Scott Earle McLaughlin was the presiding bishop of the

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, metropolitan archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion, and chancellor of

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. On 1 May 1999, McLaughlin was consecrated as a bishop by Herbert M. Groce, metropolitan archbishop of the Anglican Rite Synod in the Americas, assisted by Bishop Larry Shaver of the Anglican Rite Synod in the Americas, and Bishop

Robert J. Godfrey Robert Joseph Godfrey was the third Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion and the President of Cranmer Seminary. In 1960 Godfrey completed his undergraduate work in South Car ...

of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. His apostolic succession is Anglican,

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, and Orthodox. McLaughlin served as suffragan bishop until 30 April 2000, when Bishop Godfrey retired. He was then elected presiding bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and metropolitan archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. He was the fourth archbishop to lead the Orthodox Anglican Communion and the Orthodox Anglican Church. He is married with four children; two sons and two daughters. McLaughlin was a signatory to the

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and a covenant of intercommunion with the Most Revd Augustin Bacinsky, Archbishop of the Old Catholic Church in Slovakia. In 2012, on Ash Wednesday, McLaughlin announced his retirement effective Easter Sunday and nominated

Creighton Jones T. Creighton Jones was the Presiding Bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. His apostolic succession is Anglican, Old Catholic, and Orthodox.

of Mytle Beach, South Carolina, to be his successor. This nomination was confirmed by a vote of the general convention of the Orthodox Anglican Church on 9 June 2012.

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Orthodox Anglican Communion websiteOrthodox Anglican Church websiteSt. Andrew's Theological College & Seminary website
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