Apostolic Succession of Bishops Antecedent to and Continuing With
Ambassadors of Christ General Convocation
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Bishop | Consecrated |
Erasmus of Arcadia | 1700 |
John Wesley | 1763 – 1791 |
William Thompson | 1791 -1797 |
Thomas Hanby | 1797 – 1805 |
Joseph Benson | 1798 – 1810 |
Adam Clarke | 1806 – 1815 |
George Hanford | 1816 – 1824 |
Thomas King | 1825 – 1841 |
James Bourne | 1826 – 1842 |
Jabez Bunting | 1836 – 1856 |
John Garner | 1842 – 1853 |
George Tetley | 1854 – 1855 |
Samson Turner | 1856 – 1859 |
Jabez Bunting | 1860 – 1862 |
James Garner | 1862 – 1872 |
William Antiff | 1864 – 1873 |
George Lamb | 1866 – 1884 |
George Adkinson | 1855 – 1887 |
Thomas Whited | 1887 – 1910 |
Samuel Henshaw | 1907 – 1924 |
Joseph T Barkby | 1923 – 1932 |
Frederick Hobson | 1932 – 1945 |
John Joseph Alderson | 1945 - 1961 |
Ambrose Allcock | 1961 - 1972 |
Joseph Chapman Edwards | 1972 - 1987 (Emeritus 1987 - 2002) |
William Robert Memmott | 1986 - 2011 (Emeritus 2011 - 2020) |
Richard J Lee | 2012 - Present |
Austin Bradley | 2014 - 2024 (Emeritus 2024 - ) |
Bishop Joseph Edwards was born in 1905 and entered Eternal Life one day after his birthday in 2002 at the age of 97 years old and served in Ordained Ministry for 66 years.
Antecedent This is a list of bishops who began with Methodism and continued with us as Ambassadors of Christ. Therefore, this list has names listed that are part of the Apostolic Lineage antecedent to (prior to) Ambassadors of Christ. We do this to represent an unbroken chain of succession.