Apostolic succession Apostolic succession is the doctrine in some of the more ancient Christian communions that the succession of bishops, in uninterrupted lines, is historically traceable back to the original Twelve Apostles Within Catholic Christianity it "is one of four elements which define the true Church of Jesus Christ" and legitimizes the existing sacramental offices, as it is considered necessary for a bishop to perform legitimate or "valid" ordinations of priests, deacons, and other bishops. Apostolic_succession
Independent Catholic Churches Independent Catholic churches are Christian denominations (or congregations) which claim apostolic succession for their bishops but are not a part of the Roman Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Old Catholic Churches under the Archbishop of Utrecht or the Anglican Communion. Independent Catholic bishops are sometimes referred to as episcopi vagantes ("wandering bishops") because of their lack of affiliation with a larger communion of churches. Independent_Catholic_Churches
Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church The Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church (ALCC), formerly the Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran (ECCL), is a church in the Lutheran Evangelical Catholic tradition. The ALCC claims to be unique among Lutheran churches in that it is of both Lutheran and Anglo-Catholic heritage and has also been significantly influenced by the traditions of Roman Catholicism. Anglo-Lutheran_Catholic_Church
Bertil Persson Nils Bertil Alexander Persson (b. 1941) is Professor in Religion and Church Arts and the Primate of the Order of Corporate Reunion and the Presiding Bishop of The Apostolic Episcopal Church (Holy Eastern Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox). He also served as the Missionary General of Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira for Scandinavia, and as Missionary General of The Philippine Independent Catholic Church for Scandinavia and all of Europe. His headquarters were in Sweden. Bertil_Persson
Karl Pruter Karl Hugo PrĂ¼ter (July 3, 1920 - Nov 18, 2007), was an Old Catholic bishop. He was raised in the Lutheran church, and was a Congregationalist minister under the name of Hugo Rehling Pruter Sr. from 1945 to 1958. In the Congregationalist Church he was one of the leaders in the liturgical movement within the church during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Karl_Pruter