The Free Catholic Church in Germany (german: Freikatholische Kirche in Deutschland) is a Christian religious community in Germany which was legally registered in 1987.
Johannes Peter Meyer-Mendez brought the
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
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(ICAB) to
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
in 1949.
It was registered as the Free Catholic Church ("Freikatholische Kirche").
After Meyer-Mendez died, became the leader, then
Hilarios Karl-Heinz Ungerer
Hilarios Karl-Heinz Ungerer (born 1941 in Nuremberg) is a bishop of the Free Catholic Church in Munich, a small Independent Catholic denomination. Ungerer, with Bishop Roberto Garrido Padin, ordained Bishop Rómulo Antonio Braschi in 1998, who ...
became the leader and moved from
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
to Munich.
In 1972, Ungerer opened a
storefront church
A storefront church is a church, usually in the North American context of the United States, and to a much lesser extent, Canada, that is housed in a storefront or strip mall building that formerly had a commercial purpose.
Often, the interior ...
in Munich.
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Christian organizations established in 1949
Christian denominations established in the 20th century