This line of apostolic succession goes back to St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Peter the Apostle This is only two of 24 other lines of succession that run through Demetrius The I, In between St. Alvarez and Demetrius I is Jose Vilatte and Patriarch George McGuire. This line needed further strengthening and so  The American Orthodox Catholic Church, The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, The Romanian Orthodox church over the years have done sub-conditional services with bishops in this line.