08/07/2025
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Apostolic Succession is the unbroken transmission of spiritual authority from the Apostles through successive bishops, maintained through the sacrament of Holy Orders.
THE APOSTOLIC LINEAGE OF BP. JOSELITO SARIGUMBA OF DSPPP NAORCC, US, AoC
JOSELITO SARIGUMBA
Bishop of the Diocese of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina of NAORCC, US, AoC (Luzon, Philippines) โ October 9, 2022
JOSE MANIWANG MADANGUIT
NAORCC AoC Regionary Vicar for the Philippines and Other Countries of Asia โ December 10, 2019
JOSEPH ANDREW VELLONE
Old Roman Catholic Archbishop of the NAORCC Archdiocese of California โ August 10, 1985
EDGAR RAMON VEROSTEK
Old Roman Catholic Regionary Bishop of California โ January 7, 1940
ALBERT DUNSTAN BELL
Old Roman Catholic Bishop of California โ August 25, 1935
CARMEL HENRY CARFORA, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop in Chicago; Archbishop and Second Metropolitan-Primate of the NAORCC - October 4, 1916
RUDOLPHE, PRINCE DE LANDAS BERGHES, ET DE RACHE
Missionary Bishop for Scotland; Archbishop and First Metropolitan-Primate of the NAORCC - June 29, 1913
ARNOLD HARRIS MATHEW
Regionary Bishop for Great Britain and Ireland; Old Roman Catholic Archbishop of London - April 28, 1908
GERARDUS GUL
Archbishop of Utrecht - May 11, 1892
GASPARDUS JOHANNES RINKEL
Bishop of Haarlem - August 11, 1873
HERMANNUS HEYKAMP
Bishop of Deventer - July 17, 1854
JOHANNES VAN SANTEN
Archbishop of Utrecht - June 14, 1825
JOHANNES BON
Bishop of Haarlem - April 12, 1819
WILLIBRORDUS VAN OS
Archbishop of Utrecht - April 24, 1814
GISBERTUS DE JONG
Bishop of Deventer - November 7, 1805
JOHANNES JACOBUS VAN RHIJN
Archbishop of Utrecht - July 5, 1797
ADRIANUS JOHANNES BROCKMAN
Bishop of Haarlem - June 21, 1778
GUALTERIUS MICHAELIS VAN NIEUWENHUIENZ
Archbishop of Utrecht - February 7, 1768
JOHANNES VAN STIPHOUT
Bishop of Haarlem - July 11, 1745
PETRUS JOHANNES MEINDAERTS
Archbishop of Utrecht - October 17, 1739
DOMINIQUE MARIE VARLET
Titular Bishop of Ascalon; Bishop of Babylon - February 19, 1719
JACQUES GOYON DE MATIGNON
Bishop of Condom - April 16, 1673
JACQUES-BENIGNE BOSSUET
Bishop of Condom; Author of The Exposition of the Faith; Bishop of Meaux - September 21, 1670
CHARLES MAURICE LE TELLIER
Archbishop of Rheims - November 11, 1668
ANTONIO CARDINAL BARBERINI (Junior)
Bishop of Frascati; Papal Legate at Avignon; Archbishop of Rheims - October 24, 1655
GIOVANNI-BATTISTA SCANNAROLO
Titular Bishop of Tyre and Sidon; later Bishop of Sidonia; Prelate to the Papal Court - October 7, 1630
LUIGI CARDINAL CAETANI
Titular Patriarch of Antioch; Prelate to the Papal Court - June 12, 1622
LUDOVICO CARDINAL LUDOVISI
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church; Prelate to the Papal Court - May 2, 1621
GALEAZZO SANVITALE
Archbishop of Bari; Prelate to the Papal Court - April 4, 1604
GIROLAMO CARDINAL BERNERI, O.P.
Bishop of Albano; Prelate to the Papal Court - September 7, 1586
GIULIO CARDINAL SANTORO
Archbishop of Saint Severine; Prelate to the Papal Court - March 12, 1566
SCIPIONE CARDINAL REBIBA
Archbishop of Albano; Prelate to the Papal Court consecrated Bishop - May 14, 1541
One of the most significant episcopal lineages in the Catholic Church traces back to Cardinal Scipione Rebiba (1504โ1577). Although not much is known about who consecrated Rebiba, his lineage became dominant because a vast majority of bishops todayโincluding Popes and influential cardinalsโderive their apostolic succession from him.
This lineage is particularly important because it includes:
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Pope Francis (2013โpresent)
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Pope Benedict XVI (2005โ2013)
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Pope John Paul II (1978โ2005)
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
