Sedevacantism is the position held by some traditional Catholics that the present occupier of the Holy See is not a valid pope due to the mainstream church's alleged espousal of modernism and that, for lack of a valid pope, the See is vacant.
Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word consecration literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different groups. The origin of the word comes from the Latin stem consecrat, which means dedicated, devoted, and sacred. A synonym for to consecrate is to sanctify, a distinct antonym is to desecrate.
The Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma dates back to 1837 as a Missionary District of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The General Convention of the Episcopal Church recognized The Diocese of Oklahoma in 1937. The diocese consists of all Episcopal congregations in the state of Oklahoma. The ninth Bishop and sixth diocesan Bishop is Poulson C. Reed, consecrated in 2020.
In the Canon law of the Catholic Church, a consecrator is a bishop who ordains a priest to the episcopal state. The term is also used in Anglican communities.
Bishop James Albert Duffy was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska from 1913 to 1931.
The Episcopal Diocese of Oregon is a diocese of The Episcopal Church which consists of the western portion of the State of Oregon bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Columbia River, the Cascade Range and the Oregon-California border. Major cities in the diocese are Portland, Salem, Eugene and Medford. The diocese is a part of Province VIII of the Episcopal Church.
Brian Norman Prior was the ninth diocesan bishop of Minnesota in The Episcopal Church. He was elected on October 31, 2009 to succeed James L. Jelinek and was ordained and consecrated on February 13, 2010.
Alberto Rojas is a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Bishop of San Bernardino, California.
Paul Victor Marshall is an American author and prelate, who served as Bishop of Bethlehem from June 29, 1996 to December 31, 2013.
William Bradford Turner Hastings was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut from his election in 1981 until his retirement in 1986.
Irving Peake Johnson was an American prelate, who served as Bishop of Colorado from 1918 to 1938.
James Daniel Warner was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska from 1976 to 1990.
Wayne Parker Wright was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware from 1998 till 2017.
John Thomson Dallas was the fifth Bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church from 1926 to 1948.
Charles Francis Hall was the sixth Bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church from 1948 to 1973.
Ralph William Franklin, commonly known as was R. William Franklin, was the eleventh Bishop of Western New York in the Episcopal Church between 2011 and 2019.
George West Barrett was an American Episcopal prelate who served as the fourth Bishop of Rochester between 1963 and 1969.
Susan Bunton Haynes is the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, the first female bishop of the diocese.
Joe Goodwin Burnett is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as the tenth Bishop of Nebraska between 2003 and 2011.
