Effective immediately, the Apostolic Episcopal Church and the Catholicate of the West have ceased activity in Brazil and have ended all missions there. The AEC and the Catholicate consequently have no representation or activity in Brazil at the present time.
The clergy and professed religious who were part of these Brazilian missions are no longer part of the clergy of the AEC and the Catholicate, and our communion disclaims all responsibility for their future actions.
In recent years, the Catholicate of the West has been compelled to take steps to avoid the misrepresentations of other individuals and bodies falsely claiming to be or to exercise authority over the Catholicate.
The principal false and baseless such claim, accompanied by abuse and threats, has been made by one Demetrius Brown and is the subject of a Notice here.
In order to bring this matter to a conclusion, the Catholicate, acting via the religious corporation sole of the Apostolic Episcopal Church in Hawaii with which church it has been in formal union since 1977, has made application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order to determine that the Catholicate alone is the rightful owner of its service mark, consisting of its name “The Catholicate of the West”.
On August 4 2026 following due process, the USPTO determined that the AEC corporation sole should be registered as the owner of its federal service mark with effect from June 2 2015. As a result, THE CATHOLICATE OF THE WEST® is now a registered federal service mark of The Primate and Presiding Bishop of the Apostolic Episcopal Church, A Corporation Sole, Hawaii.
The mark has been awarded in Class 45, and specifically covers the following activities: Organization of religious meetings; Conducting religious sermons; Providing information on religious lifestyles via a website; Provision of a web site featuring information on religious lifestyles; Providing a website featuring information about religious belief systems; Religious ministerial counseling; Providing information about religion; Providing a web site featuring information about religion; Conducting religious ceremonies; Conducting religious ceremonies for marriages, baptisms, and funerals; Providing specialized facilities for religious ceremonies; Conducting Christian religious ceremonies. It thus covers the full range of the activities of the Catholicate in its work as a religious denomination and its websites. The service mark consists of the phrase THE CATHOLICATE OF THE WEST® without distinction of font, size or color.
The registration process included a notification period during which any other party with a legal claim to the service mark had the opportunity to object to the registration, if it could demonstrate valid legal grounds to do so. No other party objected. This serves as proof, should the same be required, that the other parties who have been using the service mark THE CATHOLICATE OF THE WEST® have done so without any legal justification.
Notice is therefore given to any person or body that is infringing upon the rights of the service mark THE CATHOLICATE OF THE WEST®, a registered service mark of The Primate and Presiding Bishop of the Apostolic Episcopal Church, A Corporation Sole, Hawaii, to cease and desist immediately from the unauthorized use and violation of the service mark THE CATHOLICATE OF THE WEST®. If wilful infringement of our service mark persists, all reasonable measures including legal action will be taken in order to stop it.
Brother Johnbosco (left) with Brother Paul
Brother Johnbosco Mario Onyedikachukwum Michael Okwor, OFES, has recently successfully defended his project to fulfil his requirements for a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome.
He is a professed brother of the Apostolic Episcopal Church (The Holy Eastern Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church), Province of the West, USA, and Diocese of the West, USA.
Brother Johnbosco is a brother of the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist Secular (OFES) and a member of the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist, Inc’s., Board of Directors and Council. He is Founder of the Franciscans Friars of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Third Order Regular (FSHJ-TOR) Nigeria, West Africa. They are ambassadors of the poor and live their lives for the poor and the downtrodden. FSHJ-TOR has an Ecclesiastical Affiliation Charter with the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist (OFE).
The Most Revd. Dr. Thomas Gore of the Apostolic Episcopal Church and the Catholicate of the West has written a manual on how to begin a life in the spirit, from his experience as a psychiatrist and a bishop, presenting the reader with a scientific understanding of the brain, a psychological understanding of the mind, and a theological understanding of the spirit or soul.
Unlike many modern-day psychiatrists, Dr. Gore believes in the importance of the immaterial soul and mind in human life, and in a holistic way presents the union between soul, mind, and the body’s brain. He stresses how good mental health is impossible without spiritual health, and how the latter depends on a life of prayer. In chapter after chapter, he shows the way prayer works in the spiritual life.
