Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church

Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Portuguese: Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira
Emblem of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
ClassificationWestern Christian
OrientationIndependent Catholic
PolityEpiscopal
GovernanceEpiscopal Council
PresidentJosivaldo Pereira
RegionBrazil
FounderCarlos Duarte Costa
Origin1945
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Separated fromRoman Catholic
Members560,781 as of 2010[1]

The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (Portuguese: Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira, pronounced [iˈɡɾeʒɐ kaˈtɔlikaposˈtɔlikɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ]; ICAB) is an Independent Catholic Christian church established in 1945 by excommunicated Brazilian Catholic bishop Carlos Duarte Costa.[2][3] The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church is the largest Independent Catholic church in Brazil, with 560,781 members as of 2010, and 26 dioceses as of 2021;[4] internationally, it has an additional 6 dioceses and 6 provinces.[5] It is governed by a president bishop and the Episcopal Council.[6] Its current president of the Episcopal Council is Josivaldo Pereira de Oliveira. The church's administration is in Brasilia, Brazil.[7]

The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church is the mother church of an international communion called the Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches, though there is no evidence of any recent activity.[8]

  1. ^ "Tabela 2103 - População residente, por situação do domicílio, sexo, grupos de idade e religião: Religião = Católica Apostólica Brasileira". sidra.ibge.gov.br. Censo Demográfico 2010 (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro, BR: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. ^ Anson, Peter F (2006) [1964]. Bishops at large. Independent Catholic Heritage series (1st Apocryphile ed.). Berkeley: Apocryphile Press. pp. 534–535, Addenda. ISBN 0-9771461-8-9.
  3. ^ "Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
  4. ^ "INÍCIO". Igreja Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. ^ "ICAB no Mundo". Igreja Brasileira (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "CE/ICAB". Igreja Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  7. ^ "CONTATO". Igreja Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Edward Jarvis 2018, pp 164-165 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).