If you are referring to St. Ignatius of Antioch, he did not found the Catholic Church. He was, however, the first person to use the phrase "Catholic Church" in his writings. He was martyred about the year 108 AD by being thrown to wild animals.
Roman Catholic AnswerNo. The Catholic Religion started with Jesus and the twelve apostles. Orthodoxy started about ten centuries later when they broke away from the Catholic Church.
ignatius was the leader of the jesuits.
Missionaries. Catholic and Protestant.
The Jesuits were formed during the Catholic Reformation by St. Ignatius of Loyola. Also, St. Teresa of Avila reformed the Carmelites and eventually started the Discalced Carmelite Order.
Missions
Catholic Answer"Roman Catholic" started out as a slur used by protestants in the Church of England. The Catholic Church never uses "Roman." Yes, Catholicism is the religion that was started by Our Blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on His Apostle, Saint Peter, read St. Matthew's Gospel 16:17-19.
In Jerusalem, because Jesus Christ himself started His one true Church.
King Henry VIII. He wanted to get divorced, but the Catholic pope wouldn't let him.
On the first Pentecost, but It was not called Catholicism at the time. The first time Catholic is used in writing is near the end of the first century.
(Catholic answer) Thousands of years old, all of the people Jesus saved years ago started the catholic religion. Now for thousands of years, this religion has continued. So the basic answer would be, "Thousands of years".Roman Catholic answer:The Roman Catholic "religion" has its roots in the Old Testament, but was formed as a church by Jesus and Holy Spirit at Pentecost about 1,977 years ago, ten days after Jesus ascended into Heaven.
The Catholic Church began on Pentecost Sunday about the year 33 AD in Jerusalem and spread all over the world from there.
at the time he started his England church.. and the "protestant" religon started which is named that way because they protested against the catholic church in rome... :P