalaha I |
415-420 |
Maana |
420- |
Qarahukht |
421- |
Dadishu |
421-456 |
Bawai or Bahu |
457-484 |
Aqaq |
484-496 |
Bawai |
496-502 |
Sheela |
505-523 |
Narsa
Dual Patriarchate |
524-535 |
Elisha |
524-538 |
Polos |
539-540 |
Yosip |
552-567 |
Khazqiyil |
570-581 |
Eshuyow I, Arzunaya |
581-595 |
Sorishu I, Garmaqaya |
596-604 |
Greghar, Partaya |
605-606 |
Shuyow II
[Edalaya or Arab] |
626-644 |
Mar Immeih |
647-650 |
Eshuyow III, Kadawaya |
650-660 |
Gewargis I |
681-684 |
Yokhannan I, Bar Marta |
684-692 |
Khnanishu I |
686-693 |
Yokhannan II, Garba |
693-694 |
Sliwazkha |
714-728 |
Perhyon |
731-740 |
Awa |
741-751 |
Surin |
752-754 |
Yacob II |
754-773 |
Khnanishu II |
774-778 |
Timotheus |
780-820 |
Eshu-barnon |
820-824 |
Gewargis II |
825-832 |
Soreshu II |
832-836 |
Teadasis [of Theodoros] |
850-852 |
Sargis, Suwaya |
860-872 |
Annush d'beth Garma |
873-884 |
Yokhannan III, Bar Narsay |
884-892 |
Yokhannan IV
[Nephew of Theodoros] |
892-898 |
Yokhannan V, Bar Ogare |
900-905 |
Oraham III, Abraza |
906-937 |
Ammanaoel I |
937-949 |
Esrail Karkhaua |
961-962 |
Odishu Gannaqaya |
963-993 |
Mari Aturaya |
967-1000 |
Yokhannan VI
[Yaoannis] |
1001-1012 |
Yokhannan VII
[Bar Nazuk] |
1013-1022 |
Eshyow IV |
1023-1027 |
Elia I
[Terhan] |
1028-1049 |
Yokhannan VII
[Bar Tragala] |
1049-1057 |
Soreshu III
[Bar Zanhur] |
1057-1072 |
Odishu II [Bar Ars] Aturaya |
1072-1090 |
Makkikha I
[Bar Shelmon] |
1092-1109 |
Elia II
[Bar Maqli] |
1111-1132 |
Bar Soma [of Suwa] |
1133-1135 |
Odishu III
[Nephew of Elia II] |
1133-1147 |
Bar Gabbara |
1135-1136 |
Elia III
[Abukhalim] |
1148-1175 |
Yoalaha II
[Bar Qaiyama] |
1191-1222 |
Sorishu IV |
1222-1226 |
Sorishu V
[From Baghdad] |
1226-1256 |
Makkikha II |
1257-1265 |
Dinka I
[Arbilyay, i.e., from Arbil] |
1265-1281 |
Yoalaha III
[Turkaye, i.e., Turkish by race] |
1281-1318 |
Timotheus II
[Arbilyay, i.e., from Arbil] |
1318-1328 |
Dinkha II |
1329-1359 |
Dinkha III |
1359-1368 |
Shimun III |
1369-1392 |
Shimun IV |
1403-1407 |
Elia III |
1407-1420 |
Shimun V |
1420-1447 |
Shimun VI |
1448-1490 |
Elia V |
1491-1504 |
Shimun VII |
1504-1538 |
Eshuyow Shiman VII |
1538-1551 |
Dinkha Shimun IX
[Bar Mama] |
1552-1558 |
Yoalaha Shimun X |
1558-1580 |
Dinkha Shimun XI |
1580-1600 |
Elia Shimun XII |
1600-1653 |
Eshuyow Shimun XIII |
1653-1690 |
Yoalaha Shimun XIV |
1690-1692 |
Dinkha Shimun XV |
1692-1700 |
Shlemon [Sulaiman]
Shimun XVI |
1700-1740 |
Mikhail [Mukhattis]
Shimun XVII |
1740-1741 |
Yonan [Yuna]
Shimun XVIII |
1740-1820 |
Oraham Shimun XIX |
1820-1860 |
Ruwil Shimun XX |
1860-1903 |
In order to restore the Syro-Chaldean jurisdiction
in Inid, on the Church of Mar Sabe,
Upper Tiari, Kurdistan, consecrated:
Mar Abdesso Antonios, Metropolitan of the
Syro-Chaldean Christians of Malabar, India
[The Most Reverend Thondanai Anthony]. |
17 December 1862 |
He consecrated, Mar Basilius, Metropolitan of India,
Ceylon, Mylapore, Socotra, and Messina
[The Most Reverend Luis Mariana Soares]
in the Syro-Chaldean Cathedral, Trichur, Cochin, India. |
24 July 1899 |
He consecrated Mar Jacobus,
Bishop of Mercia and Middlesex
[The Right Reverend Ulric Vernon Hereford],
in the Church of the Epiphany, Pallithanam,
Madura District, South India. |
30 November 1902 |
He consecrated Mar Paulus, Bishop of Kent
[The Right Reverend Williams Stanley McBean Knight],
in the Chapel of St. John, Pembridge Castle
Monmouth, England. |
18 October 1931 |
He consecrated Mar Georgias I,
Patriarch of Glastonbury,
Apostolic Primate of the West,
Administrator of the Syro-Chaldean Metropolitan
See of India, Shri-Lanka, Mylapore, Socotra, and Messina
in the Chapel of St. John, Pembridge Castle.
He consecrated [conditionally] Mar Boltwood
[The Most Reverend Dr. Charles Boltwood]
a Bishop of another Christian communion,
in London, England. |
20 May 1945
13 April 1952 |
He consecrated Mar Yokhannan
[The Right Reverend John M. Stanley]
as Bishop in the Pro-Cathedral Church of St. Andrews,
in London, England. |
03 May 1959 |
The Right Reverend John M. Stanley,
consecrated Dr. S. G. Eastman
a Bishop of another Christian communion.
Bishop Dr. S. G. Eastman became Presiding Bishop
of the Independent Baptist Churches of America, Inc.,
in Boca Raton, Florida. |
10 April 1963
1982 |
Bishop Dr. S. G. Eastman,
ordained P. Bradley Carey
as a minister with the
Independent Baptist Churches of America, Inc.,
in Boca Raton, Florida.
Dr. P. Bradley Carey consecrated as Bishop.
Bishop Dr. P. Bradley Carey became Presiding Bishop
of the Fellowship of Christ International,
in Mount Vernon, Washington. |
31 May 1985
01 August 1999
01 March 2003 |
Bishop Dr. P. Bradley Carey,
ordained Dr. Charles E. Sander, Jr.
as a minister of another Christian communion
Dr. P. Bradley Carey consecrated
Dr. Charles E. Sanders, Jr.
as a Bishop with the
Fellowship of Christ International,
Headquartered in Mount Vernon, Washington. |
09 June 1999
04 August 2002 |
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