Gilberto Pereira Lopes
Gilberto Pereira Lopes (born February 14, 1927 in Santaluz , Brazil ) is a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic senior archbishop of Campinas .
Life
Gilberto Pereira Lopes was ordained a priest on December 14, 1949 .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on November 3, 1966 as the first bishop of the newly established diocese of Ipameri . The Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil, Archbishop Sebastiano Baggio , donated him episcopal ordination on November 3rd of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Fernando Gomes dos Santos , Archbishop of Goiânia , and David Picão , Bishop of Santos .
On December 19, 1975 he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Campinas and Titular Archbishop Pro hac vice of Aurusuliana . When Pierre-Jean Trân Xuân Haps retired on February 10, 1982, he succeeded him as Archbishop of Campinas. On June 2, 2004, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
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predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Ipameri 1966–1975 |
Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira |
Antonio Maria Alves de Siqueira |
Archbishop of Campinas 1982-2004 |
Bruno Gamberini |
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SURNAME | Lopes, Gilberto Pereira |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian clergyman, Roman Catholic senior archbishop of Campinas |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Santaluz , Brazil |