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The Young Rite is a Liberal Catholic Church that operates world-wide. The sacramental hierarchy has been limited to two tiers: Bishops and members. All bishops operate autonomously in the country they live in. There is one bishop who co-ordinates and administrates the official documents of the Young Rite, known as the Curate Bishop. The nature of this appointment is purely administrative.

The official documents of the Church are limited to:

The Landmarks
The list of ordained priests (below)
The list of bishops (below)
The list of authorised celebrants (below)

List of ordained priests and bishops

The following persons have been ordained to the priesthood and consecrated to the episcopacy (those wishing not to be publically named are not mentioned. Please contact the curate bishop if you need to confirm a particular person's status regarding ordination):

Country Name
Belgium Revd. Marc Croux
Cameroun  
Netherlands Rt. Revd. Louise Lombard
Revd. Frans Kalse
Revd. Brigitte Klein Bog
Revd. Arie Rozendaal
Revd. Annette Haccou
Nigeria Revd. Ibiso Igani
Slovenia Rt. Revd. Aristid Havliček
Rt. Revd. Markus van Alphen
Rt. Revd. Domen Kočevar
Revd. Franček Dobovišek
Revd. Tatjana Ružič
Revd. Darka Sever
Revd. Duška Obermajer
Revd. Tina Trstenjak
Revd. Vesna Markotič
Revd. Jurij Engelsberger
Revd. Polona Kočevar
Revd. Tiara
Revd. Tomaz Perkovič
Revd. Srečko Konec
Revd. Vasilij Simek
Revd. Tanja Kaslik
Revd. Polona Sepe
Revd. Danica Pavlič
Revd. Vlasta Milčič
Revd. Jana Selič
Revd. Bronja Kokalj
Revd. Hilde Knijn
South Africa Revd. Antonie Harthoorn
Revd. Jannie Hofkamp
United Kingdom Rt. Revd. William Ireland
Revd. Timothy Charles
Revd. Tia L. Douglass
United States of America Revd. Dr Edward Parkinson

 

List of bishops

Bishops of the Young Rite:

Country Name
Cameroun Rt. Revd. Germain Grégoire AKAMBA AMOUGOU
   (passed away: 18-03-2010)
Netherlands Rt. Revd. Louise Lombard
Slovenia Rt. Revd. Aristid Havliček
Rt. Revd. Markus van Alphen
Rt. Revd. Domen Kočevar
United Kingdom Rt. Revd. William Ireland (inactive as of 15-03-2011)
United States of America  
South Africa Most. Revd. Johannes van Alphen
   (passed away: 25-01-2009)

 

List of authorised celebrants

The following persons have been authorised to celebrate the public services of the Young Rite:

Country Name
Belgium Revd. Marc Croux  
Cameroun  
Netherlands Rt Revd. Louise Lombard
Revd. Frans Kalse
Revd. Brigitte Klein Bog
Nigeria Revd. Ibiso Igani
Slovenia Rt. Revd. Aristid Havliček
Rt. Revd. Markus van Alphen
Rt. Revd. Domen Kočevar
Revd. Franček Dobovišek
Revd. Jurij Engelsberger
Revd. Srečko Konec
Revd. Danica Pavlič
Revd. Vlasta Milčič
Revd. Hilde Knijn
South Africa Revd. Jannie Hofkamp
United Kingdom  
United States of America Revd. Dr Edward Parkinson
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