Alberto José Gonçalves
Alberto José Gonçalves (born January 20, 1859 in Palmeira , Paraná , Brazil ; † March 6, 1945 ) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Ribeirão Preto .
Life
Alberto José Gonçalves studied at the seminary in São Paulo and received on 17 September 1882, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On December 5, 1908, Pope Pius X appointed him first bishop of the diocese of Ribeirão Preto, which had been established six months earlier . The Archbishop of São Paulo , Leopoldo Duarte e Silva , donated him episcopal ordination on February 2 of the following year . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Curitiba , João Francisco Braga , and the Bishop of Florianópolis , João Batista Becker .
In addition to his ecclesiastical career, Gonçalves was also active as a politician in Paraná after he had been elected to the constituent assembly of the new federal state after the republic was proclaimed. From 1893 to 1896 he was a member of the Assembleia Legislativa do Paraná and from 1896 to 1905 he represented his state in the Federal Senate .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Marco Antônio Baldin: O Pacificador Beligerante: Alberto José Gonçalves - To Padre na Política Paranaense da 1 ° República (1892-1896). Franca, SP 2006. (At the same time dissertation Universidade Estadual Paulista, Portuguese, digitized version ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Ribeirão Preto 1908–1945 |
Manuel da Silveira d'Elboux |
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| SURNAME | Gonçalves, Alberto José |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Ribeirão Preto |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palmeira , Paraná , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1945 |