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Successions of l'Église Gnostique Catholique Apostolique


​Succession of the French Gnostic Church and its Patriarchs

Since its inception by Jules Doinel, the French Gnostic Church has been renamed several times, each time by the Holy Synod (College of Metropolitans) and the reigning Patriarch (see "Commentary on Tau Jean II and The Gnostic Mass"). The following is a list of Patriarchs of the French Gnostic Church recognized by the Holy Synod, followed by the primary name of the Church as led by each Patriarch.
 
Summary: Doinel – Des Essarts – Bricaud – Chevillon – Chambellant – Ambelain – Mauer – Freire

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​TAU VALENTINUS II 
Jules-Benoit du Val-Michel Stanislas Doinel, Patriarch 1894-1895
L’Église Gnostique
 
TAU SYNESIUS
Léonce Eugène Joseph Fabre des Essarts, Patriarch 1896-1908
L’Église Gnostique – L’Église Chrétienne Moderne (neognostique) – L’Église Gnostique (de France)
 
TAU JEAN
Joanny Bricaud, Patriarch 1908-1934
L’’Église Catholique Gnostique – Église Gnostique Universelle
 
TAU HARMONIUS
Constant Chevillon, Patriarch 1936-1944
Église Gnostique Universelle
 
TAU RENATUS
Rene Chambellant, Patriarch 1945-1948
Église Gnostique Universelle
 
TAU JEAN III
Robert Ambelain, Patriarch 1960-1969
Église Gnostique Apostolique
 
TAU ANDREAS
Andre Mauer, Patriarch 1969
Église Gnostique Apostolique
 
MAR PETRUS JOHANNES XIII
Pedro Freire, Patriarch 1970-1978
Église Gnostique Catholique Apostolique

Apostolic succession

Our Ecclesia carries five principal successions:
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​L’Eglise Gnostique de France, spiritual succession of Jules Doinel, 1890.
L'Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, Johannite lineage of Larmenius, received by Jean Bricaud.
Eliate Church of Carmel, Carmelite Vintrasienne​ succession, received by Jean Bricaud.
Syrian Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, Vilatte Succession, received by Patriarch Jean Bricaud, 1913.
Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira, received by Patriarch Pedro Freire, 12/27/1970

Additionally, by exchange our Church has received all 27 episcopal lineages of East and West (Catholic-Orthodox, Vetero-Catholic, Coptic, Syro-Malabar, and Ethiopian).

L’Eglise Gnostique de France
Founded by Jules Doinel, 1890
Summary: Doinel – des Essarts – Bricaud – Blanchard – Menard – Ambelain – Pommery – Vital-Herne – Victor-Hérard – Cokinis – T. Apollonius

Tau Valentinus II, Jules-Benoit Doinel, who consecrated
Tau Synesius, Leonce Eugene Joseph Fabre des Essarts (7/8/1894), who consecrated 
Tau Jean II, Jean-Baptiste Bricaud (1901), who consecrated
Tau Targelius, Victor Alfred Blanchard (5/15/1918), who consecrated
Eon II, Roger Menard (1/7/1945), who consecrated
Tau Jean III, Robert Ambelain (6/10/1946), who consecrated
Tau Jean, Roger Pommery (5/26/1958), who consecrated
Tau Guillaume, Willer Vital-Herne (9/16/1967), who consecrated
Tau Charles, Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (9/7/1970), who consecrated
Tau Charles Harmonius, Robert Michael Cokinis (11/4/1984)
Tau Apollonius (9/12/2015)
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L'Eglise Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs
(Johannite lineage of Larmenius)
Received by Jean Bricaud
Summary: Mauviel – Palaprat – Clement – Bricaud – Blanchard – Menard – Ambelain – Pommery – Vital-Herne – Victor-Hérard – Cokinis – T. Apollonius

