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The Right Reverend William H. Ilgenfritz, Bishop Oridinary

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The  Rt. Rev. William H. Ilgenfritz is a national Anglo-Catholic leader and a  youth  advocate having served in five states. A native of the Pittsburgh area, Bishop Ilgenfritz is a graduate of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry and was ordained to the priesthood in 1986. Bishop Ilgenfritz has been active  in  Forward in Faith North America since 1999. In 2002 he was nominated by the  FiFNA  Assembly with the request for his being made a bishop for those affiliated with  the Anglo-Catholic organization. His nomination was again  affirmed by the FiFNA  Assembly of 2007 as the Common Cause Partnership was  beginning to form what  would become the new province of the Anglican Church in  North America. Fr. Ilgenfritz has served as Chaplain at St. Jude’s Ranch for  Children in Nevada,  and the Executive Director of the Children’s Aid Society.  Bishop Bill also served as Rector of Mt. Calvary Church, Baltimore, MD and St. Mary's Church, Charleroi, PA.   He and his wife, Lois, reside in the Orlando, FL area and have 2 children and 6 grandchildren. 

The Right Reverend Richard W. Lipka, Suffragan Bishop

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Bishop Lipka was ordained a priest in 1966 in Rome, Italy.  He has served  as senior pastor of churches in several states on the mainland United States and in Hawaii in the Roman Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church and the Charismatic Episcopal Church.  He  has taught seminars and written  articles in the areas of  practical  application of the Bible to daily life.  Bishop Lipka founded the  Church of the Risen Lord in Honolulu, Hawaii and was  consecrated Bishop of the  Diocese of the Hawaiian Islands and the American  Protectorates in the Pacific  in 1995 for the Charismatic Episcopal Church.  In  2004 he moved to Maryland to serve as the Diocesan Bishop for the Delmarva  Peninsula.  Bishop Lipka is a graduate of St. Mary’s College (B.A.); the   Pontifical Gregorian University (S.T.B.); St. Mary’s Seminary (M.A.); and the  University of Maryland (M.S.W.).  He is a  licensed clinical social worker and a diplomate of the American Association of  Pastoral Counselors.  Bishop Lipka was born and raisedin Wilmington, DE.  He is  married and  the father of four.  His wife, Susan, and his family, are active in ministries  at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Berlin, MD.