Morizio 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 positions of the Vatican, and sought consecration from Bishops of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB), setting up a similar organization in Argentina.
[1] Morizio separated from the Catholic Church and founded ICAA in Buenos Aires in 1971.
[2] He was consecrated as archbishop and primate in 1972 by Luigi Mascolo, an ICAB bishop.
[4] Morizio was associated with the right wing of Peronism and José López Rega's attempt to create a national church of Argentina.