On the other hand, the Mexico Catholic Apostolic Church was founded in the 1920s with the support of President Calles with the goal of destroying the Catholic Church loyal to Rome in Mexico. This is a clear example of the political intervention into religion so key to the Reformation in England and the early history of the Church of England.

This group is hard to place. It apparently still exists, but one of its 5 dioceses, with a membership of about 10,000-20,000 converted to the Orthodox Church and became the backbone of the Orthdox Church in Mexico in 1972.

In some ways MCAC is reminiscent of the 3rd Convention Movement in Mexico, a break away group in Mormonism that was mass reconciled when George Albert Smith visited Mexico in 1946.