Leadership
Presiding Bishop
Paul Burson
Email:
bishoppaul@ecumenicalcatholics.net
Presiding Bishop Paul Burson is convenor of the Synod and meets with the leadership of both legislative Houses in the Leadership Council. The Presiding Bishop is the ordinary (i.e., diocesan bishop) of the proto-diocese (i.e., original diocese) of the ECC and also the Chair of the Episcopal Council.
The Leadership Council
The Leadership Council includes two representatives from each of the Houses and the Presiding Bishop.
Claudia Kilby
House of Laity
Chair
Presbyter,
Rev. Trish Vanni, PhD
House of Pastors
Chair
Presbyter,
Rev. Rosa M. Buffone
House of Pastors
Vice Chair
The Council of Bishops
The Council of Bishops includes acting and retired Auxiliary, Diocesan and Suffragan bishops along with the Presiding Bishop.
Bishop Armando Leyva
Diocesan Bishop of California
Suffragan for Hispanic Affairs
Bishop Kedda Keough
Diocesan Bishop,
Pacific Northwest
Bishop Denise Donato
ECC Proto-diocese,
Auxiliary Bishop, Retired
Bishop Kae Madden
Diocesan Bishop,
The Rocky Mountain Region
Bishop Tomasz Puchalski
Reformed Catholic Church in Poland
in full communion with the ECC;
Bishop for ECC Communities
in Belgium and Netherlands
Bishop Peter E. Hickman
Founding ECC Presiding Bishop 2003-2015, Retired
Bishop Francis Krebs
ECC Presiding Bishop 2015-2022, Retired
Vicars for the Proto-Diocese
Representatives of the Presiding Bishop for specific jurisdictional regions.
Presbyter
Delores Kropf
Southwest Region
Presbyter
Kenneth Coppens
Belgium and Netherlands
Presbyter
Henry Pruski
East Coast Region
Vicar of US Religious Orders
Presbyter
Rick Klaich, OSB
Benedictines of Holy Wisdom & Franciscans of Reconciliation