Saint Edwin Caudill was a Bishop and educator from South Charleston, West Virginia, United States. He held several academic degrees, including a Bachelor of Science, Licentiate of Theology, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Sacred Theology. He was also honored as a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Stanislaus.
Caudill was ordained as a priest in 1956 and served as Rector of All Saints' Church in San Antonio, Texas before being consecrated as a Bishop in 1983. He served as the second Bishop of the Southwest and later founded and became the first Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church, Inc. He also founded and served as the first President of the St. George Theological Seminary, now known as the Pontifical Georgian College.
In 1993, Caudill entered his Anglican Rite See into the Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Faith through consecration by the Supreme Pontiff of the Philippine Independent Catholic Church. This included Anglican succession from various sources, including the Episcopal Church of the United States and the Holy Fathers of the Apostolic See of Saints Stephen and Mark.
After a schism, the remnants of Caudill's Diocese of the Southwest became part of the Apostolic Communion of Anglican Churches in 2008. The See later evolved further, becoming the Patriarchal See of St. Stephan and Coadjutorship of Rome, and eventually the Diocese of Rome-Ruthenia, with Caudill's coat of arms being used by the Most Holy Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome. For this reason, he is considered the Apostolic Founder of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church.
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