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Presiding Bishop: Mark Elliott Newman, OC, Bishop of Arizona, Director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Pastor of Christ of the Desert Catholic Church of Antioch, Phoenix, AZ.

Director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs: Mark Elliott Newman, OC, Presiding Bishop, Bishop of Arizona, Pastor of Christ of the Desert Catholic Church of Antioch, Phoenix, AZ.

Director of Clergy: Patsy Grubbs, Bishop at Large. Pastor of Angel of the Presence Chapel, Portland, Oregon.

Director of Communications: Tom Gallub. Priest, Associate Pastor of Gentle Shepherd Church of Antioch, Richmond, VA.

Director of Information Management: Michael Adams. Bishop of the Diocese of the Midwest, Pastor of Spiritus Christi Catholic Church of Antioch, Fairfield, IA.

Director of Lay Activities: Robert Werthman, Lay person. Responsible for the Clergy Photo I.D. project and the sale of our church Liturgical music CD. Please contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Member of St. Mary Magdalene Independent Catholic Church of Antioch, Fairless Hills, PA.

Director of Liturgy: Michael Adams. Bishop of the Diocese of the Midwest, Pastor of Spiritus Christi Catholic Church of Antioch, Fairfield, IA.

Director of Music: Theodore Feldman, Priest, Pastor of Beloved Disciple Church of Antioch, Baltimore, MD.

Director of the Office of Peace and Justice: Roberto Foss, Bishop.

Director of Resource Development. (Position vacant)

Events Coordinator: Thomas David Siebert. of the Diocese of the Southeast. Pastor of Gentle Shepherd Church, Richmond, VA.

Treasurer: Jorge Eager, Vicar of Hispanic Ministry for the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch and Dean of Sophia Divinity School’s Spanish language Division and its Advisory Board, Pastor of The Shrine of Holy Wisdom, Chandler, AZ.

Vicar of Hispanic Ministries:
Jorge Eager, Dean of Sophia Divinity School’s Spanish language Division and its Advisory Board, Pastor of The Shrine of Holy Wisdom, Chandler, AZ.

The Church Book Store is under the management of Paul Clemens, Bishop for Northern California, Pastor of St.Francis Chapel, Nevada City, CA.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Mark Elliott Newman, OC: Presiding Bishop, Rector – Sophia Divinity School, Bishop, Diocese of Arizona

Michael Adams: Bishop, Diocese of the Midwest
Paul Clemens: Bishop, Diocese of Northern California
Daniel Dangaran: Bishop, Diocese of the Southwest
Jorge Eagar: Bishop, Vicar of Hispanic Ministries
Christina Fernandez: Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Northern California
Roberto Foss: Bishop, Diocese of Southern California
Rand Gillen: Apostolic Administrator~Bishop-elect, Diocese of the Northwest
Patsy Grubbs: Bishop at Large. Apostolic Administrator, South Central Diocese
Kera Hamilton: Bishop, Diocese of the North East
Connie Poggiani: Bishop at Large
Linda Rounds-Nichols: Bishop at Large, Dean – Sophia Divinity School
Thomas Siebert: Bishop, Diocese of the Southeast.


COMMITTEES

LITURGY COMMITTEE


Adams, Michael: Bishop, Chairperson
Christina Fernandez: Bishop; Theodore Feldmann: Priest, Mark Newman, OC: Presiding Bishop

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (for Convocations)

Michael Adams: Bishop, Chairperson


SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE


Roberto Foss, Bishop, Chairperson Leslie Aguillard, Seminarian
Dan Duval, Seminarian Christina Fernandez, Bishop
Linda Rounds-Nichols, Bishop Rebecca Ann Taylor, Seminarian


SOPHIA DIVINITY SCHOOL

Dean of English Language Division:
Linda Rounds-Nichols, Bishop, Pastoral Director of Agapε Ministries, Gallup, New Mexico.

Dean of Spanish Language Division: Jorge Eager, Vicar of Hispanic Ministry for the church. Pastor of The Shrine of Holy Wisdom, Chandler, AZ.

SOPHIA DIVINITY SCHOOL ADVISORS
(English Language Division)

Mark Elliot Newman, OC, Presiding Bishop, Rector~Sophia Divinity School, M.Div. D.D.
Linda Rounds-Nichols, M.S.ed, MA, M.Div., Ph.D. D.D., Dean

Carol Calvert, Priest, B.A.,B.S., M.Div.
Theodore Feldmann Priest, M.A., M.S. M.Div.
Dennis McCoubrey, Priest. A.N., B.Div.


Continuing Education Program Developers
Jeff Genung, Priest, B.S., M.Div.
Jack Sweeley, Monsignor, M.Ed, M.A., M.Div., C.A.S.E., Th.D.


SOPHIA DIVINITY SCHOOL MENTORS FOR STUDENTS

(English Language Division)

Michael Adams, Bishop Carol Calvert, Priest
Daniel Dangaran, Bishop Theodore Feldmann, Priest
Christina Fernandez, Bishop Roberto Foss, Bishop
Rand Gillen, Bishop-elect Patsy Grubbs, Bishop
Linda Rounds-Nichols, Bishop Jack Sweeley, Monsignor
Jim Willems, Priest in the Episcopal Church


SOPHIA DIVINITY SCHOOL ADVISORS (Spanish Language Division)

Mark Elliot Newman, OC, Presiding Bishop, Rector~Sophia Divinity School, M.Div. D.D.
Jorge Eager: Bishop, M.A., M.Div. Ph.D. D.D., Dean
Christina Fernandez, Bishop, M.Div., J.D., D.D.
Roberto Foss: Bishop, M.Div., J.D., D.D.


DIOCESES

DIOCESE OF THE NORTHEAST:
Bishop Kera Hamilton.
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine and Delaware.

DIOCESE OF THE NORTHWEST: Apostolic Administrator, Bishop-elect Rand Gillen.
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming.

SOUTH CENTRAL DIOCESE: Bishop Patsy Grubbs, Apostolic Administrator. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

DIOCESE OF THE MIDWEST: Bishop Michael Adams. Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan and Indiana.

DIOCESE OF THE SOUTHWEST: Bishop Daniel Dangaran. New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Utah.

DIOCESE OF THE SOUTHEAST: Bishop Thomas David Siebert. Washington, DC, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

DIOCESE OF ARIZONA: Bishop Mark Elliott Newman, OC

DIOCESE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
: Bishop Roberto Foss. This Diocese is established as any area south of a line drawn from the Northern boundary of San Luis Obispo County, the Northern boundary of Kern County, and the Northern boundary of San Bernardino County within the state of California.

DIOCESE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
: Bishop Paul Clemens; Auxiliary Bishop Christina Fernandez. This Diocese is established as any area north of a line drawn from the Northern boundary of San Luis Obispo County, the Northern boundary of Kern County, and the Northern boundary of San Bernardino County within the state of California.


Bishops at Large
: Connie Poggianai, Linda Rounds-Nichols


Former Church Leaders:

Founder: +++Herman Adrian Spruit, deceased
Matriarch Emerita: Meri Spruit, retired
Presiding Archbishop Emeritus: Richard Gundrey. Pastor of the Church of Antioch at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

 

 

 

 

 
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