Gnostic, Templar and Rosicrusian Succession Line
(Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis)

The Gnostic, Templar, and Rosicrucian line existed in Europe for decades but came to Haiti and the U.S.A. It kept no written records for fear of the Inquisition, but whose lineage Bertil Persson of St. Ephraim’s Institute has been able to verify back to 1726.

The lineage from Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine (No. 16 in the list) is commonly known as Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis, the Gnostic Spiritual Church and remain one of the truly magical lineages among the wandering bishops.

1.   Benedictus PP XIII - Pope Benedict XIII (Pietro Francesco Vincenzo Maria Orsini de Gavina,1649–1730). On March 19, 1726 he consecrated

2.   Melchior De Polignac - (1661 – 1741) He was the Bishop of Bensacon. On September 11, 1735 he consecrated

3.   Antonius Petrus de Grammont II - (1685 – 1754) He was the Bishop of Basel for L’Eglise Catholique de la France. On November 21, 1744 he consecrated

4.   Josephus Guilemus Rink von Baldenstein - (1704 – 1762) He was the Bishop of Lausanne for the Katolische Kirke Deutschlands. On April 1, 1759 he consecrated

5.   Josephus Nicolaus de Montenach - (1709 – 1782) He was a Bishop in partibus of Lydda for L’Eglise Catholique de la France. On March 22, 1772 he consecrated

6.   Jean Baptiste Gobel - (1727 – 1794) He was the Bishop of Paris for L’Eglise Constituionelle. On March 27, 1791 he consecrated

7.   Antoine-Adrien Lamourette - (1742 – 1794) He was a Bishop of Lyons for L’Eglise Constituionelle. On April 4, 1791 – just a few days after his own consecration, he consecrated

8.   Jean Baptiste Royer - (1733 – 1807) He was the Bishop of Belley. On August 3, 1800 he consecrated

9.   Guillaume Mauviel - (1757 – 1814) The Bishop of Santo Domingo and later Primate of L’Eglise Johannite des Chretiens Primitifs, which was a church closely assosiated with the Knight Templars. On July 29, 1810 he consecrated

10.    Bernard Fabre-Palaprat - (1773 – 1838) He was the Patriarch of L’Eglise Johannite des Chretiens Primitifs and was also Grand Master of Ordo Supremus Militaris  Templi Hieosolymitani  (supreme military order of the temple in Jerusalem). The OSMTH was closely assosiated with the Knight Templar legacy. On July 29,. 1810, the same day he was consecrated himself, he consecrated

11.  Jean Machault - (c. 1770 – c. 1845) Coadjutor Bishop of L’Eglise Johannite des Chretiens Primitifs and later a Patriarch of the same. On February 20, 1831 he consecrated

12.  Francois-Ferdinand Toussaint Chatel - (1795 – 1895) He was the Primate of L’Eglise Johannite des Chretiens Primitifs, but later that same year he resigned from it and co-founded L’Eglise Catholique Francais. On June 24, 1836 he consecrated

13.  Michel Henri d’Adhemar - (1801 – 1900) He was the Bishop of L’Eglise Albigeoise. On February 2, 1857 he consecrated

14.  Manuel Lopez de Brion - (1830 – 1874) Orfeo V. He was a Bishop of L’Eglise Albigeoise. On February 2, 1860 he consecrated

15.  Paul Pierre de Marraga - (1823 – 1901) Tau Orfeo VI. A Bishop of L’Eglise Albigeoise. A Spanish Bishop drawing on Albigensian  and Memphis-Misraim currents. On August 15, 1899 he consecrated

16.  Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine - (1869 – 1960) Tau Ogdoade Orfeo I. Born on January 11, 1869 in Legoane, Haiti. He died in Boston in on April 30 (Valpurgis Night), 1960 while on a tour for the Gnostic groups in France, Spain, Belgium and the U.S.A., which were under his jurisdiction. 

Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine was consecrated to the episcopate in 1899 by Emmanuel Fabre des Essarts (Tau Synesium, the successor of Jules Doinel. Essarts had been consecrated by Gerard Encausse (Papus), Paul Sédir, and Lucien Mauchel). 

Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine was also consecrated by Paul Pierre de Marraga, mentioned above. 

At the age of 30 Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine choose the name Tau Ogdoade Orfeo I. In 1921 Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine consecrated his European heir in the Spanish-Gnostic Church, Martin Ortier de Sanchez y Marraga, known as Tau Ogdoade Orfeo II. 

Lucien-Francois Jean-Main was head of La Couleuvre Noire and the O.T.O.A. He was also a Bishop of L’Eglise Albigeoise. On January 25, 1953 he consecrated his son ;

17.  Hector Francois Jean-Maine (1925 - 1984) - Tau Ogdoade Orfeo III. Born November 18, 1924. He was consecrated in Madrid, on November 2, 1962 and elevated to the patriarchate of the Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis by Martin Ortier de Sanchez y Marraga (Tau Ogoade-Orfeo II), who had previously been consecrated by Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine. The new bishop-primate and patriarch took the name of Tau Ogoade-Orfeo III. He was a Bishop of L’Eglise Albigeoise. In 1966 he consecrated.

18.  Michael Paul Bertiaux  - Tau Ogdoade Orfeo IV. Born January 18, 1935. Patriarch of the Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis, head of the Neo-Pythagorean Church of Illinois, Honorary Arch-Bishop of the Neo-Luciferian Church etc. On July 3rd, 2001 he consecrated:

19. Isabel Munksgaard Berg and Bjarne Salling Pedersen - Tau Philo Sophia and Tau Lucem Fero, the Neo-Luciferian Church.