The Right Reverend William H. Ilgenfritz, Bishop Oridinary
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
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.