Antonio Carlos Mesquita

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Antônio Carlos Mesquita (born October 13, 1923 in Itapecerica , Minas Gerais , Brazil , † December 19, 2005 ) was Bishop of São João del-Rei .

Life

Antônio Carlos Mesquita received on 8 December 1947, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

On April 8, 1974, Pope Paul VI appointed him . the titular bishop of Tamada and Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira. The Archbishop of Belo Horizonte , João Resende Costa SDB , donated him episcopal ordination on June 29 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the auxiliary bishop in Belo Horizonte, Serafím Fernandes de Araújo , and the bishop of Divinópolis , Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena .

On March 6, 1977, Antônio Carlos Mesquita became Bishop of Oliveira, succeeding the late José de Medeiros Leite . Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of São João del-Rei on December 16, 1983. Antônio Carlos Mesquita resigned as Bishop of São João del-Rei on June 26, 1996.

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predecessor Office successor
Delfim Ribeiro Guedes Bishop of São João del-Rei
1983–1996
Waldemar Chaves de Araújo
José de Medeiros director Bishop of Oliveira
1977–1983
Francisco Barroso Filho