Archbishop David Bell speaking at the World council.

Your Questions ! Our Answers.

Q. Are you valid priests of the Catholic church.

A. YES. we are valid priests and bishops in an unbroken catholic apostolic line, which is from the Roman Catholic Church.

Q. You are Roman Catholic then.

A. YES in most of our idea's. we are simply Catholic, but we are Pre-Vatican II, as we are not in communion with the Roman Catholic Church Vatican II, Our Archbishop Carlos Duarte Costa from Brazil was consecrated a Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church Pre-Vatican II.

Q.Who consecrated Archbishop Duarte Costa.

A. Monsignor Carlos Duarte Costa was consecrated by Cardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Alberto José Gonçalves & Bishop Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza

Q. Who is your Archbishop.

A. We have several archbishops,three in the United Kingdom; one in Australia, one in Central/ West Africa and one in the USA .

Q. Who consecrated these bishops, was they consecrated by the Roman Catholic Church.

A. NO, Archbishop David Bell, Archbishop Anderson and Archbishop Lee, both were consecrated sacred bishops by Archbishop Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez. He in turn was consecrated directly by the Roman Catholic Archbishop Carlos Duarte Costa, therefore Archbishop Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez passed to both bishops a pure Roman Catholic apostolic lineage. therefore, their apostolic validity can not be questioned.

Q.How many bishops was involved in their consecrations.

A. At both and all of our bishops consecrations their is always three bishops, this clearly shows the intent and leaves no question of the intent. laying of the hands and the wordings etc.

Q. Do you have evidence of the continuation of apostolic lineage throughout.

A. Yes. Both Archbishops have a mandate and Instrument of consecration from Archbishop Mendez signed and sealed also by their two co-consecrators. all of the other bishops of the church have the same. also both Archbishops have a copy of Archbishop Mendez consecration by Archbishop Duarte Costa, also a copy of Archbishop Duarte Costa consecration paper by Cardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra. (See Apostolic Succession of the Church for a complete lineage, and also see comparison chart of Rebiba Succession).

Society of Pope Leo XIII formerly ICAB-UK has been described by the Roman Catholic Church as a SCHISMATIC church,

SCHISMATIC is a rejection of communion with the authorities of that Church, this term has historically been applied to such a break when there was no dispute about doctrine.It still refers to the church and its bishops and clergy as valid.