Elected 1971 Consecration 1972
by Luigi Mascolo Name Leonardo Dominguez | Predecessor Position created Nationality Argentine | |
Church Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church Other posts Roman Catholic priest and military chaplain | ||
Leonardo Morizio Dominguez was an Argentine former Roman Catholic priest who is the first archbishop and primate of the Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAA), an independent Catholic Church in Argentina.
Biography
Dominguez was born in Argentina, converted to Catholicism from Judaism, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest. He was a military chaplain during the 1960s but came to disagree with the position of the Vatican, and so sought consegration from Bishops of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB) and then set up a similar organization in Argentina.
Dominguez separated from the Catholic Church and founded ICAA c. 1971 in Buenos Aires. He was consecrated as archbishop and primate in 1972 by Luigi Mascolo, an ICAB bishop. Dominguez later consecrated Pedro Ruiz Badanelli as bishop in 1973 and José Eugenio Tenca Rusconi as bishop in 1983. It is unknown if his actions resulted in excommunication.