Guillaume Mauviel (8/3/1800), who consecrated
Bernard Raymond Fabrè-de-Palaprat (7/29/1810), who consecrated
Bernard Clement, who consecrated
Tau Jean II, Jean-Baptiste Bricaud (1901), who consecrated
Tau Targelius, Victor Alfred Blanchard (5/15/1918), who consecrated
Eon II, Roger Menard (1/7/1945), who consecrated
​Tau Jean III, Robert Ambelain (6/10/1946), who consecrated
Tau Jean, Roger Pommery (5/26/1958), consecrated
Tau Guillaume, Willer Vital-Herne (9/16/1967), who consecrated
Tau Charles, Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (9/7/1970), who consecrated
Tau Charles Harmonius, Robert Michael Cokinis (11/4/1984)
​Tau Apollonius (9/12/2015)
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Eliate Church of Carmel
(Carmelite Vintrasienne​ succession)
Received by Jean Bricaud
​Summary: Vintras – Breton – Bricaud – Blanchard – Menard – Ambelain – Pommery – Vital-Herne – Victor-Hérard – Cokinis – T. Apollonius

Pierre-Michel Eugéne Vintras, who consecrated
Marius Breton, who consecrated
Tau Jean II, Jean-Baptiste Bricaud, who consecrated
Tau Targelius, Victor Alfred Blanchard (5/15/1918), who consecrated
Eon II, Roger Menard (1/7/1945), who consecrated
​Tau Jean III, Robert Ambelain (6/10/1946), who consecrated
Tau Jean, Roger Pommery (5/26/1958), consecrated
Tau Guillaume, Willer Vital-Herne (9/16/1967), who consecrated
Tau Charles, Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (9/7/1970), who consecrated
Tau Charles Harmonius, Robert Michael Cokinis (11/4/1984)
​Tau Apollonius (9/12/2015)

​Gnostic Therapeutic Sempiesta
Received by Jean Bricaud
​Summary: Sempé – Houssaye – Giraud – Bricaud – Blanchard – Menard – Ambelain – Pommery –  Vital-Herne – Victor-Hérard – Cokinis – T. Apollonius

Jean Sempé, who consecrated    
Abbé Julio, Mar Julius, Julius Houssaye (ca. 1889), who consecrated 
Tau François, Louis François Giraud (6/21/1911), who consecrated
Tau Jean II, Jean-Baptiste Bricaud (7/21/1913), who consecrated
Tau Targelius, Victor Alfred Blanchard (5/15/1918), who consecrated
Eon II, Roger Menard (1/7/1945), who consecrated
​Tau Jean III, Robert Ambelain (6/10/1946), who consecrated
Tau Jean, Roger Pommery (5/26/1958), consecrated
Tau Guillaume, Willer Vital-Herne (9/16/1967), who consecrated
Tau Charles, Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (9/7/1970), who consecrated
Tau Charles Harmonius, Robert Michael Cokinis (11/4/1984), who consecrated
​Tau Apollonius (9/12/2015)

