Charismatic Episcopal Church Timeline - Consolidation: 2002-present

Consolidation: 2002-present

2002: Bishop Adler's stepdaughter and two grandchildren are killed in an automobile accident. This tragic incident initiates a period of grief throughout the entire ICCEC.

Fr. Paulo Garcia of Recife, Brazil, brings his entire parish and five other churches into the CEC. Fr. Garcia is dean of Holy Trinity Church, which had been the largest Anglican parish in Latin America.

Bishop Njoroge of Kenya is appointed to the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission, and becomes an outspoken advocate of democracy and greater freedom in Kenya. He still serves on the Commission as of 2006.

The ICCEC publishes 2002 data on the number of clergy and congregations around the world.

  • Kenya: 140 clergy, 320 congregations
  • Uganda: 200 clergy, 264 congregations
  • U.S.A.: 400 clergy, 136 parishes
  • Philippines: 4 bishops, many other clergy, 40 congregations
  • 24 Filipino congregations in Europe
  • Pakistan: 21 parishes
  • Brazil: 6 parishes
  • Canada: 8 clergy, 4 congregations
  • Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania - several congregations each.
  • Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Portugal, Switzerland – at least one congregation each

2004: ICCEC holds its third international convocation in Manila, The Philippines.

2005: Management responsibility for the International Development Agency is transferred to the Office of the Patriarch in San Clemente.

2006: Several congregations and bishops in the United States leave the ICCEC over concerns about leadership and direction. The Patriarch's Council addressed these concerns in September 2006.

2007: October 15, 2007, Patriarch Adler retired from the Office of the Patriarch; Archbishop Hines, Primate of Asia, assumed the office being the senior member of the Patriarch's Council.

2008: On January 9, The College of Archbishops and the Patriarch's Council has elected Bishop Craig W. Bates as the new Patriarch of the ICCEC.

On July 30, during the ICCEC's 4th International Convocation, Archbishop Bates was enthroned as the second patriarch and primate of the ICCEC in North America. The celebration was presided over by the Most Reverend Loren Thomas Hines, Archbishop of Manila and the ICCEC's primate in the Philippines and Asia.

2012: On July 10-12, the 5th International Convocation of the Charismatic Episcopal Church was held in Madrid, Spain. This was hosted by the Diocese of the Asian International Missions.

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