Acácio Rodrigues Alves
Acácio Rodrigues Alves (born April 9, 1925 in Garanhuns , Pernambuco , † August 24, 2010 in Recife , Pernambuco) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Palmares .
Life
Acácio Rodrigues Alves attended the diocesan school in Garanhuns from 1936 to 1941 and entered the seminary in Olinda on April 9, 1942 , where he studied philosophy. In 1945 he moved to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and finished his studies in theology in 1951 . At the Colégio Pio Brasileiro he studied canon law from 1949 to 1951 and obtained a licentiate in this subject . He was ordained a priest on March 12, 1949 in Rome . Rodrigues Alves was vicar in the parish of St. Therese in Garanhuns, later spiritual of the Seminary of Garanhuns and rector of the Small Seminary of St. Joseph in Garanhuns.
Pope John XXIII appointed him in 1962 as the first bishop of the newly founded diocese of Palmares in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco . The episcopal ordination received his José Adelino Dantas , Bishop of Garanhuns , on 16 September 1962 in Garanhuns; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Sobral , João José da Mota e Albuquerque , and Serafím Fernandes de Araújo , auxiliary bishop in Belo Horizonte .
Rodrigues Alves was a council father participant in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. He was president of the Sociedade Brasileira de Canonistas (SBC).
His age-related resignation was granted in 2000 by Pope John Paul II .
Web links
- Entry on Acácio Rodrigues Alves on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 2, 2017.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Palmares 1962-2000 |
Genival Saraiva de França |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rodrigues Alves, Acácio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Palmares |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garanhuns , Pernambuco, Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 2010 |
| Place of death | Recife , Pernambuco, Brazil |