Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon, Abbess of the Lindisfarne Community, became a Christian in 1968 and has since served the church as a leader in children's work, a house-group leader, a teacher of the faith and since 1994 as co-leader of the community. She is a writer, co-author of six books with Andy and was a columnist for three years with Renewal Magazine UK.

Before ordained ministry Jane's profession was dental therapy, in which she graduated from New Cross Hospital London in 1972. She worked with children, the mentally handicapped and the mentally ill.

Besides her work as Abbess, Jane moderates a number of e-mail lists, has a fairly acvtive part in Tompkins County DSS where she and Andy are foster carers and works at TST BOCES in crisis intervention. 

She loves feminist theology, Zumba at the YMCA, and her three little non-human companions, "the pugs," Molly, Lucy and Jack. She has an MA in theology, and a PhD in interdisciplinary studies from Trinity Theological Seminary, Newburgh, IN. her book Corporal Punishment, Religion and United States Public Schools, based on her dissertation was published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2017.

Andrew (Andy) Fitz-Gibbon has been Abbot of the Lindisfarne Community since 2001 and a professor in the State University of New York (SUNY) system since 2000, where he is SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Cortland. His academic work focuses on ethics, nonviolence, social justice, and interspirituality.

He is the author or editor of eighteen books, including works on ethical theory, nonviolent practice, Christian spirituality, foster care reform, and the philosophy of love. His writing bridges scholarly insight and practical application, rooted in a vision of justice, compassion, and spiritual depth.

Andy has been a follower of Christ since 1973. He studied for Christian ministry at Northern Baptist College and the University of Manchester (1981–1984), and holds a bachelor’s degree in business, master’s degrees in history and applied theology, and a Ph.D. in social ethics.

He served as a Baptist minister (Baptist Union of Great Britain) in Rochdale, Greater Manchester (1981–1984), and in Stocksfield, Northumberland (1984–1994).

In 1994, Andy and his wife Jane began the new work that would become the Lindisfarne Community. They moved from the UK to Ithaca, New York, in 1995.

In 2001, Jane and Andy were ordained priests in apostolic succession and appointed Abbess and Abbot of the Lindisfarne Community, when the community was formally chartered by the Most Rev. Wayne Boosahda, Archbishop of the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches. They were consecrated bishops in July 2003 and received the gift of apostolic succession for the community.

Jane and Andy have three grown children, three grandchildren, and have cared for over 100 foster children.

The Apostolic Succession of the Lindisfarne Community traced through The Most Reverend Wayne Boosahda who was chief consecrator for Jane and Andrew Fitz-Gibbon

Apostolic Succession is a way of tracing the lineage of a community, through its bishops, back to the early Christian church. It is best thought of as type of genealogy.

The following three lines of Apostolic Succession are only a partial sampling of the seventeen lines that tie the Lindisfarne Community to the ancient church. In addition to these, we are included in the Apostolic Succession of the Metropolitan-Archbishops of Albania, the Armenian Catholicate-Patriarchate of Cilicia, Patriarchate of Moscow, Greek Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch, the Catholic-Patriarchate of Assyria, Old Catholic Succession, the Holy Russian Orthodox Synod as well as many others. The first Anglican line that follows is one of three direct Anglican lines the Lindisfarne Community has received.

