Temporal Succession of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church



Temporal Succession from St. Peter the Apostle
1. St. Peter (32-67)
2. St. Linus (67-76)
3. St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
4. St. Clement I (88-97)
5. St. Evaristus (97-105)
6. St. Alexander I (105-115)
7. St. Sixtus I (115-125) Also called Xystus I
8. St. Telesphorus (125-136)
9. St. Hyginus (136-140)
10. St. Pius I (140-155)
11. St. Anicetus (155-166)
12. St. Soter (166-175)
13. St. Eleutherius (175-189)
14. St. Victor I (189-199)
15. St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
16. St. Callistus I (217-22)
17. St. Urban I (222-30)
18. St. Pontian (230-35)
19. St. Anterus (235-36)
20. St. Fabian (236-50)
21. St. Cornelius (251-53)
22. St. Lucius I (253-54)
23. St. Stephen I (254-257)
24. St. Sixtus II (257-258)
25. St. Dionysius (260-268)
26. St. Felix I (269-274)
27. St. Eutychian (275-283)
28. St. Caius (283-296)
29. St. Marcellinus (296-304)
30. St. Marcellus I (308-309)
31. St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
32. St. Miltiades (311-14)
33. St. Sylvester I (314-35)
34. St. Marcus (336)
35. St. Julius I (337-52)
36. Liberius (352-66)
37. St. Damasus I (366-84)
38. St. Siricius (384-99)
39. St. Anastasius I (399-401)
40. St. Innocent I (401-17)
41. St. Zosimus (417-18)
42. St. Boniface I (418-22)
43. St. Celestine I (422-32)
44. St. Sixtus III (432-40)
45. St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
46. St. Hilarius (461-68)
47. St. Simplicius (468-83)
48. St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
49. St. Gelasius I (492-96)
50. Anastasius II (496-98)
51. St. Symmachus (498-514)
52. St. Hormisdas (514-23)
53. St. John I (523-26)
54. St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
55. Boniface II (530-32)
56. John II (533-35)
57. St. Agapetus I (535-36)
58. St. Silverius (536-37)
59. Vigilius (537-55)
60. Pelagius I (556-61)
61. John III (561-74)
62. Benedict I (575-79)
63. Pelagius II (579-90)
64. St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
65. Sabinian (604-606)
66. Boniface III (607)
67. St. Boniface IV (608-15)
68. St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
69. Boniface V (619-25)
70. Honorius I (625-38)
71. Severinus (640)
72. John IV (640-42)
73. Theodore I (642-49)
74. St. Martin I (649-55)
75. St. Eugene I (655-57)
76. St. Vitalian (657-72)
77. Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
78. Donus (676-78)
79. St. Agatho (678-81)
80. St. Leo II (682-83)
81. St. Benedict II (684-85)
82. John V (685-86)
83. Conon (686-87)
84. St. Sergius I (687-701)
85. John VI (701-05)
86. John VII (705-07)
87. Sisinnius (708)
88. Constantine (708-15)
89. St. Gregory II (715-31)
90. St. Gregory III (731-41)
91. St. Zachary (741-52)
92. Stephen II (III) (752-57)
93. St. Paul I (757-67)
94. Stephen III (IV) (767-72)
95. Adrian I (772-95)
96. St. Leo III (795-816)
97. Stephen IV (V) (816-17)
98. St. Paschal I (817-24)
99. Eugene II (824-27)
100. Valentine (827)
101. Gregory IV (827-44)
102. Sergius II (844-47)
103. St. Leo IV (847-55)
104. Benedict III (855-58)
105. St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
106. Adrian II (867-72)
107. John VIII (872-82)
108. Marinus I (882-84)
109. St. Adrian III (884-85)
110. Stephen V (VI) (885-91)
111. Formosus (891-96)
112. Boniface VI (896)
113. Stephen VI (VII) (896-97)
114. Romanus (897)
115. Theodore II (897)
116. John IX (898-900)
117. Benedict IV (900-03)
118. Leo V (903)
119. Sergius III (904-11)
120. Anastasius III (911-13)
121. Lando (913-14)
122. John X (914-28)
123. Leo VI (928)
124. Stephen VIII (929-31)
125. John XI (931-35)
126. Leo VII (936-39)
127. Stephen IX (939-42)
128. Marinus II (942-46)
129. Agapetus II (946-55)
130. John XII (955-63)
131. Leo VIII (963-64)
132. Benedict V (964)
133. John XIII (965-72)
