René Vilatte

Episcopal succession
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by René Vilatte as principal consecrator
Stephen Kaminski	March 21, 1898
Paolo Miraglia	May 6, 1900
Henry Marsh-Edwards	June 14, 1903
Carmel Henry Carfora	1907(?)
Victor von Kubinyi	April 27, 1913
Frederick Ebenezer Lloyd	December 29, 1915
George Alexander McGuire	September 28, 1921
Edgar James Sneed	June 1, 1923
Francis John Edmund Barwell-Walker	June 1, 1923

History
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Eduard Herzog
Date	June 6, 1885
Place	Bern, Switzerland
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Eduard Herzog
Date	June 7, 1885
Place	Bern, Switzerland
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Mar Julius I (Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares)
Co-consecrators	Mar Athanasius Paulos of Kottayam,; Mar Gregorius Gewargis of Niranam
Date	May 29, 1892
Place	Colombo, British Ceylon

The Reverend

René Vilatte
The Reverend; René Vilatte
	Vilatte after his consecration in 1892
Successor	Frederick Ebenezer Lloyd
Personal details
Born	January 24, 1854; Paris, France
Died	July 8, 1929 (aged 75); Versailles, France
Nationality	French (along with Canadian and American)
Denomination	At various points the Eastern Orthodox Church (Western Rite Orthodox), Old Catholic Church, American Catholic Church (ACC), and others, before being reconciled with the Catholic Church
Parents	Joseph R. Vilatte, Marie-Antoinette Chorin
Motto	Soli Deo honor et gloria; (Honour and glory be to God alone)
Signature
Coat of arms
Ordination history
Ordained by
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Eduard Herzog
Date	June 6, 1885
Place	Bern, Switzerland
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Eduard Herzog
Date	June 7, 1885
Place	Bern, Switzerland
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Mar Julius I (Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares)
Co-consecrators	Mar Athanasius Paulos of Kottayam,; Mar Gregorius Gewargis of Niranam
Date	May 29, 1892
Place	Colombo, British Ceylon
Stephen Kaminski
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by René Vilatte as principal consecrator
Stephen Kaminski	March 21, 1898
Paolo Miraglia	May 6, 1900
Henry Marsh-Edwards	June 14, 1903
Carmel Henry Carfora	1907(?)
Victor von Kubinyi	April 27, 1913
Frederick Ebenezer Lloyd	December 29, 1915
George Alexander McGuire	September 28, 1921
Edgar James Sneed	June 1, 1923
Francis John Edmund Barwell-Walker	June 1, 1923

Joseph René Vilatte (January 24, 1854 – July 8, 1929), also known as Mar Timotheus I, was a French–American Catholic active in France and the United States. He was associated with several Christian denominations before his ordination as a Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland (CKS) bishop for service in an Episcopal diocese. Eventually, he was reconciled with the Catholic Church and voluntarily entered a solemn vow of abjuration.

Vilatte was at one point consecrated as a bishop by Malankara Church bishops, with the knowledge and permission of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch. After being expelled from multiple denominations, he was considered an example of an episcopus vagans, or "wandering bishop".

Although never a bishop within an Old Catholic denomination or sect and denounced by the Union of Utrecht Old Catholic churches, Vilatte became known as the "first Old Catholic bishop of the United States".^: 1