APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION OF THE MOST REVEREND THOM JOSEPH-FRANCIS PADRAIC SEBASTIAN, SSCR

PETER, Pope and Bishop of Rome to ................
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Archbishop of Albano and Prelate at the Papal Court who, on the 12th of March 1566, consecrated
Guilio Cardinal Santorio Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Archbishop of Santa Severina and Prelate at the Papal Court who, on the 7th of September 1586, consecrated Girolamo
Cardinal Bennino Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church and Prelate at the Papal Court who, on the 4th of April 1604, consecrated
Galeazzo Cardinal San Vitale Archbishop of Bari and Prelate at the Papal Court who, on the 7th of May 1621, consecrated
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi Cardinal and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, nephew of Pope Gregory XV who, on the 12th of June 1622, consecrated
Luigi Cardinal Gaetani Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church and Titular Patriarch of Antioch who, on the 7th of October 1630, consecrated
Ulderico Cardinal da Carpega Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church who, on the 2nd of May 1666, consecrated Cardinal Altieri Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church who, on the 3rd of February 1675, consecrated
Pietro Francisco Orsini (1649 - 1730) Elected Pope in 1724, he assumed the name Benedict XIII who, on the 16th of July 1723, consecrated
Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini (1675 - 1758) Elected Pope in 1740, he assumed the name Benedict XIV who, on 19th of March 1743, consecrated
Carlo della Torre Rezzoni (1693 - 1769) Elected Pope in 1758, he assumed the name of Clement XIII who, on the 26th of April 1767, consecrated
Bernard Cardinal Giraud (1721 - 1777) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1771) who, assisted by Archbishop Mark Anthony Conti and Bishop Joseph Mary Carafa, on the 23rd of February 1777, consecrated
Alexander Cardinal Mattei (1744 - 1820) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1803) who, assisted by Bishop Gerald Macioti and Bishop Francis Albertini, on the 12th of September 1819, consecrated
Pietro Francisco Cardinal Galetti (1710 - 1837) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1803) who, assisted by Archbishop John Francis Falzacappa and Archbishop Joseph della Porta Rodiani, on the 8th of December 1822, consecrated
Giacobbe Filippo Cardinal Fransoni (1775 - 1856) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1826) who, assisted by Patriarch Joseph Valerga and Bishop Rudesindus Salvado, on the 8th of June 1851, consecrated
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi (1808 - 1889) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1861) who, assisted by Archbishop Salvator Nobili Vitellschi and Archbishop Francis Xavier Frederick de Merode, on the 30th of June, 1872, consecrated
Eduard Cardinal Howard (1829 - 1892) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1877) who, assisted by Archbishops Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabrarrella and Bishop Guilio Lenti, on the 8th of December, 1882, consecrated
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla, Marchese del Tindaro (1843 - 1913) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1887), Ordained a Priest in 1866 who, on the 26th of October 1890, consecrated
Joaquin Arcoverde Cardinal de Albuquerque-Cavalcanti (1850 - 1930) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1905), Ordained a Priest on the 4th of April 1874 who, on the 4th of June 1911, consecrated
Archbishop Sebastiano Leme da Silveira Cintra (1882 - 1942) Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro (1921). Ordained Priest on the 10th of October 1904 who, assisted by Bishop Alberto Jose Conclaves and Bishop Benedito Alves de Souza, on the 8th of December 1924, consecrated
Archbishop Carlos Duarte-Costa (1888 - 1961) Bishop of Botucato, and Titular Bishop of Maura, Brazil, Ordained Priest on the 1st of April 1911. He withdrew from communion with the Holy See and became Patriarch of Igreja Catolica Brasileira (on the 6th of June 1945) who, on the 3rd of May 1948, consecrated
Bishop Luis Fernando Castillo-Mendez (1922 - ) Patriarch of the Igreja Catolica Apostolica Nacionais. Ordained Priest in Spain on the 10th of August 1944 who, assisted by Bishop Justo Roque Gonzalez and Bishop Bartolomea Sebastiano Vilela, on the 21st of January 1990, consecrated
Bishop Harold Norwood Bishop in Ireland, Ordained a Priest sub conditione by Patriarch Castillo-Mendez, who, on the 4th of September 1993, consecrated
Bishop John Christopher Simmons (1945 - 2003) Ordained Priest by Bishop James Norwood on the 3rd of September 1993 who, on the 21st of September 1997, consecrated
Bishop Thom Joseph-Francis Sebastian, SSCR (1963 - ) Ordained Priest by Bishop John C. Simmons on the 20th of September 1997, and thus returned the line of Apostolic Succession to the Holy Roman Church.

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