134. Benedict VI (973-74)
135. Benedict VII (974-83)
136. John XIV (983-84)
137. John XV (985-96)
138. Gregory V (996-99)
139. Sylvester II (999-1003)
140. John XVII (1003)
141. John XVIII (1003-09)
142. Sergius IV (1009-12)
143. Benedict VIII (1012-24)
144. John XIX (1024-32)
145. Benedict IX (1032-45)
146. Sylvester III (1045)
147. Benedict IX (1045)
148. Gregory VI (1045-46)
149. Clement II (1046-47)
150. Benedict IX (1047-48)
151. Damasus II (1048)
152. St. Leo IX (1049-54)
153. Victor II (1055-57)
154. Stephen X (1057-58)
155. Nicholas II (1058-61)
156. Alexander II (1061-73)
157. St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
158. Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
159. Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
160. Paschal II (1099-1118)
161. Gelasius II (1118-19)
162. Callistus II (1119-24)
163. Honorius II (1124-30)
164. Innocent II (1130-43)
165. Celestine II (1143-44)
166. Lucius II (1144-45)
167. Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
168. Anastasius IV (1153-54)
169. Adrian IV (1154-59)
170. Alexander III (1159-81)
171. Lucius III (1181-85)
172. Urban III (1185-87)
173. Gregory VIII (1187)
174. Clement III (1187-91)
175. Celestine III (1191-98)
176. Innocent III (1198-1216)
177. Honorius III (1216-27)
178. Gregory IX (1227-41)
179. Celestine IV (1241)
180. Innocent IV (1243-54)
181. Alexander IV (1254-61)
182. Urban IV (1261-64)
183. Clement IV (1265-68)
184. Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
185. Blessed Innocent V (1276)
186. Adrian V (1276)
187. John XXI (1276-77)
188. Nicholas III (1277-80)
189. Martin IV (1281-85)
190. Honorius IV (1285-87)
191. Nicholas IV (1288-92)
192. St. Celestine V (1294)
193. Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
194. Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
195. Clement V (1305-14)
196. John XXII (1316-34)
197. Benedict XII (1334-42)
198. Clement VI (1342-52)
199. Innocent VI (1352-62)
200. Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
201. Gregory XI (1370-78)
202. Urban VI (1378-89)
203. Boniface IX (1389-1404)
204. Innocent VII (1404-06)
205. Gregory XII (1406-15)
206. Martin V (1417-31)
207. Eugene IV (1431-47)
208. Nicholas V (1447-55)
209. Callistus III (1455-58)
210. Pius II (1458-64)
211. Paul II (1464-71)
212. Sixtus IV (1471-84)
213. Innocent VIII (1484-92)
214. Alexander VI (1492-1503)
215. Pius III (1503)
216. St. Julius II (1503-13)
217. St. Leo X (1513-21)
218. Adrian VI (1522-23)
219. Clement VII (1523-34)
220. Paul III (1534-49)
221. Julius III (1550-55)
222. Marcellus II (1555)
223. Paul IV (1555-59)
224. Pius IV (1559-65)
225. St. Pius V (1566-72)
226. Gregory XIII (1572-85)
227. Sixtus V (1585-90)
228. Urban VII (1590)
229. Gregory XIV (1590-91)
230. Innocent IX (1591)
231. Clement VIII (1592-1605)
232. Leo XI (1605)
233. Paul V (1605-21)
234. Gregory XV (1621-23)
235. Urban VIII (1623-44)
236. Innocent X (1644-55)
237. Alexander VII (1655-67)
238. Clement IX (1667-69)
239. Clement X (1670-76)
240. Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
241. Alexander VIII (1689-91)
242. Innocent XII (1691-1700)
243. Clement XI (1700-21)
244. Innocent XIII (1721-24)
245. Benedict XIII (1724-30)
246. Clement XII (1730-40)
247. Benedict XIV (1740-58)
248. Clement XIII (1758-69)
249. Clement XIV (1769-74)
250. Pius VI (1775-99)
251. Pius VII (1800-23)
252. Leo XII (1823-29)
253. Pius VIII (1829-30)
254. Gregory XVI (1831-46)
255. St. Pius IX (1846-78)
256. Leo XIII (1878-1903)
257. St. Pius X (1903-14)
258. Benedict XV (1914-22)
259. Pius XI (1922-39)
260. St. Pius XII (1939-58)
261. St. John XXIII (1958-63)
262. Paul VI (1963-78)
263. John Paul I (1978)
264. St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
265. Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
266. Rutherford I (2011 - )


