Johannes Peter Meyer-Mendez

Johannes Peter Meyer-Mendez (born March 6, 1909 in Randerath, Germany; died February 24, 1976 in Cologne) was the founder and first archbishop of the Free Catholic Church in Germany.

He founded this church in 1949 as an extension of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church. Upon his death, he was succeeded Bishop Georg Fröbrich later as Archbishop by Hilarios Karl-Heinz Ungerer.

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