Jules Ferrette

Jules Ferrette, also spelled Julius Ferrette: 242  (22 April 1828 – 10 October 1904 or in 1903), was allegedly bishop of Iona; and he was the purported founder of the Ancient British Church.

Biography

Ferrette was born in Épinal, France, possibly of Protestant parents.: 33  Ferrette joined the Catholic Church during his youth, and then joined the Flavigny province of the Dominican Order in 1851. He was given the religious name Raymond. He thereafter studied philosophy and theology at Grenoble and Paris, and was ordained a priest on 2 June 1855.: 33 

He was a Dominican missionary in Mesopotamia and Kurdistan from September to June 1856, but then apostasized from the Catholic Church.: 33–4 

Ferrette became a Presbyterian minister and missionary.: 34  He worked with the Irish Presbyterian Mission in Damascus from 1858 to 1865, and assisted Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood's mission to the poor Christians of Mount Lebanon from 1860 to 1862.: 34 

Ferrette claims he was consecrated as the bishop of Iona and its dependencies by Mutran Boutros (later the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch) at Homs (Emesa) on 2 June 1866 who was allegedly acting solus and would have given Ferrette a mission to introduce Oriental Orthodoxy to the West.: 35–6  No original document of this alleged consecration is known to exist; and Ferrette published what he claimed was an official English translation of his Syriac consecration document after he arrived in London.: 35, 37  The document was signed by the British consul at Damascus.

In Oxfordshire in 1858, Richard Williams Morgan—an Anglican priest—was conditionally "baptised, confirmed, ordained and consecrated" as patriarch of the Ancient British Church by Ferrette, and given by Ferrette the following name and full title: Mar Pelagius I, Hierarch of Caerleon-on-Usk.

Ferrette died in Geneva in 1904 or in 1903.

Apostolic succession claims

The following churches and bishops are the main ones which claim, have claimed or are believed to be descending from Ferrette's apostolic succession through alleged episcopal ordinations received from Ferrette or from bishops who claim their consecration line goes back to Ferrette:

References

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  15. ↑ "Succession apostolique dans l'Église Orthodoxe Celtique". Eglise Orthodoxe Celtique, éparchie de Suisse. Archived from the original on 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
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  18. 1 2 3 4 Anson, Peter F. (2006) [1964]. "Churches of the Vilatte succession". Bishops at Large. Independent Catholic Heritage. Apocryphile press. ISBN 0-9771461-8-9.
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