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The FPEC has also used the names "Episcopal Apostolic Church of England" and "Ecumenical Church Foundation" 1689 Non-jurors became independent of the Church of England, maintaining their allegiance to the Royal House of Stuart 1726 Non-juroring bishop Dr Timothy Newmarsh consecrated 1804 Non-jurors identified as the Ancient British Church and as the Orthodox British Church, after developing relations with Eastern Orthodox Churches 1805 Non-jurors ceased when the last of their bishops died without a successor 1866 The Ancient British Church founded by Charles Isaac Stevens 1866 Jules (Raymond) Ferrette, cons. on 02 June, with a mission to initiate an indigenous Mutran Boutros (solus), later the SYRIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH, IGNATIUS and autonomous Orthodox Church in England as a step towards reunion between western PETER IV, at Homs, Emesa and eastern Christians. Formerly a French Roman Catholic missionary priest 1866 Francis George Widdows, previously a Roman Catholic Franciscan monk, became a non-conformist minister at the Church of Martin Luther, 26 Speldhurst Road, South Hackney 1866 Leon Checkemian priested by Leon Chorchorunian (1822–97), the Armenian Catholic archbishop of Malatia, on 27 November. In this capacity, Checkemian served at Besui (1866–8), Aintab (1868), Gurum (1868–77) and then moved to Malatia 1873 The Nazarene Episcopal Ecclesia founded by James Martin 1874 Richard Williams Morgan cons. at Marholm, Northamptonshire on 06 March. Morgan Jules (Raymond) Ferrette was a Church of England cleric and historian 1874 Ancient British Church founded by Richard Williams Morgan (Mar Pelagius I) 1877 Lee and Seccombe, together with Thomas Mossman were the three founders and leaders of the Order Of Corporate Reunion . The three of them claimed to have been secretly consecrated as bishops, circa 1877. There has been much speculation and conjecture as to who their consecrators were. Owing to the secrecy t hat long surrounded these consecrations, it may be difficult definitively to establish the facts. However, the website of the Order of Corporate Reunion (currently, as at 2015, led by Pe ter Paul Brennan) asserts that the consecrators were Dominicus Agostina (cardinal patriarch of Venice), Luigi Nazari di Caliana (archbishop of Milan), Vincentius Moretti (a cardinal), and Ignatios G hiurekian (a Byzantine archbishop and abbot -general of Ordo Mechitaristarum Venetiarum from the island of St Lazarus near Venice), and that they acted with the authority of Pope Pius IX 1878 Leon Checkemian cons. / made a vardapet by Armenian Catholic Archbishop Leon Korkorunian, on 23 April, as an assistant bishop for his ethnic group in Malatia (his birthplace), Asia Minor. A vardapet is a highly educated celibate priest, or archimandrite, who is a doctor of theology. A vardapet may hold rank similar to that of a bishop, though without the power to ordain priests. The Armenian Catholic Church is in communion with the Roman Catholic Church 1879 Charles Isaac Stevens cons. on 06 March Richard Williams Morgan, Frederick George Lee & John Thomas Seccombe. co-consecrators were bishops in the Order of Corporate Reunion, Lee was descended from Timothy Newmarsh 1879 Reformed Episcopal Church of the UK founded by Charles Isaac Stevens 1879 The Ancient British Church, as the Non-jurors, opposed Anglo-Catholicism 1885 Leon Checkemian, through contacts with Anglicans, converted to Reform Protestantism & emigrated to England, thereafter studying at New College Presbyterian seminary 1888 Nazarene Episcopal Church founded by James Martin and located at Flaxman Road, London SE5 1888 James Martin cons. on 11 April Alfred Spencer Richardson of the Reformed Episcopal Church of the UK 1889 The Free Protestant Church of England founded by Leon Checkemian, as a meeting place for all types of Protestant Christians 1889 United Armenian Catholic Church of the British Isles founded by Leon Checkemian on 15 August, to bring his fellow British Armenian refugees into a non-papal church 1889 Leon Checkemian preached in Presbyterian churches in Belfast, Ireland 1890 Nazarene College / seminary founded 1890 Leon Checkemian cons. on 04 May, to remove any doubts as to his episcopal status Charles Isaac Stevens & Alfred Spencer Richardson 1890 Leon Checkemian licensed to officiate within the Church of Ireland by William C Plunket, fourth Baron Plunket, Archbishop of Dublin & Primate of the Church of Ireland 1890 Plunket opposed Anglo-Catholicism, which he viewed as a trojan horse for Papal re-establishment over the Church of England. He supported Reformed Episcopal churches, such as the United Armenian Catholic Church, in spheres of Roman Catholic influence 1894 Juan Bautista Cabrera cons. for the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church William C Plunket 1897 Leon Korkorunian 1822 – 1897 1897 William C Plunket 1828 – 1897 1897 THE FREE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Founded on 02 November at the Pro-Cathedral of St Stephen’s Church, Shrewsburg Road, East Ham, London Leon Checkemian : First Primus (Mar Leon) After Checkemian had moved to London, it was decided evangelical Anglicanism would be enhanced by merging the resources of : The Free Protestant Church : Leon Checkemian The Ancient British Church : Charles Isaac Stevens The Nazarene Episcopal Church : James Martin

