Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church

Iglesia Católica Apostólica Venezolana (Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church)
Classification Independent Catholic
Polity Episcopal
Patriarch Guillermo Antonio Pacheco Bornacelli
Region Venezuela
Founder Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez
Origin 8 March 1947
Caracas, Venezuela
Separated from Catholic Church

The Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church (ICANVEN - Iglesia Católica Apostólica Venezolana), is an independent Catholic church in Venezuela.[1] Its current Patriarch is Guillermo Pacheco, who also serves as the Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Juan Bautista Venezuela.[2]

The Church was formally created on 1947 by Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez and three clergymen. Castillo Mendez had previously been expelled from seminary after only one term and jailed for impersonating a priest.[3] He was never recognized as a Roman Catholic priest.[4] Castillo Mendez changed the liturgical vestments from black to pearl-gray, made Spanish as the liturgical language instead of Latin and permitted the clergy to marry, which resulted in formal excommunications of the highest degree.[5] At its foundation, the church served to support the anti-Catholic agenda of the Democratic Action and Communist parties in Venezuela.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  2. ↑ http://icanven.blogspot.com/p/nuestro-obispo.html
  3. ↑ Jarvis, Edward. God, Land & Freedom: The True Story of ICAB, Apocryphile Press, Berkeley CA, 2018, pp 98-103
  4. ↑ Jarvis, Edward. God, Land & Freedom: The True Story of ICAB, Apocryphile Press, Berkeley CA, 2018, pp 102-103
  5. ↑ "Venezuelan Schism Hit: Archbishop Declares Excommunication of 4 Priests in Move", The New York Times, March 9, 1947, p. 5
  6. ↑ Conde Tudanca, Rodrigo. ‘Un Incidente Olvidado del Trienio Adeco: La Creacion de la Iglesia Católica, Apostólica, Venezolana’ (A Forgotten Incident of the Adeco Period: The Creation of the Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church), Boletín CIHEV No. 8, Yr. 5, Semester Jan.-June 1993, pp 41-81
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