My Ordination Means Something...

I was ordained in the church of the Nazarene on July 28, 2005 by Rev Paul G Cunningham at Nashville First Church of the Nazarene during the TN Church of the Nazarene District Assembly.

Rev Paul G. Cunningham was ordained in 1965 by General Superintendent Hugh C. Benner.

Rev Hugh C. Benner was ordained in 1923 by General Superintendent Roy T. Williams.

Rev Roy T Williams was ordained in 1908 by General Superintendent Hiram F. Reynolds (at Pilot Point, TX at what has come to be regarded as the founding date of the church of the Nazarene).

Rev Hiram F. Reynolds was ordained in 1886 by Methodist Episcopal Bishop John Flether Hurst.

Rev John Fletcher Hurst was ordained in 1862 by Methodist Episcopal Bishop Thomas Asbury Morris.

Rev Thomas Asbury Morris was ordained circa 1820 by Methodist Episcopal Bishop Robert Richford Roberts.

 

Rev Robert Richford Roberts was ordained circa 1803 by Methodist Episcopal Bishop Francis Asbury.

 

Rev Francis Asbury was ordained in 1784 by Rev John Wesley (an Anglican Priest).

Rev John Wesley was ordained in 1728 by Anglican Bishop (of Oxford) John Potter.

  

John Potter was ordained/consecrated in 1715.
Jonathan Trelawney was consecrated in 1685.
William Sancroft in 1685.
Henry Compton in 1674.
Gilbert Sheldon in 1660.
Brian Duppa in 1638.
William Laud in 1621.
George Montaigne in 1617.
George Abbot in 1609.
Richard Bancroft in 1597.
John Whitgift in 1577.
Edmund Grindal in 1559.
Matthew Parker in 1559.
William Barlow in 1536.
Thomas Cranmer in 1533.
John Longlands in 1521.
William Warham in 1502.
Richard Fitzjames in 1497.
John Morton in 1479.
Thomas Bourchier in 1435.
Henry Beaufort between 1435-1398.
Roger Walden in 1398.
Robert Braybrooke in 1382.
Thomas Brentingham in 1370.
Simon Sudbury in 1362.
William Edendon in 1346.
Ralph Stratford in 1340.
Robert Wyvil in 1330.
Roger Northborough in 1322.
John of Halton in 1292.
Anthony Beck in 1284.
Henry in 1255.
Walter Kirkham in 1249.
Walter de Gray in 1214.
William of S. Mere L'Eglise in 1199.
Gilbert Glanville in 1185.
Peter de Leia in 1176.
Roger of Gloucester in 1164.
St Thomas Becket in 1162.
Henry of Blois in 1129.
William of Corbeuil in 1123.
Richard de Belmeis in 1108.
St. Anselm in 1094.
Thomas in 1070.
Bl. Lanfranc in 1070.
Siward in 1058.
STigand in 1043.
Eadsige in 1035.
Ethellnoth in 1020.
Wulfstan in 1003.
Elfric in 990.
St. Aelphege in 984.
St. Dunstan in 957.
Odo in 927.
Wulfhelm in 914.
Althelm in 909.
St. Plegmund in 891. (First Archbishop of Canterbury)
Formosus in 864.
St. Nicholas I in 858. (Last Roman Catholic Pope in my line of succession.)
Benedict III in 855.
Leo IV in 847.
Sergius II in 844.
Gregory IV in 827.
Valentine in 827.
Eugene II in 824.
Paschal I in 817.
Stephen IV in 816.
Leo III in 795.
Adrian I in 772.
Stephen III in 768.
Paul I in 757.
Stephen II in 752.
Zachary in 741.
Gregory III in 731.
Gregory II in 715.
Constantine in 708.
Sisinnius in 708.
John VII in 705.
John VI in 701.
Sergius I in 687.
Conon in 686.
John V in 685.
Benedict II in 684.
Leo II in 682.
Agatho in 678.
Donus in 676.
Adeodatus II in 672.
Vitalian in 657.
Eugene I in 654.
Martin I in 649.
Theodore I in 642.
John IV in 640.
Severinus in 640.
Honorius in 625.
Boniface V in 619.
Deusdedit in 615.
Boniface IV in 608.
Boniface III in 607.
Sabinianus in 604.
Gregory I in 590.
Pelagius II in 579.
Benedict I in 575.
John III in 561.
Pelagius I in 556.
Vigilus in 537.
Silverius in 536.
Agapetus I in 535.
John II in 533.
Boniface II in 530.
Felix IV in 526.
John I in 523.
Hormisdas in 514.
Symmachus in 498.
Anastasius II in 496.
Gelasius I in 492.
Felix III in 483.
Simplicius in 468.
Hilary in 461.
Leo I in 440.
Sixtus III in 432.
Celestine I in 422.
Boniface I in 418.
Zosimus in 417.
Innocent I in 401.
Anastasius I in 399.
Siricius in 384.
Damasas I in 366.
Liberius in 352.
Julius I in 337.
Marcus in 336.
Sylvester I in 314.
Melchiades in 311.
Eucibius in 309.
Marcellus I in 308.
Marcellinus in 296.
Caius in 283.
Eutychian in 275.
Felix I in 269.
Dionysius in 259.
Sixtus II in 257.
Stephen I in 254.
Lucius I in 253.
Cornelius in 251.
Fabian in 236.
Anterus in 235.
Pontian in 230.
Urban I in 222.
Callistus I in 217.
Zephyrinus in 199.
Victor I in 189.
Eleutherius in 175.
Soter in 166.
Anicetus in 155.
Pius I in 140.
Hygiums in 136.
Telesphorus in 125.
Sixtis I in 115.
Alexander I in 105.
Evaristus in 97.
Clement in 88.
Ancletus (Cletus) in 76.
Linus in 67.
The Apostle Peter a fisher of men and one of the original 12 disciples who was called and sent by the Incarnate Messiah: Jesus of Nazareth.

Wow! That's cool.

Some of my sources:
Succession of Roman Catholic Popes.
The Apostolic Succession  of the Anglican Mission in America.
The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church.