Manuel Ferrando Explained

Manuel Ferrando (1868 - December 12, 1934) was a missionary bishop who served in Puerto Rico.^{[1] [2]} He was ordained as a Catholic priest in his native Spain, where he became superior of a Capuchin monastery. From there he was sent to Latin America as a missionary. In 1902, he broke with Rome and started his own mission called the "Church of Jesus" in Puerto Rico.^[3]

Ferrando was consecrated as a suffragan bishop in The Episcopal Church in 1923.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: . December 13, 1934 . BISHOP FERRANDO DEAD IN HOSPITAL . . 23.
2. Book: Prichard, Robert W. . 2014 . A History of the Episcopal Church . Third Revised . Church Publishing . 274 . 9780819228772.
3. Book: Starr, Martin P. . 2003 . The Unknown God: W.T. Smith and the Thelemites . The Teitan Press . 75 . 9780933429079.
4. Karen Marshall Booth . September 1, 1973 . THE PUERTO RICO PAPERS, 1870-1952 . Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church . Historical Society of the Episcopal Church . 42 . 3 . 341.