Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques

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Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques (born August 30, 1855 in Areia , Paraíba ; † August 15, 1935 ) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paraíba .

Life

Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques was ordained a priest on September 18, 1880 .

Pope Leo XIII. appointed him on January 2, 1894 as the first bishop of the diocese of Paraíba, established just under two years earlier . The episcopal ordination received his Cardinal Lucido Parocchi five days later. The inauguration in Paraíba took place on March 4th of the same year.

With the elevation of the diocese to the Archdiocese of Paraíba on February 6, 1914, he was appointed its first archbishop.

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predecessor Office successor
--- Bishop / Archbishop of Paraíba
1894–1935
Moisés Ferreira Coelho