---- and Ignatius was not referring to the Roman Catholic Church there. Check your dates.
Bishop of Lyons, and Father of the Church.
He was born in Proconsular Asia, or at least in some province bordering thereon, in the first half of the second century; the exact date is controverted, between the years 115 and 125, according to some, or, according to others, between 130 and 142. It is certain that, while still very young, Irenaeus had seen and heard the holy Bishop Polycarp (d. 155) at Smyrna.
*You are new to FR and all of your claims are either incorrect or merely personal opinion. You appear to have arrived bearing a lot of antiCatholic baggage.
Good bye
There was (and is) no other Church (in the broad sense of the term). The very same "one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church" to which Ignatius belonged is the same one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church of which Pope Benedict is the current head.