Delfim Ribeiro Guedes

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Delfim Ribeiro Guedes (born May 2, 1908 in Maria da Fé , Minas Gerais , Brazil , † February 23, 1985 ) was Bishop of São João del-Rei .

Life

Delfim Ribeiro Guedes received on 25 October 1931, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

On June 26, 1943, Pope Pius XII appointed him . the first bishop of Leopoldina . The Bishop of Pouso Alegre , Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda , ordained him episcopal on October 3rd of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Rio Preto , Lafayette Libânio , and the Bishop of Guaxupé , Hugo Bressane de Araújo .

Pope John XXIII appointed him on July 23, 1960 as the first bishop of São João del-Rei. On December 7, 1983, Pope John Paul II accepted Delfim Ribeiro Guedes' resignation.

Delfim Ribeiro Guedes attended the first, third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council .

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predecessor Office successor
... Bishop of São João del-Rei
1960–1983
Antonio Carlos Mesquita
... Bishop of Leopoldina
1943–1960
Geraldo Ferreira Reis