The Right Reverend
Cyrille Kambale Tavuirima
Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
From the Apostles to Canterbury
346 bishopsThe same for every diocese in this app.
- The Twelve Apostles 12
- Rome — the undivided Church 80
- Jerusalem 51
- Lyons 33
- St David’s — Wales 65
- Canterbury 103
How these lines reach Canterbury
- Rome668Vitalian consecrates Theodore of Tarsus
- Jerusalemby tradition, to the founding of the Welsh see → St David’s
- St David’s1414Henry Chicheley held St David’s, then Canterbury
- LyonsAetherius supported Augustine’s mission, but no consecration is documented
- The English Reformation — the see passes from Roman obedience to the Church of England (Cranmer, 1533)
The line of Beni 16 bishops
What do the numbers and labels beside each name mean?
- 2 This bishop's own rank — e.g. "2nd Presiding Bishop." The list's real order is the order names appear top to bottom, which can legitimately run 2, 1, 3 when a list mixes bishops from more than one numbered office.
- Apostolic Apostolic age
- Undivided Undivided Church (before 1054)
- Roman Roman obedience (1054–1533)
- Anglican Anglican (1533 Reformation onward)
- ACNA ACNA / GAFCON realignment (2008 onward)
The label marks which communion the bishop held office in — not a judgement about the validity of his orders, which the line itself carries unbroken across every one of these changes.
The line passes from Canterbury to Uganda (shared provinc… The line passes from Canterbury to Uganda (shared province) 10
15 other dioceses share this origin
Congo's own province becomes independent (1992) 5
13 other dioceses share this origin
Bishops of Beni 1
Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo