Please understand I am not an Old Catholic, a schismatic or a protestant. None of that. I have lived in unity with the Roman Catholic Church all my life. And yet I carefully studied Your Excellency's apostolic succession and as a lawyer trained in canon 1aw, dogmatic theology, moral theology and ecclesiastical history I came to an absolutely clear conclusion that Your Excellency is:
(a) a validly (though probably illicitly --but even that is a matter of discussion) consecrated bishop,
(b) not just any Christian bishop, but a Catholic bishop, a bishop consecrated in the pre-Vatican II form,
a bishop consecrated by a Catholic bishop who himself was consecrated in the pre-Vatican II form by a pre-Vatican II bishop.
I have zero doubt that when His Excellency Carlos Duarte Costa consecrated His Excellency Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez, given the material and formal conditions being duly met, it was an absolutely valid consecration.......
....In turn, I have zero doubt when His Excellency Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez consecrated Your Excellency, you received absolutely valid episcopal consecration of the Catholic, pre-Vatican II type. That is no small thing. I am a very sceptical man and f have innate distrust regarding the claims to apostolic succession of Old Catholics (either Utrecht Line or other lines), Anglican s, American Episcopals, Lutherans (those that do claim succession) and others, However, nothing is more neat and clear than Lord Archbishop Duarte Costa consecrating Lord Patriarch Castillo Mendez who in turn consecrated Your Excellency.