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The Free Catholic Church in Germany (German : Freikatholische Kirche in Deutschland) is a Christian religious community in Germany which was legally registered in 1987. [1] [lower-alpha 1]

Johannes Peter Meyer-Mendez brought the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB) to Germany in 1949. [6] It was registered as the Free Catholic Church ("Freikatholische Kirche").

After Meyer-Mendez died, Georg Fröbrich  [ de ] became the leader, then Hilarios Karl-Heinz Ungerer became the leader and moved from Cologne to Munich.

In 1972, Ungerer opened a storefront church in Munich. Over the next 25 years he endeavoured to integrate marginal groups into the church.[ citation needed ]

Notes

  1. According to Religious Studies Media and Information Service  [ de ] in Germany which did research and a literature review in 2005, Free Catholic Church in Germany was affiliated with ICAB and it had a membership of 412 in Germany. [2] In 2006, Free Catholic Church in Germany was not listed as affiliated with ICAB through Igrejas Católicas e Apostólicas Nacionais (ICAN) on the ICAB website. [3] In 2009, Free Catholic Church in Germany was not listed as affiliated with ICAB through the Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches on the ICAB website. [4] As of 2015, Free Catholic Church in Germany was not listed as a mission outside of Brazil on the ICAB website. [5]

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