Michael Gifford
| Michael Gifford | |
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| Native name | Michael Gifford |
| Born | 1948/12/20 |
| 🏡 Residence | Oakland, California |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rt-rev-michael-antho-gifford-fesc-035a2b51/ |
| https://www.facebook.com/michael.gifford.100 | |
| Styles of Michael Gifford | |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Michael Gifford is an American Independent Catholic bishop with the Old Catholic Churches International. His LinkedIn profile states that he "transferred jurisdiction from The Orthodox Catholic Church to the International Old Catholic Churches. Transferred vows from the Order of St Francis to the Franciscans of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross."[1] His biography in Convergent Streams reads, "The Right Rev. Michael Gifford, FESC is the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of Saints Francis and Clare (CA and NV) for the International Old Catholic Churches. He is the Acting Minister General for the Franciscans of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (FESC), a Franciscan Order within the IOCC. He has worked for many years with the poor and disenfranchised in the Oakland, California area."
Contact Information
Oakland, California 94619[2]
(510) 531-7634[3]
Other Ministries
| Title | Ministry | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop | Old Catholic Churches International | 2014- |
| Minister General | Franciscans of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross | |
| Bishop | Orthodox Catholic Church | 2012-2014 |
Significant Dates
- 20 Dec 1948 - Born
- [Date] - Ordained to the Diaconate by ___
- 17 May 1997 - Ordained to the Presbyterate by Carlos Florido
- 14 Apr 2012 - Consecrated to the Episcopacy by Carlos Florido, Ken Babauta, Neil V. Christensen & Claudio Laghi
Education
- 1967 - Diploma, Pleasant Hill High School, Pleasant Hill, California
- 1967-1969 - Philosophy & Theology, Don Bosco College, Newton, New Jersey
- 1972-1986 - St. Patrick's Theologate, Menlo Park, California
- 1979 - Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, California
- 1988 - M.S.W., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
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