Carlos Duarte Costa

Carlos Duarte Costa
Founder of the
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Duarte Costa (left) with Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez (right) during the episcopal consecration in Panama
ChurchBrazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
DioceseRio de Janeiro
SeeRio de Janeiro
Installed5 July 1945
Term ended26 March 1961
PredecessorPosition created
SuccessorLuis Fernando Castillo Mendez
Previous post(s)
  • Bishop of Botucatu (1924-1937)
  • Titular Bishop of Maura (1937-1945)
  • Bishop of Rio de Janeiro (1945-death)
Orders
Ordination4 May 1911
by Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti
Consecration8 December 1924
by Sebastião da Silveira Cintra
RankConsidered as Patriarch (title not used during his lifetime) (Brazilian Catholic Apostolic) / Bishop - (Catholic)
Personal details
Born
Carlos Duarte Costa

(1888-07-21)July 21, 1888
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DiedMarch 26, 1961(1961-03-26) (aged 72)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
DenominationBrazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (formerly Roman Catholic)
MottoO Senhor é a Minha Luz ("The Lord is my Light")
Charitas Christi Urget Nos ("The Love of Christ Compels Us")
Coat of armsCarlos Duarte Costa's coat of arms
Sainthood
Title as SaintSão Carlos do Brasil
Canonizedby Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Styles of
Carlos Duarte Costa
Religious styleBishop
Posthumous styleSaint
Ordination history of
Carlos Duarte Costa
History
Priestly ordination
Date4 May 1911
PlaceUberaba, Brazil
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorSebastião da Silveira Cintra
Co-consecratorsAlberto José Gonçalves
Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza
Date8 December 1924
PlaceRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Carlos Duarte Costa as principal consecrator
Salomão Barbosa Ferraz15 August 1945
Antidio Jose Vargas8 December 1946
Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez3 May 1948
Milton Cunha5 June 1960
Pedro dos Santos Silva4 November 1956
Orlando Acre Moya30 November 1956

Carlos Duarte Costa (July 21, 1888 – March 26, 1961) was a Brazilian Catholic bishop who became the founder of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church,[1][2] an Independent Catholic church, and its international communion, which long after his death became the short-lived Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches.

The former Catholic Bishop of Botucatu,[3] he was excommunicated by Pope Pius XII, ultimately for schism, but in culmination of several doctrinal and canonical issues (such as his views on clerical celibacy). Duarte Costa has been canonized as "St. Carlos of Brazil" by the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church.[4]

  1. ^ "Ex-Priest's 'Sainthood' Irks Catholics in Brazil". The New York Times. 1973-08-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Clarke was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ "História da Igreja". Igreja Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-03-01.