Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez
1922–2009Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez was ordained as a priest in Spain on 10 August 1944, then authorities rejected his claim and he left the country.
Particulars
Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on 4 December 1922 and baptized on 22 December in the Parish of Saint John the Baptist.
After being expelled twice from Roman Catholic seminaries and jailed in 1938 for impersonating a priest, he went to Spain, presented fabricated documents, and on 10 August 1944 Bishop Valentín Comellas y Santamaría ordained him in the Cathedral of Santa Maria; Roman Catholic authorities immediately rejected his claim and, after police detention, he agreed to leave the country.
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