Temporal Succession from Hugh, King of Italy

Hugh d'Arles, King of Italy in the Holy Roman Empire
Bosone d'Arles, Margrave of Tuscany * Brother of Hugh, King of Italy.
Umberto d'Arles, Margrave of Tuscany * Son of Hugh, King of Italy
Hugh d'Arles, Margrave of Tuscany
Boniface III di Canossa, Margrave of Tuscany * Grandson of Hugh, King of Italy
Federico di Canossa, Margrave of Tuscany
Matilda di Canossa, Margravine of Tuscany, Vice-Queen of Italy in the Holy Roman Empire * Daughter of Boniface III of Tuscany and Beatrice of Lorraine and Bar. Titles and lands were gifted to the church upon her death without issue, thus initiating the ecclesiastical temporal claims associated with Tuscany. Though the Popes had claim of sovereignty over Italy as Imperial Vice-King, they exercised this as Pope and Ecclesiastical Overlord of Italy.
Papa Paschal II
...
Etc.



Temporal Succession of the Holy Church from the Roman Empire

Gaius Julius Caesar
Augustus (Imperator Caesar Augustus)
Tiberius (Tiberius Caesar Augustus)
Caligula (Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
Galba (Servius Galba Caesar Augustus)
Otho (Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus)
Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Augustus)
Vespasianus (Caesar Vespasianus Augustus)
Titus (Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus)
Domitianus (Caesar Domitianus Augustus)
Nerva (Nerva Caesar Augustus)
Trajanus (Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus)
Hadrianus (Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus)
Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius)
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)
Lucius Verus (Lucius Aurelius Verus)
Commodus (Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus)
Pertinax (Publius Helvius Pertinax)
Didius Julianus (Marcus Didius Severus Julianus)
Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax)
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)
Geta (Publius Septimius Geta)
Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus)
Diadumenianus (Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus)
Elagabalus (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)
Severus Alexander (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander)
Maximinus Thrax (Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus)
Gordianus I (Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus)
Gordianus II (Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus)
Pupienus (Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus)
Balbinus (Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus)
Gordianus III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus)
Philippus (Marcus Julius Philippus)
Philippus II (Marcus Julius Severus Philippus)
Decius (Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius)
Herennius Etruscus (Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius)
Hostilianus (Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus)
Trebonianus Gallus (Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus)
Volusianus (Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus)
Aemilianus (Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus)
Valerianus (Publius Licinius Valerianus)
Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus)
Saloninus (Publius Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus)
Claudius Gothicus (Marcus Aurelius Claudius)
Quintillus (Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus)
Aurelianus (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus)
Tacitus (Marcus Claudius Tacitus)
Florianus (Marcus Annius Florianus)
Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus)
Carus (Marcus Aurelius Carus)
Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus)
Numerianus (Marcus Aurelius Numerianus)
Diocletianus (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus)
Maximianus (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus)
Galerius (Galerius Valerius Maximianus)
Constantius I (Flavius Valerius Constantius)
Constantinus I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus)
Severus (Flavius Valerius Severus)
Maxentius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius)
Licinius (Valerius Licinianus Licinius)
Maximinus Daza (Galerius Valerius Maximinus)
Valerius Valens (Aurelius Valerius Valens)
Martinianus (Sextus Marcius Martinianus)
Constantinus II (Flavius Claudius Constantinus)
Constantius II (Flavius Julius Constantius)
Constans (Flavius Julius Constans)
Vetranio (Flavius Claudius Julianus)
Jovianus (Flavius Jovianus)
Valentinianus I (Valentinianus)
Valens
Gratianus
Valentinianus II
Theodosius I
Magnus Maximus
Victor (Flavius Victor)
Eugenius
Honorius
Constantinus III (Flavius Claudius Constantinus)
Constans II
Constantius III
Joannes
Valentinianus III (Placidus Valentinianus)
Petronius Maximus
Avitus (Eparchius Avitus)
Majorianus (Julius Valerius Maiorianus)
Libius Severus
Anthemius (Procopius Anthemius)
Olybrius (Anicius Olybrius)
Glycerius
Julius Nepos
Romulus Augustus
Papa Sanctus Simplicius
...
etc.


