José Bezerra Coutinho
José Bezerra Coutinho | |
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Roman Catholic Church | |
| See | Estância |
| In office | 1961–1985 |
| Predecessor | None |
| Successor | Hildebrando Mendes Costa |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 3, 1933 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1910 Capistrano, Brazil |
| Died | November 7, 2008 (aged 98) Fortaleza, Ceará |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Sobral Priest |
José Bezerra Coutinho (February 7, 1910 – November 7, 2008) was a Brazilian
Roman Catholic Church. When he died at the age of 98, he was the sixth-oldest bishop in the Catholic Church and oldest Brazilian bishop
.
Biography
Coutinho was born in Capistrano, in the state of Ceará, in 1910. He was ordained a priest on December 3, 1933, then appointed auxiliary bishop of Sobral, Ceará, on August 4, 1956. Coutinho was appointed bishop of Estância, Sergipe, on January 28, 1961, retiring as bishop of Estância on June 1, 1985.
He was
Titular Bishop of Uthina
from October 28, 1956 to January 28, 1961.
He died in Fortaleza, Ceará, of cardiac arrest on November 7, 2008.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Dom Dimas Lara Barbosa (November 8, 2008). "Note the death of Don José Bezerra Coutinho". CNBB (in Portuguese). Brasília: Canção Nova Notícias. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
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