Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães
Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães CSsR (born July 19, 1946 in Recife ) is a Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic military archbishop of Brazil .
Life
Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães joined the Congregation of the Redemptorists in, put the profession on 25 January 1965, received on 15 August 1971, the priestly ordination .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Garanhuns on March 12, 2008 . He was ordained bishop by the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy , Cláudio Hummes, OFM , on March 31 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe , Archbishop of Naples , and Mauro Piacenza , Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy. As a motto he chose Cor nostrum ardens .
The Pope appointed him a member of the Apostolic Signature on January 25, 2010 .
On August 6, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him military archbishop of Brazil.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Osvino José Both |
Military Archbishop of Brazil since 2014 |
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| Irineu Roque Scherer |
Bishop of Garanhuns 2008-2014 |
Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Guimarães, Fernando José Monteiro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic religious, military archbishop of Brazil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Recife |