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- ↑ "Consecrations of Bishops" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 209. 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ↑ "NEMA Update". Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. September 23, 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ↑ "NEMA Update". Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. November 11, 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ↑ "Year-End Bishop's Letters". Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. December 30, 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
