Anglican Church International Communion
Seeking to Unite Traditional Churchmen
Around the World
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Bishops attend second meeting in 2002 at Marshall, Virginia. Bishop Ernest Kelly of
Australia, center, joins College and ACIC
Pictured are: L to R. The Rt. Rev. Luther Pierre-Toussaint, Bishop of Haiti; The Rt.
Rev. Melvin H. Pickering, Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Good Shepherd.The Rt.
Rev. Earnest Kelly, Bishop of the Australian Church; The Rt. Rev. Larry W.
Johnson, Bishop of Virginia;  The Rt. Rev. Vincent Thakore, Bishop of the South.
Founding bishops of ACIC in Atlanta, November, 2001.
The Rt. Rev. Pickering, The Rt. Rev. Thakore, The Rt. Rev. Johnson, The late Rt.
Rev. LaPointe. Bishop LaPointe would live long after his visit to Atlanta and the
founding of the ACIC. His life was a testimony to how all bishops should live and
conduct their lives. His love of his Haitian Church was wonderful. Our second Bishop,
the Rt. Rev Vincent  Thakore passed April 15, 2008..
                       A Short History: Four Bishops Formed A New Communion on 11/17/2001
In an exciting historic move, traditional bishops from four jurisdictions approved the concepts for a "principles" document
and  "concordat" on November 17, 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia.  Firm agreements were approved to come together with the
purpose and hope of bringing order to the Anglican church movement in the United States. From these agreements the
Anglican Church International Communion emerged.  The new communion was the first step toward bringing greater unity
to the splintered continuing "churches" in the United States and throughout the world.  The guiding principles state "this is a
traditional communion dedicated to bring peace and unity to all Anglican worshipers," by adhering to the American 1928
Book of Common Prayer, the English 1662 Book of Common Prayer and the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer.  The
Declaration of Principles became the name of the historic document embracing these concepts which preserve the
traditional church and move forward the Great Communion of Christ. Signatories to this historic document were:  The Late
Rt. Rev. Lafond LaPointe, Bishop of Haiti, chairman of the founding convocation; The Rt. Rev. Larry W. Johnson, Bishop of
Virginia, first College president, 2002; The Rt. Rev. Melvin H. Pickering, Bishop of the Diocese of the Good Shepherd, New
Mexico, second president of the College, 2003; The Rt. Rev. Vincent Thakore, Bishop of the South, Georgia, third president
of the College; in 2004. Since the founders: fourth president  Bishop Jorge Martinez, Independent Episcopal Church of
Mexico, 2005; fifth president, Bishop Chopin Cusacks, American Anglican Convocation, 2006; and again Bishop Larry W.
Johnson, sixth president, 2007; and Bishop Martin Sigillito, Missouri, American Anglican Convocation seventh  president,
2008.

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Milestones of the ACIC.
Actions by College of Bishops to forward the Mission of the ACIC.

  • 2001 Founding of ACIC.
  • 2002 Adoption of Declaration of Principles to Guide Communion of ACIC.
  • 2003 Structure of the College of Bishops with terms of office.
  • 2004 Expansion of membership by additional ten provinces.
  • 2005 Approval of Manifesto at College of Bishops meeting in Mexico City and establishment of General Secretary
    Office at Front Royal, Virginia, USA. and a Secretary General is elected.
  • 2006 United States bishops of the College found Anglican Church in the United States of America (ACUSA).
  • 2007 First General Synod of ACIC at Jamestown. College accredits two seminaries, sets standards for consecration
    for new bishops, elects the Rt. Rev. Martin Sigillito, Missouri to three year term as president of College, elects the Rt.
    Rev. Larry Wilson Johnson Archbishop of International Provinces of the ACIC and extends term of office as
    Secretary General for another three years, and receives three new provinces for a total of nineteen.
  • 2008 College approves application of the Most Rt. Rev. Michael Wright of the United Kingdom, HCC (WR), Diocese
    of Europe to be twentieth province of ACIC; Gives provisional approval of the application of the Rt. Rev. Fabiano
    ferrês of Brazil, Apostolic Episcopal Church of Brazil for twenty-first ACIC province; Bishop Wright presents study
    of ACIC formulary for uniting traditional bishops. His paper is published in a new publication for bishops on questions
    and answers about the ACIC. Click ACIC How to Join Questions and Answers.

