On 26 June 1992, Austin Randolph Adler was consecrated the first bishop and primate of the CEC with Timothy Michael Barker of the International Free Catholic Communion (who was consecrated by Archbishop-Patriarch Herman Adrian Spruit) functioning as the principal consecrator.
On June 26, 1992, Austin Randolph Adler became the first bishop and primate of the CEC.  Timothy Michael Barker of the International Free Catholic Communion, who had been consecrated by Archbishop-Patriarch Herman Adrian Spruit, served as the main consecrator.