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MOST REVEREND +MICHAEL CUOZZO, O.C.R., O.F.E.
ARCHBISHOP COAT OF ARMS
 
The Apostolic Succession of the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist is part of the unbroken succession of bishops from Our Lord Jesus Christ and his Apostles.
The Most Rev. +Michael Cuozzo Roman Catholic Apostolic Line of Succession
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CHAPEL OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.)
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST SECULAR (O.F.E.S.)
SANCTIFICATION OF FAMILIES UNION OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI (S.F.U.) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC AND AUTOCEPHALOUS BISHOPS (I.C.C.A.B.)
 THROUGH RELIGIOUS PROFESSION, WE FOLLOW CHRIST, STIRRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, GIVE OURSELVES TOTALLY TO GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS, LIVING THE GOSPEL IN THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO THE FORM OBSERVED AND PROPOSED BY SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI.
 

WE ARE AN EASTERN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC FRANCISCAN RELIGIOUS ORDER, AN INTERNATIONAL ORDINARIATE. WE BOLDLY PROCLAIM OUR EASTERN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC IDENTITY. AS AN EASTERN RELIGIOUS ORDER, WE PROFESS TO BE A BRANCH OF THE EASTERN CHURCH AND, THEREFORE, A VALID BRANCH OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH.
 
WE ARE PLEASED TO PROVIDE A “HOME” FOR CELIBATE AND MARRIED [OR WIDOWED] ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND TO EVENTUALLY ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUE TO SERVE SACRAMENTALLY WITHIN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. MARRIED ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS ARE PRIESTS WHO HAVE LEFT CELIBATE PROMISES/VOWS AS ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST TO MARRY. [CONSIDERATION GIVEN FOR MEMBERSHIP OF NON-ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS WHO ARE OF THE “ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH.” ]
 

THE ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.), THE ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST SECULAR (O.F.E.S.), THE SANCTIFICATION OF FAMILIES UNION OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI (S.F.U.), AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC AND AUTOCEPHALOUS BISHOPS (I.C.C.A.B.) HAVE A PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OF COLUMBIA, REPUBLIC OF HUNGRY, REPUBLIC OF INDIA, ITALIAN REPUBLIC,  REPUBLIC OF KENYA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LINKA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE.

 
THE MOST REVEREND +MICHAEL CUOZZO (MAR +FRANCIS), O.C.R., O.F.E.
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.)
SANCTIFICATION OF FAMILIES UNION OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI (S.F.U.)
PRIMATE AND PRESIDING ARCHBISHOP
TITULAR ARCHBISHOP OF EPIPHANIA
BISHOP, ABBOT, MINISTER GENERAL, AND FOUNDER
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST SECULAR
BISHOP, ABBOT, AND MINISTER GENERAL
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLC AUTOCEPHALOUS BISHOPS
CO-FOUNDER AND BISHOP
ORDER OF CORPORATE REUNION
MEMBER
 
THE MOST REVEREND +ANDREW SAGAYAM, O.F.E.
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.)
AUXILIARY BISHOP
METROPOLIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE​
FOUNDER AND ARCHBISHOP​
HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
ARCHBISHOP
VERY REVEREND NOEL CLARKE, O.C.R., O.F.E.
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.)
ASSISTANT MINISTER GENERAL
SAINT BRIGIT FRIARY
FRIAR, BROTHER, AND FOUNDER
ORDER OF CORPORATE RENION
MEMBER​
 
VERY REVEREND MAX M. ZAPANTA, O.C.R., O.F.E.
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.)
MINISTER PROVINCIAL
PROVINCE OF SAINT MARY THEOTOKOS
ABBEY OF SAINT THERESE LISIEUX FRIARY
FRIAR, BROTHER, AND FOUNDER
ORDER OF CORPORATE REUNION
MEMBER
 
VERY REV. ANEESH JACOB (SEBASTIAN) PUTHENPURACKAL, O.C.R., O.F.E.
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.)
MINISTER PROVINCIAL
PROVINCE OF SAINT ALPHONSA
ABBEY OF SAINT ALPHONSA 
ABBOT, BROTHER​, AND FOUNDER
ORDER OF CORPORATE REUNION
MEMBER
 
VERY REVEREND ABEL MAKAHAMDZE, O.C.R., O.F.E.
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.)
MINISTER PROVINCIAL
PROVINCE OF SAINT CHARLES LWANGA AND HIS COMPANIONS
ABBEY OF THE REDEEM CHRIST
FRIAR, BROTHER​, AND FOUNDER
ORDER OF CORPORATE REUNION
MEMBER
 VERY REVEREND W.W. AUGUSTUS DILKUSHAN FERNANDO, O.C.R., O.F.E.
ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST (O.F.E.)
MINISTER PROVINCIAL 
PROVINCE OF SAINT BENEDICT
OUR LADY OF LANKA FRIARY
FRIAR, BROTHER​, AND FOUNDER
ORDER OF CORPORATE REUNION
MEMBER

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The Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist (O.F.E.) is shepherded by the exemplar of the Prelature of the Bishop of Rome Pope John Paul II and the Federation of Jesus Abbeys.
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