Bishop Joseph S. Macek was ordained conditionally by Bishop Patrick C. Taylor on December 18, 1998 in Beckley, WV. His episcopal consecration was on November 18, 1999, by Bishop Patrick C. Taylor, SVM (same location). Then on November 27, 2001 Bishop Merill Adamson, SOLG conditionally consecrated Bishop Macek & Bishop Taylor in San Francisco, CA.