The founding bishops of the Liberal Catholic churches were J. I. Wedgwood of the Wedgwood China family and the Theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater.
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The Right Reverend James Ingall Wedgwood
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Wedgwood
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Bishops Wedgwood, Leadbeater and Mazel, plus a furry friend, Sydney, 1917. (www.cwlworld.info)
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Leadbeater in his room at The Manor, Sydney. (www.cwlworld.info)
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CW Leadbeater
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The Consecration of The Right Reverend James Ingall Wedgwood, 1916.
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Leadbeater's masonic and episcopal regalia on display during his Requiem Eucharist, Perth, 4 March 1934. (www.cwlworld.info)
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The Revd. Harold Morton celebrates the Requiem Eucharist for Bishop Leadbeater, Perth, 4 March 1934. (www.cwlworld.info)
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The Right Reverend James Ingall Wedgwood and CW Leadbeater
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Wedgwood (seated, centre, back row)
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Bishop Arnold Mathew being ordained a bishop by Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht Gerardus Gul at St. Gertrude's Cathedral, in Utrecht, on 28 April 1908