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- 1 2 Dorrington, Charles (2014). "The Report of Bishop Charles Dorrington" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fourth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 38–41. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ↑ REC Board of Foreign Missions (2021). "Report to the 56th General Council Of the Reformed Episcopal Church" (PDF). pp. 54–55.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Parish News" (PDF). Cuba Chronicles. December 2022. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2022.