Geraldo de Proença Sigaud

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Geraldo de Proença Sigaud SVD (born September 25, 1909 in Belo Horizonte , Brazil , † September 5, 1999 in Diamantina , Brazil) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Diamantina .

Life

Geraldo de Proença Sigaud joined the Congregation of the Divine Word Missionaries in and received on 12 March 1932 in Rome , the ordination . After further studies he worked as a professor for education.

Pope Pius XII appointed him on October 29, 1946 Bishop of Jacarezinho . The apostolic nuncio in Brazil and later cardinal, Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo , donated him the episcopal ordination on May 1, 1947 in São Paulo . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Bragança Paulista , José Maurício da Rocha , and the Bishop of Ribeirão Preto , Manuel da Silveira d'Elboux . On December 20, 1960 he was by Pope John XXIII. appointed Archbishop of Diamantina.

He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council , where he joined the Coetus Internationalis Patrum . In the 1960s and 1970s he belonged to the conservative wing of the Brazilian episcopate and often took a stand against the left-wing clergy and against liberation theology . Among the Brazilian bishops, he was the sharpest opponent of Archbishop Hélder Câmara .

Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation on September 10, 1980.

Fonts

literature

  • Rodrigo Coppe Caldeira: Um bispo no Concílio Vaticano II: Dom Geraldo de Proença Sigaud eo Coetus Internationalis Patrum . In: Revista eclesiástica brasileira (REB), ISSN  0101-8434 , vol. 71 (2011), no. 282, pp. 390-418.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Rodrigo Coppe Caldeira: Um bispo no Concílio Vaticano II: Dom Geraldo de Proença Sigaud eo Coetus Internationalis Patrum . In: Revista eclesiástica brasileira , Vol. 71 (2011), No. 282, pp. 390-418.
  2. ↑ Marcos Cirano: Os caminhos de Dom Hélder , Vol. 2: Perseguições e censura, 1964–1980 . Editora Guararapes, Recife 1983, p. 213.

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predecessor Office successor
José Newton de Almeida Baptista Archbishop of Diamantina
1960–1980 		Geraldo Majela Reis
Ernesto de Paula Bishop of Jacarezinho
1946–1960 		Pedro Filipak
personal data
SURNAME Sigaud, Geraldo de Proença
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sigaud, Geraldo de Proença SVD
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian religious, Archbishop of Diamantina
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Belo Horizonte , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1999
Place of death Diamantina , Brazil