Organization
The Communion is governed by the International Bishops Council. For organizational purposes the Communion has a Board of Directors, an Honorary Advisory Committee and an Executive Secretariat. The International Bishops Council meets every two years. The council of the communion met at San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala on August 12–18, 2008. In the WCCAC, all the Churches are recognized as equal, but because of historical reasons, an honorary precedence is recognized to the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church under the leadership of Dom Josivaldo Pereira de Oliveira. His Excellency Bishop Dom Luis Castillo Mendez who was the Patriarch of ICAB until 2009 maintained the unity of the Church in Brazil. Every Ecclesiastical Body is formed by several local Churches, presided by a Bishop. The WCCAC member bodies are:
- Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira - founded 1945. Brazil.
- Argentina: Provincia Eclesial de la Exaltación de la Cruz
- Argentina: Iglesia Católica Apostólica Argentina
- Australia: Catholic Apostolic Church of Australia
- France: Église Catholique, Apostolique et Française|Église Catholique Apostolique du France - Archbishop Pierre Pascal
- Colombia: Iglesia Católica Apostólica Nacional de Colombia, Archbishop Guillermo Pacheco Bornacelli
- Egypt: The Holys Synod of St. Athanasious for the Christian in the Middle East and USA.
- Mexico: Iglesia Católica Apostólica Mexicana
- México: Provincia Eclesial Santa María de Guadalupe.
- España: Iglesia Católica Apostólica - Diócesis de Tarsis.
- USA: Mexican National Catholic Church - Bishop Dr. John Parnell
- USA: Evangelical Charismatic Catholic Church - Bishop Dr. Jerry King
- USA: Opus Apostolorum - Bishop Michael Scotto
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