This register brings together the Church’s ordination and consecration records. Dates, officiating bishops and places are given wherever recorded. Conditional consecrations and disputed details are identified in their entries.
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March 1968
Dr Horst Block was admitted in to the Holy Order of Deacon in March 1968. He was ordained a Priest in December 1968 in the City of Christ ,now Monrovia / Liberia.
December 1968
The biography gives an additional consecrator and a combined witness/co-consecrator list without clearly assigning each person to a ceremony. The full wording is retained in the record notes.
He was ordained a Priest in December 1968 in the City of Christ ,now Monrovia / Liberia. Consecrated Titular Bishop of Edessa and Melitene (Malatia) in 1971 in London, GB by Bishop Primus Charles Dennis Boltwood. Consecrated Bishop for the Diocese of West Africa and parts adjacent in Europe, particularly Germany on Palm Sunday 26th March 1972 by the Bishop Primus Charles Dennis Boltwood, D.D.,LL.D, London, N.15., GB.
Consecrator: Archbishop Emmanuel Samuel Yekorogha, D.D.,LL.D, Liberia.
Witnesses and Co-consecrators:
Bishop Roland J. Payne, D.D. Lutheran Church, Liberia.
Bishop David M. Fyneah,D.D. African Methodist Church, Liberia.
Bishop Francis Thomas, Free Protestant Episcopal Church, London, GB.
Bishop Wilbur Kunkel, Pillar of Fire, Oakland, USA, Missonary Bishop to Liberi.a
Dr. Rochefort L. Weeks , Rector of the University of Liberia, West-África.
Rev. Dr. Hoff , Theological Seminary - FPEC University of Liberia, West-África.
09 Aug 1971 (1st cons)
The biography names additional participants without clearly distinguishing their roles in the different ceremonies; its wording is retained below.
Horst Karl Frederick Block 09 Aug 1971 (1st cons) & 26 March 1972 (2nd cons)
He was ordained a Priest in December 1968 in the City of Christ ,now Monrovia / Liberia. Consecrated Titular Bishop of Edessa and Melitene (Malatia) in 1971 in London, GB by Bishop Primus Charles Dennis Boltwood. Consecrated Bishop for the Diocese of West Africa and parts adjacent in Europe, particularly Germany on Palm Sunday 26th March 1972 by the Bishop Primus Charles Dennis Boltwood, D.D.,LL.D, London, N.15., GB.
Consecrator: Archbishop Emmanuel Samuel Yekorogha, D.D.,LL.D, Liberia.
Witnesses and Co-consecrators:
Bishop Roland J. Payne, D.D. Lutheran Church, Liberia.
Bishop David M. Fyneah,D.D. African Methodist Church, Liberia.
Bishop Francis Thomas, Free Protestant Episcopal Church, London, GB.
Bishop Wilbur Kunkel, Pillar of Fire, Oakland, USA, Missonary Bishop to Liberi.a
Dr. Rochefort L. Weeks , Rector of the University of Liberia, West-África.
Rev. Dr. Hoff , Theological Seminary - FPEC University of Liberia, West-África.
26 March 1972 (2nd cons)
The narrative names Boltwood for the Palm Sunday consecration. Its following list also names Emmanuel Samuel Yekorogha and several witnesses/co-consecrators without clearly distinguishing every person’s role; the full passage is preserved in the record notes.
Horst Karl Frederick Block 09 Aug 1971 (1st cons) & 26 March 1972 (2nd cons)
He was ordained a Priest in December 1968 in the City of Christ ,now Monrovia / Liberia. Consecrated Titular Bishop of Edessa and Melitene (Malatia) in 1971 in London, GB by Bishop Primus Charles Dennis Boltwood. Consecrated Bishop for the Diocese of West Africa and parts adjacent in Europe, particularly Germany on Palm Sunday 26th March 1972 by the Bishop Primus Charles Dennis Boltwood, D.D.,LL.D, London, N.15., GB.
Consecrator: Archbishop Emmanuel Samuel Yekorogha, D.D.,LL.D, Liberia.
Witnesses and Co-consecrators:
Bishop Roland J. Payne, D.D. Lutheran Church, Liberia.
Bishop David M. Fyneah,D.D. African Methodist Church, Liberia.
Bishop Francis Thomas, Free Protestant Episcopal Church, London, GB.
Bishop Wilbur Kunkel, Pillar of Fire, Oakland, USA, Missonary Bishop to Liberi.a
Dr. Rochefort L. Weeks , Rector of the University of Liberia, West-África.
Rev. Dr. Hoff , Theological Seminary - FPEC University of Liberia, West-África.
Dr Horst Block was admitted in to the Holy Order of Deacon in March 1968. He was ordained a Priest in December 1968 in the City of Christ ,now Monrovia / Liberia.
Consecrated Titular Bishop of Edessa and Melitene (Malatia) in 1971 in London, UK by Bishop Primus Charles Dennis Boltwood.
Consecrated Bishop for the Diocese of West Africa and parts adjacent in Europe, particularly Germany on Palm Sunday 26th March 1972 by the Bishop Primus Charles Dennis Boltwood.
Consecrated:
Archbishop Emmanuel Samuel Yekorogha, D.D.,LL.D, Liberia.
Witnesses and Co-consecrators:
Bishop Roland J. Payne, D.D. Lutheran Church, Liberia.
Bishop David M. Fyneah,D.D. African Methodist Church, Liberia.
Bishop Francis Thomas, Free Protestant Episcopal Church, London, GB.
Bishop Wilbur Kunkel, Pillar of Fire, Oakland, USA, Missonary Bishop to Liberi.a
Dr Rochefort L. Weeks , Rector of the University of Liberia, West-África.
Rev. Dr Hoff , Theological Seminary - FPEC University of Liberia, West-África.
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