Patriarch of Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church, first Patriarch and Founder of Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church, first President of Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches
Church
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (1961-2009) previously Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church (1948-1961)
Archdiocese
Brasilia
Province
Distrito Federal
Installed
26 March 1961
Term ended
29 October 2009
Predecessor
Carlos Duarte Costa
Successor
Josivaldo Pereira
Orders
Ordination
10 August 1944 (obtained by deception) by Valentín Comellas y Santamaria
Consecration
3 May 1948 (considered schismatic) by Carlos Duarte Costa
Rank
Patriarch-Primate
Personal details
Born
4 December 1922
Caracas, Venezuela
Died
29 October 2009 (aged 86) Brasilia, Brazil
Nationality
Venezuelan (1922-1961) Brazilian (1961-2009)
Denomination
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic, and excommunicated Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
Titular Bishop of Caracas (1948-1961)
Primate of the Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church (1948-1961)
Diocesan Bishop of Uberlandia (1950-1957)
Auxiliary Bishop of Rio de Janeiro (1957-1960)
Patriarch of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (1961-2009)
President of the Episcopal Council (1982-2009)
Coat of arms
Styles of Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez
Religious style
Bishop-Patriarch
Ordination history of Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by
Valentín Comellas y Santamaria
Date
10 August 1944
Place
Solsona, Spain
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by
Carlos Duarte Costa
Date
3 May 1948
Place
Balboa, Panama
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez as principal consecrator
Forest Ernest Barber
30 January 1985
Bertil Persson
14 June 1987
Claude R. Baron
1988
Justo Roque González
1989
José Villegas
1989
Charles-Rafaël Payeur
1990
Neville David Anderson
15 July 2005
James Atkinson-Wake
13 June 2004
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Luis Fernando Castillo Méndez (December 4, 1922 - October 29, 2009) was a Venezuelan Independent Catholic priest who rose to the leadership of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB). Castillo Méndez was arguably the second or third 'Patriarch' of ICAB and its 48 dioceses, though none of his predecessors used that title. He was apparently the nominal head of a network of Iglesias Catolicas Apostolicas Nacionales (ICAN) or National Catholic Apostolic Churches and the Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic National Churches (WCCAC), which were unsuccessful attempts to form an international association of Independent Catholic Churches.
Although he had little formal education, Castillo Méndez contrived to be ordained priest on August 10, 1944, though he was immediately censured and was at no point recognized as a Roman Catholic priest.[1] On March 8, 1947, Castillo Méndez became the founder of the independent Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAV - Iglesia Católica Apostólica Venezolana). Castillo Méndez was subsequently excommunicated by the Holy See. On May 3, 1948 he was consecrated a bishop and Patriarch for the Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church by the bishop Carlos Duarte Costa (excommunicated former Roman Catholic bishop of Botucatu, Brazil) in the Panama Canal Zone. Castillo Méndez later succeeded Duarte Costa and became the President of the Episcopal Council of ICAB in 1982. He died on October 29, 2009.
^Jarvis, Edward, God, Land & Freedom: The True Story of ICAB, Apocryphile Press, Berkeley CA, 2018, pp 98-103
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