The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church

The Rt. Revd. Adrian Glover OCR, OAM, - Mar Trimlett
Titular Bishop of Naim.
Episcopal Rector of the Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Bournemouth.
Pastor General of the Cross-Denominational Mission.
General Secretary of The Independent Catholic Churches Council.
Grand President of the Order of Ave Maria.

Bishop Adrian was formerly an ordained Overseer of the Apostolic Faith Church, a position equivalent to that of bishop. He had been in post since 1998, having been ordained in 1996. He was subconditionally ordained to the minor orders, diaconate and priesthood by Mar Andreas in 2008. Made Vicar General in May 2008 and given the title Monsignor. He was elected to the Episcopate at Holy Island in June 2009, and consecrated at Golders Green London in September 2009.
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He has special responsibility for the Cross-Denominational Mission, an organisation set up to promote co-operation and shared understanding among the various denominations of Christ's Church, and which has developed into an extensive online directory of useful resources, links and information. As such he is extremely active in ecumenical outreach, and is a popular visiting preacher in Southern England. Some more information is here.

Bishop Adrian is also General Secretary of the Independent Catholic Churches Council, a gathering of independent catholic churches, some in intercommunion, some not, but all engaged in ecumenical outreach under the Bonn Agreement of 1931.

He is privileged to celebrate marriages and take funerals when asked. House Blessings, Services for Animals, Healing, Relationship Blessings (including same sex relationships) and Renewal of Vows are all services that he feels privileged to conduct.

Bishop Glover writes,

"I was in training for the priesthood when I met the girl who would become my wife.  I promised her that I would not work in full time ministry. So I changed track, trained as a Local Preacher in the Methodist Church, and joined a team of preachers in the Methodist church called the Lock Plan, after Bill Lock, who ran it. I expanded this concept and with a group of likeminded Christians formed the Cross Denominational Mission. We provided preachers to rural churches that had difficulty finding preachers to lead Sunday worship. We later found ourselves taking funerals for the crematoria as there was at the time a severe shortage of people willing to do so. There was a groundswell of people who wanted to marry in places other than church buildings (or registry offices) and the law at that time did not permit such arrangements. We found a legal way round this and were inundated with weddings. My colleagues and I ended up with a part time ministry which expanded to fit all available hours! However, I still felt called to ordained ministry and had to reconcile this with the promises I made to my wife. Part time ministry was the answer. I worked alongside the Mission for Christ (Rural Evangelism) for a time, and this brought me into contact with the Apostolic Church. I was ordained in 1996. This truly was a part time ministry. When I moved to the other end of the country, the branch of the Apostolic church I worked with declined in the UK, despite being very large indeed in other parts of the world. I could serve in any part of the Apostolic church, of course, but a new chapter meant that my former work in the Cross Denominational Mission beckoned, and this time the work is internet based. I am now titular bishop of Naim in the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church. I still serve part-time, in keeping with my promise, and like other independent Catholics I am expected to support myself, so I work for a global public transport operator."

The Oratory of St Michael and All Angels
The Oratory of St Michael and All Angels is a private chapel which is open (by invitation) to members of the public.  Further information and some more pictures are here.

Services:

• Sundays 6pm: Eucharist  (Tridentine Rite in the vernacular). We use incense and ring hand bells.
• Thursday 8pm: Benediction or a service of Vespers.
• Thanksgiving Services, and Prime, Matins, Terce, Sext and Complin are occasionally held.
• Holy Days are always honoured as are some Saints Days.

To contact Bishop Glover by email, click here.

CRB Check, Certificates of Ordination and Qualifications are on his page on the Cross-Denominational Mission website. To see them, click here.