All four Bishops-elect of the Polish National Catholic Church are to be consecrated on the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, November 30, 2006, 3pm, at St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Cathedral in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Upon consecration the Bishops-elect will be assigned as follows:

• Bishop-elect Sylvester Bigaj —“ Diocesan Bishop of the Canadian Diocese
• Bishop-elect Anthony Mikovsky – Diocesan Bishop of the Central Diocese
• Bishop-elect Anthony Kopka —“ Auxiliary Bishop of the Eastern Diocese
• Bishop-elect John Mack —“ Auxiliary Bishop of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Diocese

Official Notice of the consecrations and assignment appears in the October 24, 2006 issue of God’s Field (Vol. 84, Number 21), the official organ of the Polish National Catholic Church.

I look forward to serving under Bishop-elect Mikovsky.

A Bishop’s role, in the fullness of his office, builds up the Church. I know Bishop-elect Mikovsky will fulfill this work well, seeing that the members of the Church work together, guided by the Holy Spirit, in bringing Christ to all, and in building up our Holy Church.

I am overjoyed by the Church’s selection of Bishops. Indeed, the Holy Spirit is in our midst. Let us pray:

O God, the pastor and ruler of all the faithful, mercifully look upon Thy servants whom Thou has been pleased to set as Bishops in Thy Church; grant them, we beseech Thee, to be in word and conversation a wholesome example to the people committed to their charge, that they with them may attain everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.