SUCCESSION FROM THE KINGS OF RUTHENIA (OLD RUSSIAN STATE)

Clement VI of Rome (title reverted to source; in succession from St. Peter the Apostle & succeeded by Papa Innocent VI; continued in primary succession above.)
Yuri II, King of Ruthenia
Andrew I, King of Ruthenia and Lev II, King of Ruthenia (joint rule)
Yuri I, King of Ruthenia, Grand Prince of Kiev
Lev I, King of Ruthenia, Grand Prince of Kiev
Danilo I Romanovich, King of Ruthenia (Russia) (via Rome), Grand Prince of Kiev
Roman the Great, Tsar and Autocrat of All Rus’ (via Constantinople)

In Memoriam Bailey McCune of Coll-Earn, Baron of Elphinstone, Knight Grand Cross of the Pontifical Order of the Eagle

Gen. McCune in the uniform of the
Military Society of the Wild Geese


IN MEMORIAM
Lt. Gen. The Much Honoured Bailey Bruce McCune of Coll-Earn
Baron of Elphinstone (Scotland)
Knight Grand Cross of the Pontifical Order of the Eagle
1931 - 2014

H.H. the Bishop of Rome-Ruthenia (left) and
the Baron of Elphinstone (right) at the Elphinstone
baronial hall at the baron's Arabian horse farm in California

Personal note from the Baron of Elphinstone to
H.H. Pope Radislav (Rutherford) I thanking him for a
requiem mass for the late Baroness.
Original held in the Stephenian Archives.

Enclosure card of the Baron of Elphinstone with
personal note to H.H. Pope Radislav I (Rutherford).
Original held in the Stephenian Archives.


 



Revised First Edition of "Journey of Faith"

Pope Radislav I with the revised first edition English and Russian language versions of his book "Journey of Faith," which details the history of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church, both ancient and through the last 15 years.

Brevet of the Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia

 

Brevet conferring the honour of Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia
as issued by the Pontifical Order of Knights Bachelor of Yugoslavia

A fully canonical orthodox and catholic autocephalous Apostolic See -- Полностью канонический православный и католический автокефальный Апостольский Престол.

Through adherence to the historic and constant faith of the Church as taught by the saints and the Church Fathers (St. Vincent of Lerins) and the faith once delivered for all unto the saints (Jude 3). Neither affiliation with the Bishop of Rome nor of Constantinople nor any other ecclesiastical jurisdiction is required. We accept as canonical all who accept the traditional faith.

Attraverso l'adesione alla fede storica e costante della Chiesa come insegnata dai santi e dai Padri della Chiesa (San Vincenzo di Lerins) e alla fede una volta consegnata per tutti ai santi (Giuda 3). Non è obbligatoria la l'affiliazione col Vescovo di Roma, di Costantinopoli, o qualsiasi altra giurisdizione ecclesiastica. Accettiamo come canonici tutti coloro che accettano la fede tradizionale.

