João Batista Muniz
João Batista Muniz CSsR (born January 14, 1900 in São Sebastião da Chacara , Minas Gerais , Brazil , † December 10, 1977 ) was Bishop of Barra .
Life
João Batista Muniz joined the Congregation of the Redemptorists in and put on 2 August 1921, the profession from. He received on 22 September 1926, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On August 24, 1942, Pope Pius XII appointed him . to the Bishop of Barra. The Archbishop of Mariana , Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira SDB , donated him episcopal ordination on November 15 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Valença , Rodolfo das Mercês de Oliveira Pena , and the Bishop of Juiz de Fora , Justino José de Sant'Ana .
On December 9, 1966, Pope Paul VI took the resignation put forward by João Batista Muniz and appointed him titular bishop of Velefi . Muniz renounced the titular diocese of Velefi on March 16, 1971.
João Batista Muniz attended the first and second session of the Second Vatican Council .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Rodolfo das Mercês de Oliveira Pena |
Bishop of Barra 1942–1966 |
Tiago Gerardo Cloin CSsR |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Muniz, João Batista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian religious, Bishop of Barra |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Sebastião da Chacara , Minas Gerais , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1977 |