Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church - International Communion

International Communion

Bishops Costa, Ferraz, and Méndez consecrated or assisted in the consecrations of dozens of bishops in various countries between the 1940s and 1990s. Some bishops in the Costa line maintained formal ties with the Brazilian mother church, but the majority appear to have gone their separate ways to found or participate in independent Catholic bodies without ties to Brazil. Such bishops have been declared as doubtful at best by the new regime citing the fact that a defect in proper intention exists in all bishops who have strayed from ICAB. Churches in full communion with ICAB are members of the Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic National Churches (WCCAC). There has been a fluctuating number of partner churches in the WCCAC communion, and a current list of official WCCAC members is not available.

A world council of the communion was held in Brazil in 2005. At a further council in the United State in June 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas, all bishops in apostolic succession were invited to attend and apply for membership. Only current members are able to vote on WCCAC business.