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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

The following persons have been ordained to the priesthood (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 Revd. Frans Kalse
Revd. Brigitte Klein Bog
Revd. Arie Rozendaal
Revd. Annette Haccou
Nigeria Revd. Ibiso Igani
Slovenia Revd. Francek Dobovisec
Revd. Domen Kocevar
Revd. Tatjana Ruzic
Revd. Darka Sever
Revd. Duska Obermajer
Revd. Tina Trstenjak
Revd. Vesna Markotic
Revd. Jurij Engelsberger
Revd. Polona Kocevar
Revd. Brigita Tiara Lajkovic
Revd. Tomaz Perkovic
Revd. Srecko Konec
Revd. Vasilij Simek
Revd. Tanja Kaslik
South Africa Revd. Antonie Harthoorn
Revd. Jannie Hofkamp
United Kingdom  
United States of America Revd. Dr Edward Parkinson

 

List of bishops

The following persons are bishops of the Young Rite:

Country Name
Cameroun Rt. Revd. Germain Grégoire AKAMBA AMOUGOU (passed away: 18-03-2010)
Netherlands Rt. Revd. Louise Lombard
Rt. Revd. Markus van Alphen (Emeritus: 15-02-2010)
Slovenia Rt. Revd. Aristid Havlicek
United States of America Rt. Revd. Gala Linda Gastineau
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 Havlicek
Revd. Francek Dobovisec
Revd. Domen Kocevar
South Africa Revd. Jannie Hofkamp
United Kingdom Rt. Revd. William Ireland
United States of America Rt. Revd. Gala Linda Gastineau
Revd. Dr Edward Parkinson
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The Young Rite is a denominational member of the Independent Liberal Catholic Fellowship (ILCF) and the bishops of the Young Rite are members of the Sophia Circle

 

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