Bishop Duarte Costa and the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil

The Celtic Christian Church was encouraged in part by the friendship of Bishop Raymond Kelly, who at the time of our beginning was a bishop in the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA).  Bishop Ray, along with Bishop Ivan MacKillop, and Father Joseph Grenier were mentors for Cait Finnegan as she prepared for priesthood under Bishop Ivan Mackillop and his Church of the Culdees.

When Father Joseph Grenier was elected bishop for the community in the Poconos, and those others who were connecting with us around the country, Bishop Raymond Kelly came from Virginia as co-consecrator, along with Bishop Armand Whitehead, for Father Joseph Grenier.  Bishop Ray Kelly brought into St. Ciaran's Fellowship of Celtic Christian Communities the Apostolic Succession of CACINA, which has its roots in the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil, founded by Bishop Duarte Costa.

The detailed history of Bishop Duarte Costa's Church is found at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Duarte_Costa