The Apostolic Succession of the Old Catholic Church in Europe (OCCE) derives from Christ, through the Apostles, as progressing from several sacramental sources. Our Apostolic Succession derives from the Roman Catholic Church through the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht, Archbishop Arnold Harris Mathew in London (the Old Roman Catholic Church in the UK) and Archbishop Henry Carmel Carfora, in the United States (the North American Old Roman Catholic Church). Also from the Roman Church through Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa (of Botucatu, Brazil) and Bishop Eduardo Sanchez y Camacho (of Cuidad-Victoria, Mexico).

They also derive from the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch by way of the Malankaran Indian Orthodox Church through Archbishop Joseph Renee Vilatte in the United States. In addition, apostolic lines from the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches are also a part of our sacramental heritage. In a sense, we have become a sacramental convergence of Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox apostolic lineage.

The OCCE does not condone the reprehensible act of sub-conditional consecrations purely for the benefit of "gaining" lines of succession. The mixture of our Apostolic lineage has occurred by accident, that is through co-consecrators of different Churches expressing Communion with each other at the consecration of particular Bishops in our heritage. The OCCE can attest that each and every consecration has occured for the express intention of consecrating a Bishop for a particular ministry and a specific flock.

Following the Roman Catholic line through the Ancient Catholic Church of the Netherlands, which, in Europe, is known as the Catholic Old Diocese of Utrecht by virtue of papal grants given by Blessed Pope Eugene III in 1145 AD and Pope Leo X in 1520 AD, our Succession is as follows -

Apostolic Lineage

• BARBERINI Antonio Cardinal; Archbishop of Rheims, in 1667 consecrated:

• LE TELLIER Charles Maurice; as his Coadjutor who, in 1670, upon mandate of Pope Clement X, consecrated:

• BOSSUET Jacques-Benigne; as Bishop of Meaux who, in 1693, consecrated:

• DE MATIGNON Jacques Goydon; as Bishop of Condom who, on February 12, 1719,upon mandate of Pope Clement XI, consecrated:

• VARLET Dominique Marie; as Bishop of Ascalon (in partibus) who, on October 17, 1739, consecrated:

• MEINDHARTS Peter John; in Utrecht, Holland who had been elected to the vacant See of Utrecht, and who, on July 11, 1745, consecrated:

• VAN STIPHOUT Johannes; as Bishop of Haarlem who, on February 7, 1768, consecrated:

• VAN NIEUWENHUISEN Walter; as Archbishop of Utrecht who, on June 21, 1778, consecrated:

• BROEKMAN Adrianus Johannes; as Bishop of Haarlem who, on July 5, 1797, consecrated:

• VAN RHIJN Johannes Jacobus; as Archbishop of Utrecht who, on November 7, 1805, consecrated:

• DE JONG Gisbertus; as Bishop of Deventer who, on April 24, 1814, consecrated:

• VAN OS Willibrord; as Archbishop of Utrecht who, on April 22, 1819, consecrated:

• BON Johannes; as Bishop of Haarlem who, on June 14, 1825, consecrated:

• VAN SANTEN Johannes; as Archbishop of Utrecht who, on July 17, 1854, consecrated:

• HEYKAMP Hermannus; as Bishop of Deventer who, on August 11, 1873, consecrated:

• RINKEL Gaspardus Johannes; as Bishop of Haarlem, who, on May 11, 1892, consecrated:

• GUL Gerardus; as Archbishop of Utrecht who, on April 28,1908 consecrated:

• MATHEW Arnold Harris; as Regionary Bishop for England who, on June 29, 1913, consecrated:

• DE LANDES BERGHES HRH Prince Rudolph Edouard; as Regionary Bishop for Scotland who, on October 4, 1916, consecrated:

• CARFORA Carmel Henry; as Archbishop of Canada who, on June 17, 1945, consecrated:

• JAMES Earl Anglin; as Bishop, who on December 25, 1950, consecrated:

• BILLET Grant Timothy; as Bishop, who on October 23, 1979, consecrated:

• PARR Norman Richard; as Bishop, who on July 14, 1991, consecrated:,

• McCORMICK Maurice; as Bishop, who on February 3, 1996, consecrated:

• SWARINGIM Carl Thomas; as Bishop, who on October 19, 1997, along with Maurice McCormick as Principal Consecrator consecrated:

• GUBALA Robert Matthew; as Bishop of Rhode Island, who on November 21, 1999, consecrated:

• QUEEN André Jhohn, W; as Bishop of Chicago, who on July 16th, 2000, along with, Robert Matthew Gubala as Principal Consecrator consecrated:

• MCBRIDE Robert Charles; as Bishop of Mercia & The Marches (English Catholic Church) the Old Catholic Church in Europe. Who, as Principal Consecrator, on July 8th, 2007, along with David Bowler and Anthony Earl-Williams consecrated:
• BEEVERS Dennis; as Bishop of Dunstanburgh.