Carlos Duarte Costa [SEP] position held
Carlos Duarte Costa
Carlos Duarte Costa (July 21, 1888 – March 26, 1961) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop who became the founder of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church, an independent Catholic church, and its international extension, which after his death became known as the Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic National Churches.
The former Bishop of Botucatu, he was excommunicated by Pope Pius XII, ultimately for schism, but in culmination of several doctrinal and canonical issues (such as his views on clerical celibacy). Duarte
Costa has been canonized as "St. Carlos of Brazil" by the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church.
Early life and ministry.
Carlos Duarte Costa was born in Rio de Janeiro on July 21, 1888, at the residence of his uncle Eduardo Duarte de Silva. The son of João Matta Francisco Costa and Maria Carlota Duarte da Silva Costa, he completed his primary studies at the Salesian College Santa Rosa, in Niterói. At age nine, he received his first communion in the cathedral of Uberaba from the hands of his