Episcopal Transition – Bishop Mark Henry Blade

February 14, 2020 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Mark Henry Blade, Prelate of the Indiana First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.  The Blade family…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop Jacob Stukes

January 8, 2020 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Jacob Stukes,  Auxiliary Bishop serving in the New York Southeast Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction under…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop Ervin Sims, Jr.

January 6, 2020 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Ervin Sims, Jr.,  Prelate of the Republic of Ghana Jurisdiction.  The Sims family and…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop Johnny L. McCaleb

December 5, 2019 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Johnny L. McCaleb, D.D.,  Auxiliary Bishop, Southern California Second Jurisdiction under the leadership…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop Esra Bhekinkosi Mataba

November 26, 2019 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Esra Bhekinkosi Mataba,  Auxiliary Bishop, South Africa Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Kwazulu Natal…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop James Neil Valentine

November 6, 2019 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop James Neil Valentine,  Auxiliary Bishop, South Africa First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction under the leadership…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop Leonard Toney Weaver, Sr.

October 30, 2019 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Leonard Toney Weaver, Sr.,  Prelate Emeritus, Florida Sixth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.  The Weaver family and…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop Harry Browning Daniels, Jr.

October 23, 2019 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Harry Browning Daniels, Jr.,  Prelate Emeritus, Oregon Northwest Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.  The Daniels family and…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop James Arthur Lewis

September 24, 2019 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop James A. Lewis,  an Auxiliary Bishop of the Southern California First Jurisdiction, under…

Episcopal Transition – Bishop Frank Elijah Johnson

September 22, 2019 This communique is being sent at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr. as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Bishop Frank Elijah Johnson,  Prelate Emeritus of the Colorado Jurisdiction under the leadership of…