Anglican Succession - Table One

Marco-Antonio Dominis

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Spalato

and Primate of Dalmatia,

on the 14th of December, 1617, consecrated

George Monteigne

who on the 18th of November, 1621, consecrated

William Laud

Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury,

who on the 16th of June, 1638, consecrated

Brian Duppa

who on the 18th of October, 1660, consecrated

Gilbert Sheldon

who on the 6th of December, 1674, consecrated

Henry Compton

who on the 27th of January, 1677, consecrated

William Sancraft

Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury,

who on the 25th of October, 1685, consecrated

Thomas White

who on the 24th of February, 1712, consecrated

George Hickes

who on the 24th February, 1712, consecrated

James Gadderar

who on the 4th of June, 1727, consecrated

Thomas Rattray

who on the 10th of September, 1753, consecrated

William Falconar

who on the 21st of September, 1768, consecrated

Rober Kilgour

nonjuring Bishop of Aberdeen,

who on the 14th of November, 1784, consecrated

Samuel Seabury

Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Connecticut,

who on the 17th of September, 1792, consecrated

Thomas John Claggett

Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Maryland,

who on the 7th of May, 1797, consecrated

Edward Bass

Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Massachusetts,

who on the 18th of October, 1797, consecrated

Abraham Jarvis

Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Connecticut,

who on the 29th of May, 1811, consecrated

A.V. Criswold

Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of the Eastern Diocese,

who on the 31st of October, 1832, consecrated

John henry Hopkins

Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Vermont,

who on November, 1866, consecrated

CD. Cummins

Protestant Episcopal Church, Assistant Bishop of Kentucky,

who on the 14th of December, 1873, consecrated

Charles Edward Cheney

Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church,

who on the 24th of February, 1875, consecrated

William Rufus Nicholson

who on the 22nd of June, 1879, consecrated

Alfred Spencer Richardson

who on the 4th of May, 1890, consecrated

Leon Chechemain

who on the 2nd of November, 1897, consecrated

Andrew Charles Albert McLaglen

who on the 4th of June, 1922, consecrated

Herbert James Monzani-Herd

who on the 13th of June, 1943, consecrated

William Bernard Crow

who on the 10th of April, 1944, consecrated

Hugh George de Willmott Newman

who on the 2nd, of January, 1927, consecrated

Wallace Davis de Ortega Maxey

Bishop in The Apostolic Epicopal Church,

who on the 7th of April, 1957, consecrated

Lowell P. Wadle

Bishop in the Apostolic Catholic Church,

who on the 22nd of June, 1957, consecrated

Herman Adrian Spruit

Archbishop of the Church of Antioch,

who on the 23rd of April, 1989, consecrated

Timothy Michael Barker

Bishop of The International Free Catholic Communion,

who on the 28th of July, 1991, consecrated

Michael Rivers Milner Jr.

Bishop of The International Free Catholic Communion,

who on the 26th of February, 1995, consecrated

Michael D. Owen

Bishop of The Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches

who on the 4th of February, 1996, consecrated

Wayne Boosahda

who on the 22nd July 2003 consecrated

Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon

Andrew Fitz-Gibbon

Antioch Orthodox Succession

Table of succession of the Patriachate of Antioch showing its western de-velopment. This patriarchate has never ceased to elect and consecrate her own Patriarch and has preserved the Apostolic Succession unbroken. It was the first Gentile Church founded by St. Peter in 35 A.D. according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and it was here that the followers of Jesus Christ were first called Christians.

