Jaime Luiz Coelho
Jaime Luiz Coelho | |
|---|---|
Roman Catholic Church | |
| See | Archdiocese of Maringa |
| In office | 1956–1997 |
| Predecessor | None |
| Successor | Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 7, 1941 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 26, 1916 |
| Died | August 5, 2013 (aged 97) Maringá, Paraná, Brazil |
| Previous post(s) | Priest |
Jaime Luiz Coelho (Portuguese pronunciation: .
Early life
The son of João Amélio Coelho and Guilhermina Cunha, Coelho was born in Franca, Brazil. At age eight he was an altar boy at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception in Franca. He attended high school at the Colégio São José in Batatais, run by Claretian fathers, and in 1935 entered the Seminary of Maria Imaculada do Ipiranga in São Paulo, where he studied philosophy and theology. On December 7, 1941 Coelho was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of São Sebastião in Ribeirão Preto.[1] He went on to serve as both vicar of the cathedral and curate in 1944.
Achievements
On October 16, 1979 he was appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Maringá by Pope John Paul II. Coelho resigned from that position on May 7, 1997, and was succeeded by Dom Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger.
On March 12, 2011 a biography of Coelho was published titled Pensamento Vivo de Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho, by Agnaldo Feitoza.[2] A second biography, Jaime: Uma História de Fé e Empreendedorismo, uma Biografia de Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho, by Everton Barbosa and Luciana Peña, was published later the same year.[3] On the occasion of his 95th birthday, July 26, 2011, a commemorative stamp was issued by the Brazilian Postal Service.[4]
He died of complications from
See also
References
- ^ "Sepultamento Dom Jaime".
- ^ AGNALDO FEITOZA lança hoje em CM sua mais nova obra "PENSAMENTO VIVO DE DOM JAIME LUIZ COELHO".
- ^ JAIME - Uma História de Fé e Empreendedorismo - Biografia de Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho.
- ^ "Selo comemorativo: 95 anos de Dom Jaime."
- ^ Vanda Munhoz, "Relembre a história do primeiro arcebispo de Maringá, Dom Jaime." Archived 2013-09-20 at the Wayback Machine O Diario, accessed 8-5-2013.