Friday, September 5, 2025

From the Archives: Pope Radislav and the Rt. Rev. James Pollard Clark


His Holiness Pope Radislav I of Rome-Ruthenia, then as a younger layman, with the Right Reverend Bishop James Pollard Clark, who started him in priestly formation. Bishop Clark was Bishop of the Southern States in the Anglican Province of Christ the King.

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(From the Stephenian Archives, Pontifical Apostolic Library.)




From the Archives: H.A.H. Pope Radislav I of Rome-Ruthenia and Rev. Jay Scott Newman, JCL

From the Stephenian Archives of the Pontifical Apostolic Library: 



His Holiness Pope Radislav I (right), then as a young layman on the occasion of his confirmation/Chrismation in the Roman Church, administered by the Rev. Jay Scott Newman, JCL (left), who would later serve as Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, USA. This sacramental moment remains of enduring significance in the life of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church. Read more here: https://www.statopontificio.org/papal.html