The Free Catholic Church are the German Section of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church. The Begining of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa was consecrated as the Roman Catholic Diocesan Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil, on December 8, 1924, until certain views he expressed about treatment of the Brazils poor, by both the civil government and the Roman Catholic Church in...

Church background

In 1937, the Roman-Catholic Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa with his diocese of Botucatu, Brazil, split up with papacy. He accused the Vatican of having collaborated with the national socialists and fascists. In 1945 already the Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira was founded and, in 1949, was brought to Germany by the future Archbishop Johannes Peter Mayer-Mendez, where it was registered as Free Catholic Church. The Begining of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa was consecrated as the Roman Catholic Diocesan Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil, on December 8, 1924, until certain views he expressed about treatment of the Brazils poor, by both the civil government and the Roman Catholic Church in...

After the death of the Archbishop, his successor Archbishop Hilarios Ungerer (also Conductor of the Bavarian Mariavite Group foundet by Bischop Paulus Norbert Maas) transfered the seat of the Archbishop, i.e. the principal seat, from Cologne to Munich, the Capital of Bavaria.

In September 1972, Bishop Hilarios Ungerer rented a shop for a "shop church" in the Thalkirchner Str. 25 in Munich, as it was in fashion in big towns at that time.

During these 25 years he has successfully endeavoured to integrate marginal groups into our church. More than 35,000 people in Bavaria, mainly in Munich, were administered all Catholic sacraments or received pastoral care.

The Free Catholic Church also takes care of those Christians who left the state churches, but nevertheless look for a church home, who want to have a church wedding although their first marriage was divorced, who wish to have a church funeral, or who simply long for a church, congregational community.

Although, during the entire period, the Free Catholic Church has not received any state or municipal grants.

In Germany the Free Catholic Church are in Union with several Mariavite Groups in Germany. It has been suggested that Mariavite Bishops be merged into this article or section. ...

Today Munich also takes care of Manila/Philippines, Los Angeles and Miami/USA. Every year the Archbishop is on pastoral trips to the above mentioned missions.

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