Aldo de Cillo Pagotto
Aldo de Cillo Pagotto SSS (born September 16, 1949 in São Paulo , † April 14, 2020 in Fortaleza ) was a Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paraíba .
Life
Aldo de Cillo Pagotto studied philosophy and theology at the diocesan seminary of Nossa Senhora do Rosário in Caratinga (Minas Gerais) and at his seminary in São Pio X. He was ordained a priest on December 7th, 1977 , joined the religious community of the Eucharist and on December 8th he was ordained a priest . December 1985 professed . From 1988 to 1991 he studied philosophy and dogmatic theology at the Gregorian in Rome.
Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor bishop of Sobral on September 10, 1997 . As a motto he chose UNUM CORPUS ET UNUS SPIRITUS . The Archbishop of São Paulo , Cláudio Hummes OFM , donated him episcopal ordination on October 31 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Walfrido Teixeira Vieira , Bishop of Sobral, and Joviano de Lima Júnior SSS, Bishop of São Carlos . When Walfrido Teixeira Vieiras retired , he succeeded him on March 18, 1998 in the office of Bishop of Sobral. On May 5, 2004 he was appointed Archbishop of Paraíba .
Pope Francis accepted his health-related resignation on July 6, 2016. Aldo de Cillo Pagotto had been fighting cancer since 2017 and died in April 2020 in the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil at the Hospital da Unimed in the São João do Tauape district in Fortaleza.
Web links
- Entry on Aldo de Cillo Pagotto on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Aldo de Cillo Pagotto on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Paraíba (Brazil). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 6, 2016, accessed July 6, 2016 (Italian).
- ^ Morre dom Aldo Pagotto com suspeita de coronavírus. In: opovo.com.br. April 14, 2020, accessed April 15, 2020 (Portuguese).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Walfrido Teixeira Vieira |
Bishop of Sobral 1997-2004 |
Antônio Fernando Saburido OSB |
| Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira |
Archbishop of Paraíba 2004–2016 |
Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz OFMCap |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cillo Pagotto, Aldo de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pagotto, Aldo; Cillo Pagotto, Aldo Di |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian religious, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paraíba |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Paulo |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 2020 |
| Place of death | Fortaleza |