Hello, this post is to present myself.

It’s hard to find a place to start about me; I do not know where to begin.

Seminarist 1978 and Deacon 1985-1988

Ordained a priest on December 7, 1988

On November 30, 2010, ordained Bishop by the Most Reverend Bishop T.T. Williamson of the Johannite Ministry of Albany, N.Y.

At the General Assembly, I was elected President of the Archbishopric in January of 2011 and installed in May of the same year.

2024 Elected Metropolitan of Cameroon

Ok, you will notice that I have two profiles on Facebook:

Profile 1: Metr. Archb. Most Rev Bro. Eric Michel (Independent Catholic)

As a Metropolitan Archbishop, I started my own Chaplaincy in 2012

After my wedding celebrant training, my instructor asked me, “Why don’t you have your own Chaplaincy?” It was registered with the government in 2014.

The Chaplaincy was non-denominational in partnership wth my spouse of today, a Baptist Minister. In 2020, many events and YouTube characters made me go back to Catholicism. One of them is that I became a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Order of Lesser Sisters and Brothers, but I had to stop because my spouse, Marie, was hospitalized for a very long time. She came out and went back in for four years. Now, in this fifth year, I am caring for her at home. Note here that I was born and raised Roman Catholic.

WCA Certificate of Chaplain Ordination, July 2011

In 2012, Joined the International Federation of Christian Chaplains

I am the founder of Eric Michel Ministries International, a New Life Catholic Chaplaincy Ministry. Additionally, I founded the Footsteps of Jesus Seminary and Bible Academy in 2015, “Implementing Team Impact Christian University Curriculum,” and established the Interdenominational Assembly of Churches in 2017, an association of churches and para-churches.

Profile 2: JEM GAGNON As a Roman Catholic,

• I serve in several capacities, most notably as a Volunteer Chaplain at the US National Association of Catholic Chaplains, a role I have held since 2021, specifically as a First Responder Chaplain.
• Associate Member of the Original Franciscan “Third Order”, the Confraternity of Penitents in Fort Wayne, IN, USA. Since Sept 28, 2024.
• Enrolled in the Millitia Immaculata on Dec 23, 2023.
• And this year, I became an EWTN Media Missionary.

Member of many Rosary Confraternities.