The next to last complex lineage case is that of Msgr. Eduardo Sánchez Camacho, who reportedly in 1899 (at a chapel in the palace of the Duke of Aosta in Italy) consecrated Edward Donkin a bishop, from whom descend hundreds of independent bishops.

This is the fascinating story of a Roman Catholic diocesan bishop in Mexico, who in the last half of the Nineteenth Century had a falling out with his fellow Mexican bishops after he voiced support for the Mexican Revolution and publicly opposed promotion of the cult of Our Lady of Guadelupe.

To resolve the dispute among Msgr. Sánchez and the other Mexican bishops, the Vatican sent on a special mission to Mexico an Apostolic Visitor, one of its diplomats, Archbishop Nicolás Averardi. But with his arrival the situation only went from bad to worse.

Msgr. Sánchez ultmately resigned from his see in October 1896 and retired to his villa, Quinta del Olvido, near Victoria in Tamaulipas, Mexico, where he later abandonned the Roman Catholic Church and became involved in efforts to found a Mexican National Catholic Church.

The amazing story of the life of Bp Sánchez has been recounted by José Miguel Romero de Solís in "Apostasia episcopal en Tamaulipas" Historia Mexicana, 37 (1987), pp. 239-281.

Allegedly, in 1899, while on a trip to Italy, Msgr. Sánchez secretly consecrated as a bishop for this project the Rev. Edward Donkin, an American Protestant minister. In the next decade, Donkin, consecrated as bishops two British Protestant ministers, Rev. Ulric Herford and Rev. Herbert Heard. From these two, numerous men have claimed apostolic succession as bishops.
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• 06/29/1880 Eduardo Sánchez Camacho (b. in 1838; d. in 1920).
  Ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 04/05/1862 at San Francisco, California, by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
  Consecrated a bishop on 06/29/1880 at Guadalajara, Mexico, by Msgr. Pedro Loza y Pardavé, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, assisted by xxxxx, bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxxx, bishop of xxxxx.
  Msgr. Sánchez Camacho was Bishop of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1880-1896. He resigned in 1896 and later attempted to form a Mexican National Catholic Church
  • xx/xx/1899 Edward Rufane Benedict Donkin (b. in 1871; d. in 1906).
    Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
    Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/1899 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
    • 08/10/1904 Ulric Vernon Herford (b. in 1866; d. in 1938).
      Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
      Consecrated a bishop on 08/10/1904 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
      • 02/28/1928 William Stanley MacBean Knight (b. in 19xx; d. in 19xx).
        Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
        Consecrated a bishop on 02/28/1928 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
        • 10/18/1931 Hedley Coward Bartlett (b. in 1863; d. in 1956).
          Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
          Consecrated a bishop on 10/18/1931 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
          • xx/xx/19xx George Henry Brook
            Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
            Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
          • xx/xx/19xx Francis Ernest Langhelt
            Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
            Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
          • xx/xx/19xx John Seyr
            Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
            Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
          • 05/20/1945 Hugh George Mar Georgius I de Willmott Newman (b. in 18xx; d, in 19xx).
            Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
            Consecrated a bishop on 05/20/1945 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
            • 05/20/1945 Hedley Coward Bartlett (see above).
            • 06/06/1946 Wallace David Mar David I de Ortega Maxey (see below)
            • 05/27/1950 Harold Percival Nicholson (see below)
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          • 06/06/1946 Wallace David Mar David I de Ortega Maxey (b. in 19xx; d. in 19xx).
            Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
            Consecrated a bishop on 05/05/1983 at xxxx, by Wallace David Mar David I de Ortega Maxey, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
            • 10/26/1976 Donald Joseph Demetrius Pierce Weeks, O.S.B. (b. in 1943; still living).
              ......e-mail address: AbbotDWeeksOSB@aol.com
              Ordained an elder on May 5, 1965, at xxxx by Elmer E. Hamilton, a bishop of the Church of God in Christ. He was later, on August 15, 1970, at San Francisco, California,ordained a priest by Mikhaël Francis Augustine Itkin, a bishop of the Community of Love of Christ (Evangelical Catholic). California, by xxxxx. He was later again on 07/27/1975 at xxxx ordained sub conditione a priest by Richard Marchenna, a bishop of The Old Roman Catholic Church.
              Consecrated on May 23, 1971, at Bakersfield, California, a bishop (and taking the name "Demetrius") by Mark I. Miller, then a bishop of the Orthodox Old Roman Catholic Church, assisted by N. Christian Wolff, a bishop of The Old Roman Catholic Church, and by John Harding, a bishop of The Old Roman Catholic Church. He was later on 10/26/1976 at San Francisco, California, consecrated sub conditione a bishop by Wallace David Mar David I de Ortega Maxey, a bishop of the Apostolic Episcopal Church, assisted by E. R. Verostek, a bishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church, and by Dwayne Houser, a bishop of the Celtic Catholic Church.
              Bp. Weeks was until March 2000 the Bishop of California-Nevada of the Apostolic Episcopal Church. Since May 1999 he has been the Abbot of Saint Patrick Abbey in Oakland, California.
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            • 05/05/1983 Martin J. Hill (b. in 19xx; d. in 19xx).
              Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
              Consecrated a bishop on 05/05/1983 at xxxx, by Wallace David Mar David I de Ortega Maxey, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
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          • 05/27/1950 Harold Percival Mar Joannes Nicholson (b. in 19xx; d. in 1968).
            Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
            Consecrated a bishop on 05/27/1950 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
            • xx/xx/19xx Charles Borrowic d'Arwaing
              Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
              Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
            • 03/20/1955 Jan Frederik Nico Blom van Assendelft-Altland (b. in 19xx; d. in 19xx).
              Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
              Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
              • 05/03/1959 Christopher Maria Carl John Stanley (b. in 19xx; d. in 19xx).
                Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
                Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
                • 01/10/1965 Mark I. Miller (Oliver Wendell Leo Christopher Skelton)Mar Markus I, OSB (b. in 1927; still living).
                  Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
                  Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
                  
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            • . 04/14/1952 Philip Charles Stuart Mar Philippus Singer (b. in 1910; d. in 1971).
              Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
              Consecrated a bishop on 04/14/1952 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
              • 11/14/1954 Charles Brearley
                Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
                Consecrated a bishop on 11/14/1954 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
                • 05/14/1968 André Leon Zotique Barbeau (b. in 1912; d. in 1994).
                  Ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 11/21/1940 by Msgr. _____, Bishop of xxxxxx. He left the Roman Catholic Church in 1957 and esatablished the Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada.
                  Consecrated a bishop on 05/14/1968 at Mirabel, Québec, by Charles Brearley, a bishop of the Old Holy Catholic Church.
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                • xx/xx/19xx Dennis Claude Green (b. in 19xx; d. in 19xx).
                  Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
                  Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
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    • xx/xx/1905 Herbert James Monzani Heard (b. in 1866; d. in 1947).
      Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
      Consecrated a bishop on xx/xx/1905 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
      • 06/13/1943 William Bernard Crow (b. in 19xx; d. in 19xx).
        Ordained a priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
        Consecrated a bishop on 06/13/1943 at xxxx, by xxxx, a bishop of the xxxx, assisted by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx, and by xxxx, a bishop of xxxxx.
        • 04/10/1944 Hugh George Mar Georgius I de Willmott Newman (see above).

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