Dom Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez
is born in Venezuela in 1922. Becoming catholic roman priest on the 8th
of october 1944 in Solsona in Spain, by dom Valentin Comellas-Santamaria,
he left later the Roman Catholic Church and became bishop on the 5th of
march 1948 by dom Carlos Duarte-Costa.
He then engaged himself inside the Apostolic Catholic Church of Brazil and he created an important congregation in Venezuela before moving to Brasilia where he built a cathedral and several churches. When dom Carlos Duarte-Costa died, he became President of the Church and Patriarch of the National Catholic Apostolic churches, position that he still holds in Brasilia.
He then engaged himself inside the Apostolic Catholic Church of Brazil and he created an important congregation in Venezuela before moving to Brasilia where he built a cathedral and several churches. When dom Carlos Duarte-Costa died, he became President of the Church and Patriarch of the National Catholic Apostolic churches, position that he still holds in Brasilia.