In the book’s Foreword, Archbishop John Kersey says, “Dr. Gore addresses the integration of body, mind and soul not only through theory but through practical action, so that a path is clear for the reader to begin or continue their exploration of the spiritual life. The key is the decision that a person makes to turn to God. The guidance offered in this book will enable the start to be made, and provide encouragement through a sound Scriptural basis to seek and find God and to enjoy the richness of a life that He has blessed.”
The book is priced at $18.50, with all profits going to fund scholarships for the AEC Seminary and can be purchased through the online store at tumbleweedbotanicals.com.
The Apostolic Episcopal Church (AEC) supports the labors of the Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos, Inc.’s Feeding the Hungry Orphan Children Campaign: Turn Hunger to Hope for Kenyan Orphans. Its charitable efforts are directed specifically after the devastating impact of the slashing of US foreign aid. The shutdown led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, including children and has caused catastrophic global humanitarian crises.
The specific purpose of the Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos, Inc. and its campaign of Feeding the Hungry Orphan Children Campaign: Turn Hunger to Hope for Kenyan Orphans is to relieve the suffering of humanity. The Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos, Inc., is a California qualified tax-exempt nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the USA Internal Revenue Code. All (USA) gifts are tax deductible.
The Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist (OFE), is a chartered religious order of AEC and the OFE is the administrator of the Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos, Inc. The Most Revd. Michael Cuozzo (Mar Francis) is its CEO and President as well as being Primate and Presiding Archbishop of the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist.
We are dedicated to providing nutritious meals to children at the St. Lawrence and Margarita Dosal School Orphanage, Republic of Kenya. Just $5.00 can provide around 20 meals for orphan children in urgent need.
The St. Lawrence and Margarita Dosal School Orphanage have answered God’s call to labor in the vineyard by administrating a nutrition program for its orphan children. No public funds in the Republic of Kenya provide this.
The fundraiser Project Chair is the Most Revd. Michael Cuozzo (Mar Francis), AEC Provincial of the West, USA and the Project Co-Chair is the Most Revd. Mar Thoma, AEC Provincial of the South, USA.
Contact on this matter may be made with the Most Revd. Michael Cuozzo (Mar Francis), AEC Provincial of the West, USA and/or at the campaign link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/turn-hunger-to-hope-for-kenyan-orphans
The Apostolic Episcopal Church Relief Fund has been established in response to the recent tornado damage in the town of Purvis, Mississippi, USA. Its charitable efforts are targeted very specifically at financial assistance in paying motel expenses for needy families who have lost the “roof over their heads”. No money will be dispersed to individuals, just to ‘economy’ motels, especially those who offer weekly rates.
The Anglican Heritage Society, the ministry of the Apostolic Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas, which is a registered 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit corporation, will be the administrator of the Apostolic Episcopal Church Relief Fund. The Society has made an initial donation of $1,000 to inaugurate the fund.
Our goal is to: 1) ease the financial stress involved in securing temporary housing; and 2) to support displaced families with our intercessory prayers, regardless of their religious affiliation. The postal address of the Apostolic Episcopal Church Relief Fund in care of the Anglican Heritage Society is: 4711 Amherst Street. Lubbock, Texas 79416. All gifts are tax deductible, when designated as charitable contributions to, “The AHS for Relief Fund.”
Contact on this matter may be made with the Most Revd. Mar Thoma, AEC Provincial of the South, USA.
The Gran Loggia Scozzese Reale d’Italia (G.L.S.R.I. – Royal Scottish Grand Lodge of Italy), based in Rome, Italy, is part of Grand Orient Freemasonry and as such is a concordant authority for the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite within Italy.
There are significant historical and present connections between a number of the constituent institutions of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi and Freemasonry, notably the Apostolic Episcopal Church, the Order of the Holy Wisdom (which includes a number of Masonic authorities). and the Catholicate of the West. The present Prince-Abbot of San Luigi is a member of the G.L.S.R.I.
The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi
The Apostolic Episcopal Church
The International College of Arms of the Noblesse
The Pythagorean University of Krotona
The Regency of Lomar
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi 
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