Louis Falk

Louis election Falk ( born December 30, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an Anglican Archbishop.

Life

In 1953 Falk graduated from the University School of Milwaukee. On September 3, 1955 he married Carol Alice Froemming. In 1958, Falk graduated from Lawrence College (now Lawrence University) with a focus on philosophy and received a Bachelor of Arts degree with summa cum laude. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1962, Falk completed a Master of Divinity with honors cum laude from Nashotah House, a seminary of the Episcopal Church. After ordination as a deacon on 23 January 1962 he was ordained to the priesthood on August 6 of the Episcopal Church. Falk then went from active service of the Episcopal Church and became a businessman. From 1976 to 1981 he was president of General Growth Management Company in Des Moines, Iowa.

In the late 1970s, Falk joined the Anglican Catholic Church. He was rector of St. Aidan 's Parish in Des Moines. In 1981 he was elected the first bishop of the Diocese of Missouri Valley. In Des Moines Falk was ordained a bishop by James Orin Mote ( Diocese of the Holy Trinity), Carmino de Catanzaro ( Anglican Catholic Church of Canada), William F. Burns Finally, on 14 February 1981 ( Diocese of the Resurrection), William O. Lewis ( Diocese of the Midwest ) and William DeJarnette Rutherford ( Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic ).

In 1983, Falk was Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Catholic Church. In the late 1980s, the Anglican Catholic Church took place under the leadership of Falk conversations with the American Episcopal Church to arrange a union between the two churches. The two churches united in October 1991 for the Anglican Church in America, whose first head was Falk. Falk also helped to found the Traditional Anglican Communion, and was their first leader.

In 2002, Falk made ​​his Office as Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion. His successor in office was Archbishop John Hepworth. Falk also appeared in 2005 due to old age as Primate of the Anglican Church in America, and as Bishop of the Diocese of Missouri Valley back in which Bishop Stephen D. Strawn his successor. After the church had been restructured, it was decided that instead of a primate to use a President of the House of Bishops. Falk was elected the first President of the House of Bishops and thus head of this member church of the Traditional Anglican Communion.

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  • Anglican Bishop ( 21st century)
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