Warren Prall Watters, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWarren Prall Watters
American bishop
Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1890
Date of Death: 15-Jun-1992
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Warren Prall Watters
- Warren Prall Watters (November 24, 1890 – June 15, 1992) was the founding archbishop of the Free Church of Antioch (Malabar Rite), one of several Independent Catholic Churches. Watters was born in Imperial, Nebraska in 1890.
- He was an accomplished musician and concert pianist and was educated at Grinnell, Northwestern, Drake, and the University of California.
- He later did post-graduate doctoral work at the Conservatory of Music in Paris. Watters was deeply interested in esoteric spiritualities and was for many years a member of the Theosophical Society and of its Esoteric School.
- He was ordained priest in Chicago, Illinois in June, 1927, by Bishop Edwin Burt Beckwith of the Liberal Catholic Church.
- Following his ordination, he served in the Liberal Catholic Church of Omaha, Nebraska, under Bishop Eklund, a charge he held for 17 years.
- In 1967, Watters was appointed Vicar General of the International Liberal Catholic Church and became bishop-elect in that church in 1970.
- He was drawn to the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch because of its willingness to ordain women.
- He was consecrated to the episcopate of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch-Malabar Rite at Trinity Church in Santa Barbara, California on April 28, 1973, by Bishop Herman Adrian Spruit who was assisted by co-consecrators Bishop Stephan A.
- Hoeller and Jay Davis Kirby.
- Watters was assigned as Bishop of California for the Church of Antioch and served as co-pastor of the Holy Spirit Church of Antioch in Santa Barbara.
- During this time he also founded the Center for Esoteric Studies and published the Esoteric Review magazine.
- Organizational changes within Church of Antioch led to Watters and several other bishops departing to form their own separate and distinct ministries.
- Watters, shortly before his death, established the Free Church of Antioch (Malabar Rite).
- After his death, he was succeeded by his wife of many years, Ellen Watters, who became archbishop of the church.
- Ellen Watters was consecrated to the episcopate on April 20, 1986, by Herman Adrian Spruit who was assisted by co-consecrators Meri Louise Spruit and Joseph L.
- Vrendenburgh.
- Ellen Watters died in 2002.
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