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.

Therese Michalski Gabriel
House of Laity
Chair

Claudia Kilby
House of Laity
Vice Chair

Presbyter Teri Harroun
House of Pastors
Chair

Presbyter Trish Vanni
House of Pastors
Vice Chair
Episcopal Council
The Episcopal Council 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 Raphael Adams
Diocesan Bishop,
Mid America Region

Bishop Denise Donato
ECC Proto-diocese,
Auxiliary Bishop

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, Retired; Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of California

Bishop Rick Hollingsworth
Suffragan Bishop, Anglican Rite Communities, Retired

Bishop Francis Krebs
2015-2022 ECC Presiding Bishop;
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