Geraldo de Proença Sigaud
The Most Reverend Geraldo de Proença Sigaud S.V.D. | |
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| Archbishop of Diamantina | |
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| See | Diamantina |
| Installed | December 20, 1960 |
| Term ended | September 10, 1980 |
| Predecessor | Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista |
| Successor | Geraldo Majela Reis |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Jacarezinho (1947-1960) |
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| Ordination | March 12, 1932 |
| Consecration | May 1, 1947 |
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| Born | 26 September 1909 |
| Died | 5 September 1999 (aged 89) Diamantina, Minas Gerais |
Geraldo de Proença Sigaud,
Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Jacarezinho from 1947 to 1960, and as Archbishop of Diamantina
from 1960 to 1980.
Biography
He was born in
Apostolic Nuncio Benedetto Aloisi Masella, who ensured his return to Brazil shortly afterwards.[2]
On October 29, 1946, Sigaud was appointed the third
episcopal consecration on May 1, 1947 from Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo, with Bishops José Maurício da Rocha and Manoel da Silveira d'Elboux serving as co-consecrators.[1] He was later named the fourth Archbishop of Diamantina on December 20, 1960.[1]
In 1959
Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (February 1964).[2]
Sigaud started to act in favor of the
Emilio Garrastazu Medici, that the TFP had distanced himself from him because of his support for the agrarian reform promoted by the government and the reform liturgy of Paul VI.[5]
Despite his conservative leanings, he implemented the Society of St. Pius X. Sigaud resigned as Archbishop on September 10, 1980, after a 19-year-long tenure.[1] He later died at age 89.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Archbishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.[self-published source]
- ^ a b c d Tissier de Mallerais, Bernard (2004), Marcel Lefebvre: The Biography, Kansas City, Mo.: Angelus Press
- ^ Sigaud, Geraldo de Proença (22 August 1959), Letter to Cardinal Tardini, archived from the original on 2009-10-07
- ^ D.Geraldo Sigaud e a TFP", Revista Catolicismo, n° 239, Novembro de 1970.
- ^ Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, "Dentro e fora do Brasil...", Folha de S. Paulo, 11 de Outubro de 1970.
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