Через приверженность исторической и постоянной вере Церкви, которой учат святые и Отцы Церкви (святой Викентий Леринский), и веру, когда-то переданную для всех святым (Иуды 3). Ни принадлежность к епископу Рима, ни Константинополя, ни к какой-либо другой церковной юрисдикции не требуется. Мы принимаем в качестве канонических всех, кто принимает традиционную веру.

United Roman-Ruthenian Church


THE DIOCESE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1978 - 2009.
THE ANGLO-CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF THE SOUTHWEST FROM 2009-2011.
SEE OF ST. STEPHEN, COADJUTORSHIP OF ROME (FOUNDED FIRST CENTURY BY ST. PETER),
AND SEE OF AQUILEIA (FOUNDED FIRST CENTURY BY ST. MARK) FROM 2011.
THE APOSTOLIC SEE OF STS. STEPHEN AND MARK FROM 2023.

In Hereditary Descent from Rome and Russia and Apostolic Succession
from Saints Peter, Andrew, Thomas, Thaddeus, and Bartholomew,
AN ETHNO-RELIGIOUS NATION WITHOUT POLITICAL TERRITORY AND A STATE UNTO ITSELF
representing people across multiple modern political countries.

PRINCIPAL LITURGICAL RITES:
GALLO-RUSSO-BYZANTINE
ANGLICAN-BYZANTINE
ANGLO-ROMAN
GALLICAN

Organisation in Special Consultative Status with the
United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2019.
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H.M. King Peter II of Yugoslavia


King Peter II of Yugoslavia
(art commissioned by the Pontifical Order of Knights Bachelor of Yugoslavia)

The last King to reign in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (albeit briefly) was King Peter II of Yugoslavia. The King, a second-great-grandson of Queen Victoria and also of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, came to the throne at the age of 11 upon his father's assassination in 1934. He was forced into exile by the Nazis shortly after coming of age. Peter II's godfather was George VI of England. The legacy of Yugoslavia, held principally through the singular honour of Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia, is among the most treasured aspects of the Slavic heritage of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church and the Pontifical Imperial State of Rome-Ruthenia.

Insignia of an Honourary Bailiff Grand Cross of the 
Yugoslavian Order of St. John (founded under the
royal protection of Peter II) with the top portion of
the insignia indicating a Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia.
The top portion in silver bears the Serbian eagle with the
Cyrillic cypher of Peter II. The insignia was presented
in the early 2000s to H.H. the Bishop of Rome-Ruthenia
and remains one of his most valued possessions. 

After some time in England, Peter II came to the United States in 1948 and settled in Chicago, where he lived more or less for the rest of his life. The king died on 3 November 1970 in Colorado after battling a long illness. He was buried at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Libertyville, Illinois, an area known for its Serbian ex-patriate community. In 2013, however, it was arranged for his body to be reinterred in Serbia at the Royal Mausoleum of Oplenac.

H.M. King Peter II of Yugoslavia (right)
and H.M. King George VI of Great Britain (left)

While in the United States, Peter II, exercising his sovereign rights, established the honour of Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia. This was organised into a society known as the Royal Association of Knights Bachelor, with the King as its Royal Protector. Today the Apostolic See of Saints Stephen and Mark is among those entitled to grant the title of Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia - an honour rarely conferred. Various documents pertaining to the honour are also held in the Stephenian Archives. The honour is conferred through the Pontifical Order of Knights Bachelor of Yugoslavia, a successor to the Royal Association of Knights Bachelor of Yugoslavia that had been founded by Peter II. The Pontifical Order counts among its foundational legacy a nobleman who is a Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia and knew King Peter II.

See more on this page. 

Excerpt of a brevet of Peter II conferring the honour of
Knight Bachelor of Yugoslavia held in the Stephenian Archives
of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church.
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