Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church bishops from the Episcopal Church (United States)--Bishop Reginald Mallett from the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana and Bishop Stephen Keeler from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota. Under Molina the church experienced a resurgence. During the episcopate of Molina the IERE signed agreements of intercommunion with numerous provinces of the Anglican Communion, including The Episcopal Church of the USA, the Church of Ireland, the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Anglican Church of South Africa, the Episcopal Church of the Philippines, and the Old Catholic Church. In 1980 the IERE became an extra-provincial diocese under the metropolitan authority of
Apparent authority Apparent authority In the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and South Africa, apparent authority (also called "ostensible authority") relates to the doctrines of the law of agency. It is relevant particularly in corporate law and constitutional law. Apparent authority refers to a situation where a reasonable third party would understand that an agent had authority to act. This means a principal is bound by the agent's actions, even if the agent had no "actual" authority, whether express or implied. It raises an estoppel because the third party is given an assurance, which he relies on and would be inequitable