Carlos Duarte Costa

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Carlos Duarte Costa (born July 21, 1888 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, † March 26, 1967 ibid) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church . He was excommunicated and founded the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil .

Life

Duarte Costa was born on April 1, 1911 for the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro for ordained priests . On July 4, 1924 he was appointed by Pope Pius XI. Bishop of Botucatu appointed and on December 8, 1924 by Sebastião da Silveira Cintra , Coadjutor Bishop , from Rio de Janeiro to consecrated bishop . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Ribeirão Preto , Alberto José Gonçalves , and the Bishop of Espírito Santo , Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza .

On September 22, 1937, his resignation, which he had been forced to for administrative reasons, was accepted and Duarte Costa was appointed titular bishop of Maura . The Brazilian government achieved this approach at the Vatican. His resistance to the Brazilian government led to Duarte Costa's imprisonment in 1944/45.

Duarte Costa was on July 6, 1945 by Pope Pius XII. excommunicated and founded the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil on August 18, 1945. The Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil declared Duarte Costa a saint in 1979.

Act

Duarte Costa became a critic of the official line of the Roman Catholic Church, u. a. he turned against the infallibility dogma , celibacy , the use of Latin in the liturgy and "clero-fascism" . He also stood up for the poor and criticized what he saw as the conciliatory stance of the Vatican towards National Socialism , fascism and the regime of Getúlio Vargas .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carlos Duarte Costa (1888-1961) , accessed October 26, 2015
  2. ^ Article Latin America in: TRE , study edition Part II: Katechumenat / Katechumenen - Publizistik / Presse, Walter de Gruyter, 1999, ISBN 978-3-11-016295-0 , p. 467
personal data
SURNAME Duarte Costa, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Botucato and founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1967
Place of death Rio de Janeiro