Syrian Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (Vilatte Succession)
1          Simon Peter, Apostle, who consecrated
2          Evodius, the Bishop and Patriarch of Antioch, who consecrated
3          Ignace I, Martyr, 43 A.D., who consecrated
4          Aaron, 123 A.D., who consecrated
5          Cornelius, 137 A.D., who consecrated
6          Eados, 142 A.D., who consecrated
7          Theophilus, 157 A.D., who consecrated
8          Maximin, 171 A.D., who consecrated
9          Seraphin, 179A.D., who consecrated
10       Asclepiades, Martyr, 189 A.D., who consecrated
11       Philippe, 201 A.D., who consecrated
12       Zebinus, 219 A.D., who consecrated
13       Babylas, Martyr, 237 A.D., who consecrated
14       Fabius, 250 A. D., who consecrated
15       Demetrius, 251 A.D., who consecrated
16       Paul I, 259A.D., who consecrated
17       Domnus I, 270 A.D., who consecrated
18       Timothy, 281 A.D., who consecrated
19       Cirilo, 291 A.D., who consecrated
20       Tyrantus, 296 A.D., who consecrated
21       Vitalius, 301 A.D., who consecrated
22       Philogone, 318 A. D., who consecrated
23       Eustachius, 323 A.D., who consecrated
24       Paulin, 338 A.D., who consecrated
25       Philabinus, 383 A.D., who consecrated
26       Evagrius, 386 A.D., who consecrated
27       Phosphorius, 416 A.D., who consecrated
28       Alexandre, 418 A.D., who consecrated
29       Jean I, 428 A.D., who consecrated
30       Theodotus, 431 A.D., who consecrated
31       Domnus II, 442 A.D., who consecrated
32       Maxime, 450 A.D., who consecrated
33       Accace, 454 A.D., who consecrated
34       Martyrius, 457 A.D., who consecrated
35       Peter II, 464 A.D., who consecrated
36       Philade, 500 A.D., who consecrated
37       Serverius the Great, 509 A.D., who consecrated
38       Sergius, 544 A.D., who consecrated
39       Domnus III, 547 A.D., who consecrated
40       Anastase, 560 A.D., who consecrated
41       Gregory I, 564 A.D., who consecrated
42       Paul II, 567 A.D., who consecrated
43       Patra, 571 A.D., who consecrated
44       Domnus IV, 586 A.D., who consecrated
45       Julianus, 591 A.D., who consecrated
46       Athanase, the Cnancellor, 595 A.D., who consecrated
47       John II, 636 A.D., who consecrated
48       Theodore I, 649 A.D., who consecrated
49       Severus, 668 A.D., who consecrated
50       Athanase II, 684 A.D., who consecrated
51       Julian II, 687 A.D., who consecrated
52       Elie I, 709 A.D., who consecrated
53       Athanase III, 724 A.D., who consecrated
54       Evanius I, 740 A.D., who consecrated
55       Servais I, 759 A.D., who consecrated
56       Joseph, 790 A.D., who consecrated
57       Ciriacus, 793 A.D., who consecrated
58       Denys I de Tal-Mahre, 818 A.D., who wrote a history of Syrians, who consecrated
59       Jean III, 847 A.D., who consecrated
60       Ignace II, 877 A.D., who consecrated
61       Theodosius, 887 A.D., who consecrated
62       Denys II, 897 A.D., who consecrated
63       John IV, 910 A.D., who consecrated
64       Basile I, 922 A.D., who consecrated
65       John V, 936 A.D., who consecrated
66       Evanius II, 954 A.D., who consecrated
67       Denys III, 958 A.D., who consecrated
68       Abraham I, 962 A.D., who consecrated
69       John VI, 965 A.D., who was imprisoned in Constantinople after the Fall of Antioch in 969 A.D., by the Greek Emperor, Nicephore Phocas; who consecrated
70       Anastasius IV, 987 A.D., who consecrated
71       Jean VII, 1004 A.D., who consecrated
72       Denys IV, 1032 A.D., who consecrated
73       Theodore II, 1042 A.D., who consecrated
74       Athanasius V, 1058 A.D., who consecrated
75       John VIII, 1064 A.D., who consecrated
76       Basilius II, 1074 A.D., who consecrated
77       Abdon, 1076 A.D., who consecrated
78       Denys V, 1077 A.D., who consecrated
79       Evanius III, 1080 A.D., who consecrated
80       Denys VI, 1088 A.D., who consecrated
81       Athanasius VI, 1091 A.D., who consecrated
82       John IX, 1131 A.D., who consecrated
83       Athanasius VII, 1139 A.D., who consecrated
84       Michael I, the Great, 1166 A.D., who consecrated
85       Athanasius VIII, 1200 A.D., who consecrated
86       Michael II, 1207 A.D., who consecrated
87       John X, 1208 A.D., who consecrated
88       Ignatius III, 1223 A.D., who consecrated
89       Denys VII, 1253 A.D., who consecrated
90       John XI, 1253 A.D., who consecrated
91       Ignatius IV, 1264 A.D., who consecrated
92       Philanus, 1283 A.D., who consecrated
93       Ignace Baruhid, 1293 A.D., who consecrated
94       Ignace Ismael, 1333 A.D., who consecrated
95       Ignace Basile III, 1366 A.D., who consecrated
96       Ignace Abraham II, 1382 A.D., who consecrated
97       Ignace Basile IV, 1412 A.D., who consecrated
98       Ignace Behanam I, 1415 A.D., who consecrated
99       Ignace Kalejhi, 1455 A.D., who consecrated
100     Ignace John XII, 1483 A.D., who consecrated
101     Ignace Noah, 1492 A.D., who consecrated
102     Ignace Jesus I, 1509 A.D., who consecrated
103     Ignace James I, 1510 A.D., who consecrated
104     Ignace David I, 1519 A.D., who consecrated
105     Ignace Abdullah I, 1520 A.D., who consecrated
106     Ignace Na Anathalak, 1557 A.D., who consecrated
107     Ignace David II, 1576 A.D., who consecrated
108     Ignace Thilathus, 1591 A.D., who consecrated
109     Ignace Abdullah II, 1597 A.D., who consecrated
110     Ignace Cadhai, 1598 A.D., who consecrated
111     Ignace Simeon, 1640 A.D., who consecrated
112     Ignace Jesus II, 1653 A.D., who consecrated
113     Ignace A. Messiah I, 1661 A.D., who consecrated
114     Ignace Cabeed, 1686 A.D., who consecrated
115     Ignace Gervais II, 1687 A.D., who consecrated
116     Ignace Isaac, 1708 A.D., who consecrated
117     Ignace Siccarablak, 1722 A.D., who consecrated
118     Ignace Gervais III, 1746 A.D., who consecrated
119     Ignace Gervais IV, 1766 A.D., who consecrated
120     Ignace Mathias, 1781 A.D., who consecrated
121     Ignace Behanam II, 1810 A.D., who consecrated
122     Ignace Jonas, 1817 A.D., who consecrated
123     Ignace Gervais V, 1818 A.D., who consecrated
124     Ignace Elie II, 1839 A.D., who consecrated
125     Ignace James II, 1847 A.D., who consecrated...

