Austin Randolph Adler was a Bishop, Primate, and Patriarch of the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church (also known as the Charismatic Episcopal Church

Charismatic Episcopal Church

The Charismatic Episcopal Church, more officially known as the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church , is an international Christian denomination established as an autocephalous communion in 1992...

). He was consecrated 26 June 1992, with Timothy Michael Barker of the International Free Catholic Communion (who was consecrated by Archbishop-Patriarch Herman Adrian Spruit) functioning as the principal consecrator. Patriarch Adler served as the Patriarch

Patriarch

Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...

 of the I.C.C.E.C., Primate

Primate

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 of the U.S.A., and Archbishop

Archbishop

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of San Clemente. He retired in October 2007.