João Batista Portocarrero Costa
João Batista Portocarrero Costa (born June 7, 1904 in Vitória de Santo Antão , Pernambuco , Brazil ; † January 6, 1959 ) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic clergyman and coadjutor archbishop of Olinda e Recif .
Life
João Batista Costa Portocarrero received on 30 October 1927, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
Pope Pius XII appointed him on July 31, 1943 Bishop of Mossoró . The Archbishop of Olinda e Recife , Miguel de Lima Valverde , donated him episcopal ordination on November 7th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Adalberto Accioli Sobral , Bishop of Pesqueira , and Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas , Bishop of Garanhuns .
On July 3, 1953, the Pope appointed him coadjutor archbishop of Olinda e Recife and titular archbishop of Selge .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Jaime de Barros Câmara |
Bishop of Mossoró 1953-1959 |
Elizeu Simoes Mendes |
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| SURNAME | Portocarrero Costa, João Batista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian Roman Catholic clergyman and coadjutor archbishop of Olinda e Recife |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vitória de Santo Antão , Pernambuco , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1959 |