Jaime Luiz Coelho
Jaime Luiz Coelho (born July 26, 1916 in Franca , Brazil , † August 5, 2013 in Maringá ) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Maringá .
Life
Jaime Luiz Coelho was ordained a priest on December 7, 1941 . In 1944 he became pastor at the cathedral in Curitiba and general secretary of the diocese.
Pope Pius XII appointed him on December 3, 1956 as the first bishop of the newly established diocese of Maringá. The apostolic nuncio in Brazil, Archbishop Armando Lombardi , donated him episcopal ordination on January 20 of the next year ; Co- consecrators were Luis do Amaral Mousinho , Bishop of Ribeirão Preto , and Manuel da Silveira d'Elboux , Archbishop of Curitiba. On March 24th of the same year he was solemnly introduced into office. With the support of Pope John XXIII. he also tried to improve the living conditions in the favelas . In 1962 he founded the Nossa Senhora da Glória seminary .
Jaime Luiz Coelho had the Catedral de Maringá built in 1972 , one of the largest churches in Latin America. He was also the founder of the Faculdade Estadual de Ciências Econômicas , from which the Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) emerged in 1970 . He founded the television station TV 3º Milênio and the daily newspaper Folha do Norte do Paraná .
Pope John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archbishopric with the bull Quamquam est munus on October 16, 1979, and Coelho became the first archbishop of Maringá, who was solemnly inaugurated on January 20 of the next year. On May 7, 1997, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. Coelho died in August 2013, shortly after his 97th birthday.
Web links
- Entry on Jaime Luiz Coelho on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved August 6, 2013.
- Conheça a biografia de Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Morre Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho, o primeiro arcebispo de Maringá" , Rede Globo , August 5, 2013 (Portuguese)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- |
Bishop / Archbishop of Maringá 1956–1997 |
Murilo Sebastião Ramos Warrior SCJ |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coelho, Jaime Luiz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Maringá |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Franca , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 2013 |
| Place of death | Maringá |