Joel Bray Marangella

In 1960 Marangella was the chairman of the Baha'i National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of France. When Mason Remey announced his claim to the Guardianship of the Baha'i Faith, Marangella recognised this claim. As a result Marangella was declared a "Covenant-Breaker" (a Bahá'í concept equivalent to the Christian notion of excommunication). The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of France also recognised the claim of Remey, and the body itself was dissolved as a result by the body of the Hands of the Cause.

In 1961 Remey appointed Marangella to be the third Guardian of the Orthodox Bahai Faith. In 1966, Remey, who had previously set up the Second International Bahai Council as the embryonic Universal House of Justice, appointed Joel Bray Marangella to be its President. Mason Remey then activated the Council thereby appointing and making Joel Bray Marangella the third Guardian, as Orthodox Bahá'ís believe only the Guardian can be the Head of an active Universal House of Justice.

Marangella serves as Guardian from 1966 until the present. (Go directly to the official web site of the third Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith) http://Bahai-Guardian.com External Link

• http://Bahai-Guardian.com/jbm.proc