Apostolic Succession from L'Ordre du Temple

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In 1804 several Frenchmen, including a former
Roman Catholic priest, Bernard Fabré-Palaprat
(1777-1838), founded the Ordre du Temple and, using the Larmenius Charter, declared it to be a continuation of the medieval Templar Order suppressed in 1312. Many former RC clergy joined the order and the affiliated church, Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, which was influential in the revival of esoteric Catholicism and Templarism. Several churches and orders, including our own, are proud to trace a line of Apostolic Succession (below) through this nineteenth century neo-Templar movement. 
  • Pope Benedict XIII (Pietro Francesco Vincenzo Maria Orsini de Gavina) (1649-1730) consecrated as Bishop of Auch on the 19th March 1726:

  • Melchior de Polignac (1661-1741) of the Eglise Catholique de France. Assisted by Mgr Henri Constance de Mabras, Bishop of Macon, and Mgr Jean Bouhier, Bishop of Dijon, Mgr Polignac consecrated as Bishop of Besançon on the 11th September 1735:

  • Antoine-Pierre de Grammont II (1685-1754). Assisted by Mgr Pierre François Hugon, Auxilliary Bishop of Besançon, and Mgr Anton von Löwenburg, Canon of Basel and Constanz, he consecrated as Bishop of Basel on 22nd November 1744:

  • Joseph Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein (1704-62). Assisted by the Abbot of Bellelay and the Abbot of Hauterive, he consecrated as Bishop of Lausanne on 1st April 1759:

  • Joseph Nicolas de Montenach (1709-82). Assisted by Abbot Grégoire Girardin, Cistercian Convent of Lucelle, and Abbot Hieronymus Brunner, Benedictine Convent of Mariastein (Beinwill), he consecrated as Coadjutor to the Archbishop of Basel on 22nd March 1772:

  • Jean-Baptiste Gobel (1727-94), Bishop of Paris in the Eglise Constitutionelle (1791). Assisted by Mgr Jean-Baptiste Dubourg-Miraudot, Bishop of Babylon, and Mgr Jean-Pierre Saurine, Bishop of Dax, both of Eglise Constitutionelle, he consecrated as Bishop of Lyon on 27th March 1791:

  • Antoine-Adrien Lamourette (1742-94), who assisted by Mgr Jean-François Périer, Bishop of Clermont and Mgr Jacques-Guillaume-René-François Prudhomme de la Boussinière des Vallées, Bishop of Le Mans, both of Eglise Constitutionelle, consecrated as Bishop of Belley on 3rd/4th April 1791:

  • Jean-Baptiste Royer (1733-1807), who assisted by Mgr Henri-François Grégoire, Bishop of Blois, and Mgr Eleonore-Marie Desbois de Rochfor, Bishop of Amiens, consecrated as Bishop Santo Domingo on 3rd August 1800: 

  • Guillaume Mauviel (1757-1814), Primate, Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs (1810), who consecrated sub conditione on 29th July 1810 as Raymond de Spolète:

  • Bernard Fabré-Palaprat (1773-1838), Patriarch, Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs (1803), who assisting Mgr Mauviel, consecrated sub conditione as Coadjutor of Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs as “Bailli de Jutland” on 29th July 1810: 

  • Jean Machault, Primate, Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs (1814), who consecrated as “Primat de Gaules” on 20th February 1831:

  • François.Ferdinand Toussaint Châtel (1795-1857), co-founder, Eglise Catholique Française (1831), Primate, Eglise Johannite des Chétiens Primitifs (1831), who assisted by Mgrs Luc Barnéoud and Louis Vacherot, both of Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, consecrated as Primate of Eglise Albigeoise on 24th June 1836:

  • Michel-Henri d'Adhémar (1801-1900), who assisted by Mgr Luc Barnéoud and Louis Vacherot, both of Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, consecrated as Bishop of Eglise Albigeoise on 2nd February 1857:

  • Manuel López de Brion, (1830-74), who consecrated as Bishop of Eglise Albigeoise on 2nd February 1860:

  • Paul-Pierre de Marraga (1823-1901), who consecrated as Bishop of Eglise Spirite Albigeoise on 15th August 1899:

  • Lucien-François (Tau Ogdoade-Orfeo I) Jean-Maine (1869-1960), who consecrated as Bishop of Eglise Spirite Albigeoise on 25th January 1953:

  • Hector-François (Tau Ogdoade-Orfeo III) Jean Maine (1924-84), Patriarch, Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis (1962), who assisted by Mgr José Marraga y Adhémar, Eglise Spirite des Chrétiens Primitifs consecrated as Bishop of Eglise Gnostique on 25th January 1966:

  • Michael Paul (Tau Ogdoade-Orfeo IV) Bertiaux, who assisted by Bishops Peter A Kett and Mark Andrew (Tau Hilarion) Worchester, both of Ecclesia Gnostica in Anglia, consecrated sub conditione on 16th June 1979:

  • Forest Ernest Barber (1922-92), Bishop-Primate, Igreja Católica Apostólica Dominicana (1985) who assisted by Archbishop-Primate Emile F. R. Fairfield, Iglesia Ortódoxa Católica Méxicana, and Bishop Paul G. W. Schultz, Iglesia Ortódoxa Católica Apostólica Méxicana and Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Episcopal Church of the USA, consecrated on 14th June 1987:

  • Nils Bertil Alexander Persson (Mar Alexander), who on the 23rd November 2008 consecrated sub conditione:

  • Alistair Herrick Bate OSBA, KTPP (Tau Blaise), Primus of the Holy Celtic Church International,  Master HCOT.
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Consecration of Bishop Alistair Bate (Mar Alexei) by Archbishop Nils Bertil Alexander Persson on the 23rd November 2008

Additional line of Apostolic Succession from Msgr Fabré-Palaprat

  •  Bernard Fabré-Palaprat (1773-1838), Patriarch, Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs (1803), who assisting Mgr Mauviel, consecrated sub conditione as Coadjutor of Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs as “Bailli de Jutland” on 29th July 1810:
  • Jean Machault, Primate, Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs (1814), who consecrated as “Primat de Gaules” on 20th February 1831:
  •  François.Ferdinand Toussaint Châtel (1795-1857), co-founder, Eglise Catholique Française (1831), Primate, Eglise Johannite des Chétiens Primitifs (1831), who assisted by Mgrs Luc Barnéoud and Louis Vacherot, both of Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, consecrated as Primate of Eglise Albigeoise on 24th June 1836:
  •  Michel-Henri d'Adhémar (1801-1900), who assisted by Mgr Luc Barnéoud and Louis Vacherot, both of Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, consecrated as Bishop of Eglise Albigeoise on 2nd February 1857:
  •  Manuel López de Brion, (1830-74), who consecrated on 2nd February 1860:
  •  Bernard Clément, (1831 - 1911) who at a Synod in Lyons in 1907 consecrated subconditione:
  • Jean Bricaud (Tau Jean II, 1908 - 1934), who on the 5th of May 1918 consecrated:
  •  Victor Blanchard (Tau Targelius, 1977 - 1953), who on the  28th of January 1945 consecrated: 
  • Robert Amadou, (having received the Minor and Major Orders up and including priesthood by the same on January 25, 1945), who on the 17th of September 1988 consecrated, in Paris:
  • Nils Bertil Alexander Persson, who on the 23rd November 2008, in London, consecrated sub conditione:
  • Alistair Herrick Bate OSBA, KTPP, Primus of the Holy Celtic Church international & Master, HCOT.

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Grand Master +Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat
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Grand Master +Bernard Raymond Fabre-Palaprat
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Arms of L'Ordre du Temple