Introduction
William McCabe Delahunt
Sunday July 5, 2009, at the Pro-Cathedral of St.Raphael Archangel, Tulsa, Oklahoma, on behalf of the General Theosophia Synod, The Most Reverend John R. Schwarz, Presiding Bishop Emeritus, read the Protocol of Election and Mandate of Consecration for Bishop-elect William McCabe Delahunt, and proceeded to Consecrate Bishop Delahunt during a Solemn Pontifical Eucharist according to the Rite of The Liberal Catholic Church.
On behalf of the General Theosophia Synod Bishop Delahunt was appointed Presiding Bishop of The Liberal Catholic Church-Theosophia Synod by Bishop Schwarz.
Saturday August 29, 2009, at Orlando, Florida, during a Solemn Pontifical Eucharist William McCabe Delahunt was Consecrated ( In Locum Tenens) to the Episcopacy according to the Rite of The Liberal Catholic Church by Most Reverend William Howard Fite, Auxiliary Bishop, and Most Reverend Willard Earl Schultz, Past Presiding Bishop of The Catholic Apostolic Church In North America (CACINA) (Carlos Duarte-Costa Line).
Bishop Delahunt, 60, a native of St.Louis, Missouri, entered minor orders in the Liberal Catholic Church in 1971. He was ordained a Deacon in 1975 at St.Franics LCC in Chicago, Illinois, by Bishop Newton Dahl. Bishop Delahunt assisted Father Charles Duffy at Our Lady & All Angels LCC in St.Louis, Mo. for several years. In 1986 Bishop Delahunt moved to Orlando,Florida, He served as Deacon-in-Charge of St.Raphael Archangel LCC in Orlando and in December of 1987 was ordained to the Priesthood by Bishop Joseph LeSage Tisch. Bishop Tisch appointed Bishop Delahunt as Rector of St.Raphael Archangel LCC Orlando, a position he has held these many years.
Bishop Delahunt attended St.Fidelis Capuchin Franciscan Seminary, Hermann, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Maryville College of The Sacred Heart, St. Louis, Missouri. He has done extensive post-graduate work in Liberal Catholic Theology, Theosophy, and Interfaith Studies. He is active in The Interfaith Community in Central Florida, and a noted advocate for Interfaith Dialogue, Prison reform, and advocacy for the Homeless.
With the enthronement of Bishop Delahunt as Presiding Bishop, the Liberal Catholic Church-Theosophia Synod combines the Catholic line of Apostolic Sucession from the Old Catholic Church through Bishops Wedgwood, Leadbeater, Jackson, and Schwarz with the Roman Catholic from Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa through Bishops Fite and Schultz. Bishop Delahunt, an ardent Theosophist, is dedicated to maintaining the Original Vision & Purpose of The Liberal Catholic Church as envisioned by Bishops Wedgwood & Leadbeater and restored by Bishop Jackson.
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