Ordination Lineage
For fun I was trying to trace my ordination back through the laying on of hands (e.g., a type of apostolic succession if you will) and I was able to find enough information to trace it back to Christ. I don’t know how accurate the information is and I am still rolling through the dates and names to cross-check the information. I will be listing the source, but here is the rough-draft. Pretty cool.
JESUS CHRIST
PETER and PAUL
66 LINUS.
79 ANACLETUS.
91 CLEMENT.
100 EVARISTUS.
109 ALEXANDER.
116 SIXTUS I.
125 TELESPHORUS.
136 HYGINUS.
142 PIUS I.
155 ANICETUS.
166 SOTER.
174 ELEUTHERIUS.
189 VICTOR I.
198 ZEPHYRINUS.
217 CALLISTUS I.
222 URBAN I.
230 PONTIAN.
235 ANTERUS.
236 FABIAN.
250 CORNELIUS.
253 LUCIUS.
254 STEPHEN I.
257 SIXTUS II.
260 DIONYSIUS.
269 FELIX I.
275 EUTYCHIAN.
283 CAIUS.
296 MARCELLINUS.
306 MARCELLUS I.
319 EUSEBIUS.
311 MILTIADES.
314 SYLVESTER I.
In the Year of Our Lord 325, the Emperor Constantine summoned the First General, or Ecumenical, Council of the Bishops of the Catholic Church to condemn the Arian heresy and to settle authoritatively the true orthodox Christian Faith.
336 MARK.
337 JULIUS I.
352 LIBERIUS.
366 DAMASUS I.
384 SIRICIUS.
399 ANASTASIUS I.
401 INNOCENT I.
417 ZOSIMUS.
418 BONIFACE I.
422 CELESTINE I.
432 SIXTUS III.
440 LEO I.
461 HILARUS.
468 SIMPLICIUS.
483 FELIX II.
492 GELASIUS I.
496 ANASTASIUS II.
498 SYMMACHUS.
514 HORMISDAS.
523 JOHN I.
526 FELIX III.
530 BONIFACE II.
532 JOHN II.
535 AGAPITUS.
536 SILVERIUS.
537 VIGILIUS.
556 PELAGIUS I.
561 JOHN III.
575 BENEDICT I.
579 PELAGIUS II.
590 GREGORY I.
597 AUGUSTINE.
604 SABINIAN.
607 BONIFACE III.
608 BONIFACE IV.
615 ADEODATUS I.
619 BONIFACE V.
625 HONORIUS I.
638 SEVERINUS.
640 JOHN IV.
642 THEODORE I.
649 MARTIN I.
654 EUGENE I.
657 VITALIAN.
672 ADEODATUS II.
676 DONUS.
678 AGATHO.
681 LEO II.
683 BENEDICT II.
685 JOHN V.
686 CONON.
687 SERGIUS I.
701 JOHN VI.
705 JOHN VII.
708 SISINNIUS.
709 CONSTANTINE.
715 GREGORY II.
731 GREGORY III.
741 ZACHARIUS.
752 STEPHEN II.
752 STEPHEN III.
757 PAUL I.
768 STEPHEN IV.
772 HADRIAN I.
795 LEO II.
816 STEPHEN V.
817 PASCHAL I.
824 EUGENE II.
827 VALENTINE.
827 GREGORY IV.
844 SERGIUS II.
847 LEO IV.
855 BENEDICT III consecrated
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POPE St. NICHOLAS I (consecrated in 858) in 864 consecrated
FORMOSUS as Bishop of Porto (Pope 891) who in 891 consecrated
St. PLEGMUND as Archbishop of Canterbury who in 909 consecrated
ALTHELM as Bishop of Wells (914 Canterbury) who in 914 consecrated
WULFHELM as Bishop of Wells (923 Canterbury) who in 927 consecrated
ODO as Bishop of Ramsbury (942 Canterbury) who in 957 consecrated
St. DUNSTAN as Bishop of Worcester (960 Canterbury) who in 984 consecrated
St. AELPHEGE as Bishop of Winchester (1005 Canterbury) who in 990 consecrated
ELFRIC as Bishop of Ramsbury (995 Canterbury) who in 1003 consecrated
WULFSTAN as Bishop of Worcester and York who on the 13th November 1020 consecrated
ETHELNOTH as Archbishop of Canterbury who in 1035 consecrated
EADSIGE as Bishop of St. Martin’s, Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury 1038) who on the 3rd April 1043 consecrated
STIGAND as Bishop of Elmham (1052 Canterbury) who in 1058 consecrated
SIWARD as Bishop of Rochester who on the 29th September 1070 assisted William, Bishop of London at the consecration of
Bl. LANFRANC as Archbishop of Canterbury, who in 1070 consecrated
THOMAS as Archbishop of York, who on the 4th December 1094 consecrated
St. ANSELM as Archbishop of Canterbury, who on the 26th July 1108 consecrated
RICHARD DE BELMEIS as Bishop of London, who on the 18th February 1123 consecrated
WILLIAM OF CORBEUIL as Archbishop of Canterbury, who on the 17th November 1129 consecrated
HENRY OF BLOIS as Bishop of Winchester, who on the 3rd June 1162 consecrated
St. THOMAS BECKET as Archbishop of Canterbury, who on the 23rd August 1164 consecrated
ROGER OF GLOUCESTER as Bishop of Worcester, who on the 7th November 1176 assisted Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London, at the consecration of
PETER DE LEIA as Bishop of St. David’s, who on the 29th September 1185 assisted Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the consecration of
GILBERT GLANVILLE as Bishop of Rochester, who on the 23rd May 1199 assisted Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the consecration of
