M. Rev. Raymond L. Niblock is the ordinary who leads the Province. He is also the President and Bishop Convenor of the Synod of Bishops. He resides in Rogers, Arkansas.
M. Rev. Joseph Paul Smith is the co-adjutor bishop. He serves alongside Bishop Raymond. He is also the President of the Provincial Standing Tribunal, which serves the Province in all judicial matters and matters of ordination or incardinating clergy. He resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
M. Rev. James A. Wilkowski is an auxiliary bishop serving the Province as the Regional Bishop of the Great Lakes, covering the states of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. He is based in Chicago.
Rev. Father Castello Vore serves as the current Director of Vocations and assists the bishop and the tribunal in recruiting, selecting, and vetting persons seeking ordination or incardination. Deacon Castello resides near Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Standing Tribunal is staffed by three individuals: Bishop Smith as its president. Rev. Mother Paula Helsby of Mount Angel, Oregon, who is also a licensed professional counselor, and Ms. Marta Ortiz, M.Div., of Albuquerque, New Mexico, serve as associate judges on the tribunal. Together, they advise the bishop on various matters ranging from advice on theological issues, matters of public interest, disputes, and those seeking ordination or incardination.
M. Rev. Joseph Paul Smith is the co-adjutor bishop. He serves alongside Bishop Raymond. He is also the President of the Provincial Standing Tribunal, which serves the Province in all judicial matters and matters of ordination or incardinating clergy. He resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
M. Rev. James A. Wilkowski is an auxiliary bishop serving the Province as the Regional Bishop of the Great Lakes, covering the states of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. He is based in Chicago.
Rev. Father Castello Vore serves as the current Director of Vocations and assists the bishop and the tribunal in recruiting, selecting, and vetting persons seeking ordination or incardination. Deacon Castello resides near Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Standing Tribunal is staffed by three individuals: Bishop Smith as its president. Rev. Mother Paula Helsby of Mount Angel, Oregon, who is also a licensed professional counselor, and Ms. Marta Ortiz, M.Div., of Albuquerque, New Mexico, serve as associate judges on the tribunal. Together, they advise the bishop on various matters ranging from advice on theological issues, matters of public interest, disputes, and those seeking ordination or incardination.
M. Rev. Raymond L. Niblock,
Bishop of the Province
Bishop Ray is an Old Catholic Priest and has been since his ordination on August 27th, 1997. At the time of his ordination until the end of 2005 he co-pastored an Old Catholic parish in Fayetteville with Father Joseph Paul Smith, who is now Bishop of the Old Catholic Diocese of California. The parish was named Our Lady of Guadalupe, and it was then under the jurisdiction of the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA), M. Rev. David C. Smith was the ordinary at that time who was then succeeded by M. Rev. Michel Joseph Pugin, OSB. Bishop Ray is now the Old Catholic Bishop resident in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
On May 28th, 2014, Bishop Ray was made bishop-elect over the Diocese of the Uniformed Services, and on August 16th, 2014, he was ordained and consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of the Uniformed Services (DUS) and appointed as Missionary Bishop over the Missionary Diocese of the Midwest.
Bishop Ray holds a baccalaureate degree in philosophy from the University of New Mexico and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. His theological studies have earned him the equivalent of a masters degree in divinity focused on Old Catholic Theology. He is also a resource for other jurisdictions with a vast knowledge of Canon Law. He is also a practicing civil trial lawyer and has been since 1994.
On May 28th, 2014, Bishop Ray was made bishop-elect over the Diocese of the Uniformed Services, and on August 16th, 2014, he was ordained and consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of the Uniformed Services (DUS) and appointed as Missionary Bishop over the Missionary Diocese of the Midwest.
Bishop Ray holds a baccalaureate degree in philosophy from the University of New Mexico and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. His theological studies have earned him the equivalent of a masters degree in divinity focused on Old Catholic Theology. He is also a resource for other jurisdictions with a vast knowledge of Canon Law. He is also a practicing civil trial lawyer and has been since 1994.