​Source: Report of the Antiquitates Antiochenae from Simon Pierre the Apostle, First Bishop of Antioch.

Received by Jean Bricaud, 7/12/1913
Summary: Ignatius Peter III – Kooran – Alvarez – Vilatte – Miraglia – Houssaye – Giraud – Bricaud – Blanchard – Menard – Ambelain – Pommery – Vital-Herne – Victor-Herard – Cokinis – T. Apollonius

126     Ignace Peter III, Boutros Ibn Salmo Mesko, Patriarch of Antioch and Eastern See, who consecrated
127     Mar Paul Athanasius, Kadavil Kooran, 1877 A.D., Syriac Bshop of Kotayan, who consecrated
128     Julius I, Anoine Francois Xavier Alvarez, July 19, 1889, Bishop of Ceylon, who consecrated
129     Mar Timotheus, Je. Rene Vilatte, May 29, 1892, who consecrated
130     Paul, Paolo Miraglia, May 6, 1900, who consecrated
131     Julio, Julien Houssaye, December 4, 1904, who consecrated
132     Francois, Louis Francois Giraud, July 21, 1911, who consecrated
133     Jean II, Jean Bricaud, July 12, 1913, who consecrated
134     Targelius, Victor Blanchard, May 5, 1918, who consecrated
135     Eon II, Roger Menard, January 7, 1945, who consecrated
136     Jean III, Robert Ambelain, Bishop of Semaria, June 10, 1946, who consecrated
137     Tau Jean, Roger Pommery consecrated by Robert Ambelain on May 26, 1958, who consecrated
138     Tau Gillaume, Willer Vital-Herne, September 16, 1967, who consecrated
139     Tau Charles I, Roger Victor-Herard, September 7, 1970, Primate of North America, who consecrated
140     Tau Charles Harmonius II, Robert Michael Cokinis, November 4, 1984, Primate of North America, who consecrated
141     Tau Apollonius, September 12, 2015, Primate of North America.
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Igreja Catolica Apostolica Brasileira
Received by Pedro Freire, 12/27/1970
Summary: Costa – Vargas – Freire – Amesti – Vital-Herne – Victor-Hérard – Cokinis - T. Apollonius

Carlos Duarte Costa, who consecrated
Dom Antidio Vargas, who consecrated
Tau Pierre, Mar Petrus-Johannes XIII, Pedro Freire (12/27/1970), who consecrated
Tau Valentinus III, Fermin Vale Amesti, who consecrated
Tau Guillaume, Willer Vital-Herne (9/16/1967), who consecrated
Tau Charles, Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (9/7/1970), who consecrated
Tau Charles Harmonius, Robert Michael Cokinis (11/4/1984), who consecrated
Tau Apollonius (9/12/2015).
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Source: Amadou, R. (n.d.). Qu'est-ce que l'Eglise Gnostique?
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Source: Amadou, R. (n.d.). Qu'est-ce que l'Eglise Gnostique?