WILLIAM OF S. MERE L’EGLISE who on the 5th October 1214 assisted Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the consecration of
WALTER DE GRAY as Bishop of Worcester (1216 Archbishop of York), who on the 5th December 1249 consecrated
WALTER KIRKHAM as Bishop of Durham, who on the 7th February 1255 consecrated
HENRY as Bishop of Whithern, who on the 9th January 1284 assisted William Wickwane, Archbishop of York, at the consecration of
ANTHONY BECK as Bishop of Durham (1306 Patriarch of Jerusalem) who on the 14th september 1292 consecrated
JOHN OF HALTON as Bishop of Carlisle, who on the 27th June 1322 assisted Thomas Cobham, Bishop of Worcester, at the consecration of
ROGER NORTHBOROUGH as Bishop of Lichfield, who on the 15th July 1330 assisted Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln, at the consecration of
ROBERT WYVIL as Bishop of Salisbury, who on the 12th March 1340 consecrated
RALPH STRATFORD as Bishop of London, who on the 15th May 1346 assisted John Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (consecrated ), at the consecration of
WILLIAM EDENDON as Bishop of Winchester, who on the 20th March 1362 consecrated
SIMON SUDBURY as Bishop of London, (later Archbishop of Canterbury) who on the 12th of May 1370 consecrated
THOMAS BRENTINGHAM as Bishop of Exeter, who on the 5th january 1382 consecrated
ROBERT BRAYBROOKE as Bishop of London, who on the 3rd February 1398 consecrated
ROGER WALDEN as Archbishop of Canterbury, who on the 14th July 1398 consecrated
HENRY BEAUFORT as Bishop of Lincoln, who in 1405 became Bishop of Winchester and on the 15th May 1435 consecrated
THOMAS BOURCHIER as Bishop of Worcester (1443 Ely, 1454 Canterbury) who on the 31st January 1479 consecrated
JOHN MORTON as Bishop of Ely (1486 Canterbury) who on the 21st May 1497 consecrated
RICHARD FITZJAMES as Bishop of Rochester (1503 Chichester, 1506 London) who on the 25th September 1502 consecrated
WILLIAM WARHAM as Bishop of London (1503 Cant) who on the 15th May 1521 consecrated
JOHN LONGLANDS as Bishop of Lincoln who on the 30th March 1533 consecrated
THOMAS CRANMER as Archbishop of Canterbury who in June 1536 consecrated
WILLIAM BARLOW as Bishop of St. David’s (1549 Bath, 1559 Chichester), who on the 17th December 1559 consecrated
MATTHEW PARKER as Archbishop of Canterbury (see note 3) who, four days later, consecrated
EDMUND GRINDAL as Bishop of London (1570 york, 1576 Canterbury) who on the 21st April 1577 consecrated
JOHN WHITGIFT as Bishop of Worcester (1583 Canterbury) who on the 8th May 1597 consecrated
RICHARD BANCROFT as Bishop of London (1604 Canterbury) who on the 3rd December 1609 consecrated
GEORGE ABBOT as Bishop of Lichfield (1610 London, 1611 Canterbury) who on the 14th December 1617 consecrated
GEORGE MONTAIGNE as Bishop of Lincoln (1621 London, 1628 Durham, 1628 York) who on the 18th November 1621 consecrated
WILLIAM LAUD as Bishop of St. David’s (1626 Bath, 1628 London, 1633 Canterbury) who on the 17th June 1638 consecrated
BRIAN DUPPA as Bishop of Chichester (1641 Salisbury, 1660 Winchester) who on the 28th October 1660 (see note 5) consecrated
GILBERT SHELDON as Bishop of London (1663 Canterbury) who on the 6th December 1674 consecrated
HENRY COMPTON as Bishop of Oxford (1675 London) who on the 27th January 1678 consecrated
WILLIAM SANCROFT as Archbishop of Canterbury who on the 8th November 1685 consecrated
JONATHAN TRELAWNEY as Bishop of Bristol (1689 Exeter, 1707 Winchester) who on the 15th May 1715 consecrated
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JOHN POTTER as Bishop of Oxford (1737 Canterbury) who at Christ Church Oxford, on 22 September 1728 ordained
JOHN WESLEY who consecrated
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THOMAS COKE as Bishop in 1784, who consecrated
FRANCIS ASBURY as Bishop in 1784, who consecrated
ELIJAH HEDDING as Bishop in 1824 who consecrated
LEVI SCOTT as Bishop in 1852 who consecrated
JOHN HEYL VINCENT as Bishop in 1888 who consecrated
ADNA WRIGHT LEONARD as Bishop in 1916 who consecrated
GARFIELD BROMLEY OXNAM as Bishop in 1936 who consecrated
FORREST C. STITH as Bishop in 1984 who consecrated
SUDARSHANA DEVADHAR as Bishop in 2004 who ordained
JOSEPH GEORGE TIEDEMANN as Full Elder in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church in 2005.
