Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church
The Lusitanian Church of Portugal is a member of the Anglican Communion in Portugal. Like the Old Catholics in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, as well as split in Portugal in 1870, a group of Roman Catholic priests, since they rejected the dogma of infallibility, which was proclaimed on the 1st Vatican Council. Just out of a diocese consisting, the church is since 1980 a member of the Anglican Communion and is, as a extraprovinzielle Anglican Church to the Archbishop of Canterbury as their primate. It is in full communion with the Utrecht Union of Old Catholic Churches. Furthermore, the Lusitanian Church of Portugal a member of the Porvoo Communion and has agreed with these churches full communion.
Bishops
- Antonio Ferreira Fiandor (1958-1962)
- Luis Rodriguez Pereira (1962-1980)
- Fernando da Luz Soares (1980-2012)
- Jorge de Pina Cabral (2012 -present)