Name of the Patriarch From

1. Peter the Apostle 35 A.D.

2. Eyodius 44

3. Ignatius (Martyr) 68

4. Earon 107

5. Cornelius 137

6. Eados 142

7. Theophilus 157

8. Maximus 171

9. Seraphim 179

10. Asclepiades (Martyr) 189

11. Philip 210

12. Zebinus 219

13. Babylos (Martyr) 237

14. F'abius 250

15. Demeirius 251

16. Paul I 259

17. Domnus I 270

18. Timotheus 281

19. Cyrilus 291

20. Tyrantus 296

21. Vitalius 301

22. Philogonius 318

23. Eustachius 323

24. Paulinus 338

25. Philabianus 383

26. Evagrius 386

27. Phosporius 416

28. Alexander 418

29. John I 428

30. Theodotus 431

31. Domnus II 442

32. Maximus 450

33. Accacius 454

34. Martyrius 457

35. Peter II 464

36. Phiadius 500

37. Serverius the Great 509

38. Sergius 544

39. Domnus III 547

40. Anastasius 560

41. Gregory I 564

42. Paul II 567

43. Patra 571

44. Domnus IV 586

45. Julianus 591

46. Athanasius I 595

47. John II 636

48. Theodorus I 649

49. Severus 668

50. Athanasius II 684

51. Julianus II 687

52. Elias I 709

53. Athanasius III 724

54. Evanius I 740

55. Gervasius I 759

56. Joseph 790

57. Cyriacus 793

58. Dionsius I 818

59. John III 847

60. Ignatius II 877

61. Theodosius 887

62. Dinousius II 897

63. John IV 910

64. Evanius 922

65. John V 936

66. Evanius II 954

67. Dionysius 958

68. Abraham I 962

69. John VI 965

70. Athanasius IV 987

71. John VII 1004

72. Dionysius III 1032

73. Theodorus II 1042

74. Athanasius V 1058

75. John VII 1064

76. Basilius II 1074

77. Abdoone 1076

78. Dionysius V 1077

79. Evanius III 1080

80. Dionysius VI 1088

81. Athanasias VI 1091

82. John IX 1131

83. Athanasius VI 1139

84. Michael I (the Great) 1167

85. Athanasius VIII 1200

86. Michael II 1207

87. JohnX 1208

88. Ignatius III 1223

89. Dionysius VII 1253

90. John XI 1253

91. Ignatius IV 1264

92. Philanus 1283

93. Ignatius Baruhid 1293

94. Ignatius Ishmael 1333

95. Ignatius Basilius III 1366

96. Ignatius Abraham II 1382

97. Ignatius Basilius IV 1412

98. Ignatius Bahanam I 1415

99. Ignatius l~aIejih 1455

100. Ignatius John XII 1483

101. Ignatius Noah 1492

102. Ignatius Jesus I 1509

103. Ignatius Jacob I 1510

104. Ignatius David I 1519

105. Ignatius Abdullah 1520

106. Ignatius Naamathalak 1557

107. Ignatius David II 1576

108. Ignatius Philathus 1591

109. Ignatius Abdullah II 1597

110. Ignatius Cadhal 1598

111. Ignatius Simeon 1640

112. Ignatius Jesus II 1653

113. Ignatius A. Massiah I 1661

114. Ignatius Cabeed 1686

115. Ignatius Gervasius III 1687

116. Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708

117. Ignatius Siccarablak 1722

118. Ignatius Qervasius III 1746

119. Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768

120. Ignatius Mathias 1781

121. Ignatius Bahanam II 1810

122. Ignatius Jonas 1817

123. Ignatius Gervasius V 1818

124. Ignatius Elias II 1839

125. Ignatius Jacob II 1847

126. Ignatius Peter III 1872

Western Development of the

Antioch Orthodox Succession Continued

Boutros Ibn Salmo Mesko-Mar Ignatius Peter III (IV)

Syrian Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch and the East,

on 4 December 1876, consecrated

Kadril Kooran-Mar Paul Athanasius

Bishop of Kottayan, and appointed as the representative of the

Patriarch of Antioch, who, in accordance with the Patriarchal Bull of

Ignatius Peter III, of January 1877, on the 28th of July 1879, assisted by

the Metropolitan Archbishops George Gregorius and Paul Evanius consecrated:

Antonio Francis Xavier Alvarez

(Mar Julius I)

Archbishop of Ceylon, who in accordance with the Patriarchal

of Ignatius Peter III, of 29 December 1891, did on the 29th of May 1892,

at the Church of Notre Dame de Bonne-Mort in Columbo, Ceylon (Sri-Lanka),

assisted by the Syrian Metropolitan Archbishops Gregorius and Athanasius consecrate:

Joseph Rene Vilatte

Archbishop Metropolitan of all the Orthodox Catholics of the Americas.

Archbishop Vilatte, did on the 28th of September, 1921 consecrated:

George Alexander McGuire M.D.

First Bishop of the African Orthodox Church.

Archbishop McGuire, on the 12th of February, 1928, consecrate:

William P. Tyarks

Bishop Tyarks, did on the 2nd of October, 1932, consecrated:

James F.A. Lashley

Archbishop James Lashley, did on the 17th of January, 1976,

in Saint Leonard's Church, Brooklyn, New York,

consecrate, with the assistance of Bishop Ernest Parris,

Samuel T. Gamer

Bishop Samuel T. Gamer was elected, Sunday, the 15th of January, 1989,

as Primate of the American Catholic Orthodox Church, Petrine Antiochian Succession.

Primate Gamer did on the 5th of January, 1989,

in St. Augustine's American Catholic Church, Brooklyn, New York consecrate:

Owen J. Augustine

Bishop Augustine did on the 26th of February, 1995

in Church of the Holy Spirit, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, consecrate:

Michael D. Owen

Bishop of The Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches

who on the 4th of February, 1996, consecrated

Wayne Boosahda 

who on the 22nd July 2003 consecrated

Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon

Andrew Fitz-Gibbon

Roman Petrine Succession

The Roman Catholic Church of Brazil

Line One

ROME

Cardinal Rabiba c.1566

Card. Santorio c.1586

Card. Bemerio c.1604

Card. Sanvitale c.1621

Card. Ludovesi c.1622

Card. Gaetani c.1630

Card. Carpegua c. 1666

Card. Altieri

(Pope Clement X in 1670) c.1675

Card. Orsini

(Pope Benedict XIII in 1724) c.1723

Card. Lambertini

(Pope Benedict XIV in 1740) c.1743

Card. Rezzonico

(Pope Clement XIII in 1758)

c.1767

Card. Giraud c.1777

Card. Mattei c.1812

Card. Galeffi c.1822

Card. Fransoni c.1851

Card. Sacconi c.1872

Card. Howard

(Secretary to Pope Leo XIII)

C. 1882 for Brazil

BRAZIL

Card. M. Rampola del Tindero

C. 10-26-1890

Card. Joaquin Arcoverde d'Albaquerque Cavalcanti

c.6-4-1911

Card. Sebastiano Leme

da Silveira Cintara

+A.J. Goncalves

+B.P.A. de Sousa

+B. de Paulo Alveiro

(de Ribeirano Preto)

c. 12-8-1924

Arch. Carlos Duarte-Costa

(b.7-21-1888; d.3-26-1961)

c.8-15-1945

Salomon B. Ferraz

c.6-29-1951

Manuel C. Lararnjeira

c.8-15-65

Bendito P. Lima

c.8-1-1966

Jose M. Machado

c. 12-2-1967

Oscar C. y Fernandez

4-29-1973

Michael Staffiero

c. 11-1976

Rainer Laufers

c. 7-30-77

Leonard J. Curreri

10-4-79

Peter Paul Brennan

c.3-3-85

K. Augustin Sicard

c.9-17-95

Michael D. Owen

c. 4-4-96

Wayne Boosahda

c. 7.22.03

Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon

Andrew Fitz-Gibbon