                             Manifesto
                                         &
                              Declaration of Revival
Whereas, continuing Anglican Churchmen worldwide desire greater union and communion,
Whereas, the Anglican Faith is under attack by forces of evil resulting in the abandonment of the traditional faith of the
primitive church and the Faith given to us by the ancient fathers of the church,
Whereas, prayer for a new Great Awakening of the Christian Faith is essential for the cure of souls of God’s people
worldwide,
Whereas, the orthodox Anglican faith must be preserved as a gift to be passed to our children and generations to
come,
Whereas, there is an urgent necessity for this statement of manifest destiny and a seat of Communion,
Whereas, the first permanent English Colony and Church in America was established at Jamestown Island in 1607,
and whose establishment in the Commonwealth of Virginia has been continuous for four-hundred years,
Whereas, the Jamestown Colony was a parish of the Bishop of London with an established Church and priest named
the Rev. Robert Hunt,
Whereas, our Anglican forefathers who came to America at Jamestown were communicants of the Church of
England and practiced  and planted their faith by the use of the Book of Common Prayer,
Whereas, the first representative assembly to meet in America met in the Anglican Church at Jamestown for the
purposes of self government,
Whereas, Virginia is known as the New World birth place of democracy and religious freedoms,
Therefore, be it Resolved and Acknowledged, that the undersigned are in Communion and agree that the
Jamestown colonists, guided by the hand of God Almighty, did give birth to new world Anglicanism and
churchmanship; providing hope for people worldwide desiring to breathe free and to attain self government and to
escape from tyrannical forms of oppression; and likewise as a signatory to this manifesto do pledge to work for a
Great Awakening of the Christian Faith.

Be it further Resolved, that the Anglican Church of Virginia is and shall be recognized and designated as the locus
of the renewal of worldwide Anglican Faith committed to the Truth as revealed in the Authorized Version of the Holy
Bible, and the traditional Books of Common Prayer dated 1549, 1552, 1662, 1928 and valid translations of these
aforesaid Books of Common Prayer and Holy Bible.

In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.

                                    College of Bishops sign Resolution in Mexico City.
ACIC  Provinces and Jurisdictions

  1. Anglican Church of Virginia
  2. Orthodox Apostolic Church of Haiti, of the Anglican Church of Virginia
  3. The Free Church of England in Australia, of the Anglican Church of Virginia
  4. Anglican Diocese of the Good Shepherd
  5. Orthodox Anglican Church of the South
  6. Anglican Episcopal Church of India
  7. Mexican Independent Episcopal Church
  8. American Anglican Convocation
  9. Anglican Episcopal Church
  10. Diocese of the Caribbean and New Granada and the  Holy Catholic Church (WR)
  11. Traditional Church of England and Australia
  12. Anglican Diocese of Central America
  13. Anglican Church of India*
  14. Traditional Church of England and Australia
  15. Anglican Diocese of  South America
  16. Missionary Diocese of the Cameroon of ACOVA
  17. Anglican Church of Georgia (USA)
  18. National Anglican Church of the Dominican Republic
  19. Catholic Apostolic Anglican Church Missionary Diocese of the Latino/Hispanic in the USA
  20. Holy Catholic Church-WR Diocese of Europe
  21. The Apostolic Episcopal Church of the Archdiocese of St. Paul, Brazil
*The ACI is in communion with Anglican Church of Virginia
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Pictured Left: College of Bishops
meet in Mexico in 2005. Bishops )L
to R) join College. The are Bishops
Chopin Cusachs, Louisiana: Jorge
Martinez, Mexico; and Bishop
George Conner, Nevada.
Pictured Left and L to R: Bishops
Johnson, Virginia: Toussaint.Haiti:
Walsh, Texas; Pickering, New
Mexico; Conner, Nevada and
Cusachs, Louisiana.
Bishops at First ACIC Synod in Jamestown 2007 join in
laying hands on new Bishop Sanjay Thakore. New bishop is
son of deceased Bishop Vincent Thakore. Picture left to right
are: Bishops Ebenezer Rajkishore, India, Joseph Desir, Haiti,
Sanjay Thakore, Georgia,US, and Martin Sigillito,
Missouri, US.
Pectoral history of the founding of the ACIC. Below left: Four bishop found ACIC 2001, Below right: College of
Bishops grows by one as it receives Bishop Ernest Kelly of Australia. Below  lower left: Bishops meet in Mexico
City in 2005 to expand ACIC Mission and receive new bishops as members of College of Bishops. Below lower
right: First General Synod of ACIC in 2007 to celebrate 400th Anniversary of First Communion in Virginia.
Bishops sign Manifesto and
Declaration of Revival in Mexico City,
in 2005.. Bishop Jorge Martinez
(center) of Mexico, President 2005,  
adds his signature.