Succession of Primates of North America

Summary: Roger Saint Victor-Hérard – Robert Michael Cokinis – Tau Apollonius
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Tau Charles, Roger Saint Victor-Hérard
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Primat Évêque (1970-1989)

​Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (in Ecclesia Tau Charles) was appointed Apostolic Prefect of North America by Patriarch Andre Mauer (Tau Andreas). He was appointed Primat of North America by Patriarch Pedro Freire December 31, 1970.

​​As a Bishop of the Church and as a greatly and highly celebrated Mason of Haiti and Martinist of the Parisian Ordre Martiniste, Bishop Hérard was highly respected by the heads of numerous esoteric fraternities, especially L'Ordre Martiniste and its Grand Master Philippe Encause, son of Gerard Encausse (PAPUS). As a lawyer and school teacher, Bishop Hérard fought forces of oppression from the government of Haiti, which at that time was seeking to trample the peasant population. He was obliged to leave Haiti in 1966 as a political refugee.

​Bishop Hérard died August 16, 1989.
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Episcopal seal of Tau Charles.
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Tau Charles Harmonius II, Robert M. Cokinis
Primat Évêque (1989-2016)

Robert Michael Cokinis (in ecclesia Tau Charles Harmonius II) was the first American-born Bishop of the Gnostic Church. He was elected Bishop of Wisconsin and Auxiliary Metropolitan of Chicago in August 1984. He was consecrated by Primat Rogert Saint Victor-Hérard Sunday November 4, 1984, on the Feast of Saint Charles, at the Benedictine Abbey at Benet Lake, Wisconsin. 

Bishop Cokinis was designated by Primat Bishop Hérard to advance the Church among English-speaking Americans, to incorporate the Church in the United States under the administrative title of Diocese of the Midwest (November 29, 1984), and to select American clergy for its Board of Trustees/Rectors.
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Upon the death of Bishop Hérard in 1989, Bishop Cokinis assumed the role of successor in accordance with Canon Law. Cokinis was advised by Rene Chambellant (Tau Renatus), Constitutional Patriarch, to organize high clergy of the Gnostic Church as an Ecumenical Gnostic College of Metropolitans (in accordance with the Constitution of Synesius, Seine Synode 1906), which he did beginning in 1991. Cokinis' leadership and actions as Primat of North America were subsequently recognized by the Gnostic College of Metropolitans and the Holy Synod.

Bishop Cokinis died September 1, 2016. 
​Memorial page
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Episcopal seal of Tau Charles Harmonius II.
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Consecration of Robert Michael Cokinis (Tau Charles Harmonius) as Bishop of Wisconsin and Presiding Bishop of the Diocese of the Midwest. Pictured left to right: Tau Patrick / Karl St. Cyr (co-Consecrator) Tau Charles Harmonius II / Robert Michael Cokinis Tau Charles / Roger St. Victor Herard (Consecrator).
Consecration Documents.

​Tau Apollonius
Primat Évêque
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Tau Apollonius, was consecrated Abbot Bishop of the Confraternity of the Servants of the Divine Name, an Order of the EGA/EGCA, on November 10, 2013 by Bishop Danny Garvin (Tau Melchizedek) in Evansville, Indiana.

​On September 12, 2015, with the election of the Gnostic College of Metropolitans, T. Apollonius was made Coadjutor cum jure successionis to Primat Robert Cokinis. He assumed the Primatial duties upon the death of Bishop Cokinis, September 1, 2016, with the recognition of the Gnostic College of Metropolitans and the Holy Synod. 

On July 8, 2017 Tau Apollonius was named Gnostic Potentate for America for the Worldwide Synod of Jacobite and Nestorian Churches.

Consecration Documents.
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