Bishop Barwin served his diaconate in 1967-68 under the Reverend Edmund Bentrup in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, after which he was ordained to the Holy Ministry at
in 1969. From then through January 1973 he served as Pastor of
In 1973 Father Barwin accepted the Call to become Pastor of
Saint Martini Lutheran Church and School (K-8) in Chicago, Illinois. He served as Pastor at this parish on Chicago’s Southside (in the
Back of the Yards neighborhood) until his election as Bishop of the Synod of the
Evangelical Catholic Church in Peoria, Arizona, in 1976.
It took eight years to locate Bishops with valid Apostolic Lines who were willing to impart this gift to the
Evangelical Catholic Church and their Lutheran-trained Bishop. In 1982 Father Barwin’s Orders were regularized (to the deaconate and priesthood) by Abbot Jon Dale of the
Missionaries of Saint John the Beloved. Finally, on the
Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels in 1984, the gift of Apostolic Succession was restored to the
Evangelical Catholic Church with Bishop-elect Barwin’s consecration in Scottsdale, Arizona, to the episcopacy by three bishops with valid Orders.
Bishop Barwin was elected to the office of Metropolitan-Primate of the
Evangelical Catholic Church and consecrated
de novo to this Office in Glendale, California, on
The Feast of Saint Addai and Saint Mari (5 August) in 1989 by Archbishop Bertil Persson of The Apostolic Episcopal Church, assisted by eight other Bishops from various and diverse jurisdictions.
Abp. Paul Christian G. W. Schultz, Bishop Arthur J. Garrow, Abp. Emile Federico Rodriguez y Fairfield, Bp. Karl J. Barwin, Abp. Bertil Persson, Bp. Howard D. van Orden, Bp. Petros (Eric T. Ong Velosa), Bp. Carroll T. Lowery, & Abp. William C. Thompson
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