Byelorussian priest Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski was consecrated as
bishop of
Laconia, New Hampshire and the states of
New England within a continuation to the
American Orthodox Catholic Church. Through Ryzy-Ryski's American World Patriarchates, those patriarchs he elevated were neither required to recognize his authority, nor come under his episcopal jurisdiction. In 1978, after the death of Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski, the leadership of the American World Patriarchates was succeeded by his brother,
Emigidius J. Ryzy. and one AWP group affiliated to a claimant successor of the
Catholicate of the West stated that Ryzy's designated successor refused to administrate over the church, leaving no clear continuation; this group also stated in their report that the AWP did not provide for synodical governance "since each patriarch was independent jurisdictionally and the role of the Apostolic Administrator was co-ordinating and advisory in nature rather than a ruling power" and "due to the nature of the AWP as a loose religious confederation, there will be other clergy and laity who are AWP members while not being affiliated with the Catholicate." In 2021, the Catholicate of the West issued a Perpetual Charter to the organisation. The charter noted that the organisation does not depend on one central administration, and although the Catholicate exercises a paternal role of administration, members do not need to be affiliated with the Catholicate. ==References==