This work attempts to provide a compact and accessible scholarly re-evaluation of the life and work of Joseph-RenŽ Vilatte (Mar Timotheos), a towering figure in the Free Catholic movement. It attempts to provide a general biographical study of Vilatte, and then to discuss some particular aspects of his succession, including the posthumous attacks on him. It offers answers to the reader who is perhaps curious as to why an intelligent and well-intentioned clergyman whose work brought comfort and hope to several hundred folk at the least has been so extensively vilified by those he once worked alongside. Published in association with the Western Orthodox University.