José Alberto Moura

José Alberto Moura CSS (born October 23, 1943 in Ituiutaba ) is a Brazilian religious and emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montes Claros .

Life

José Alberto Moura joined the Order of the Stigmatines , made his profession on December 9, 1964 , and was ordained a priest on January 9, 1971 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor bishop of Uberlândia on April 18, 1990 . The Bishop of Uberlândia, Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar OP , gave him episcopal ordination on July 14th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Paulo Sérgio Machado , Bishop of Ituiutaba , and Moacyr José Vitti CSS, Auxiliary Bishop in Curitiba . As a motto he chose ACREDITEI POR ISSO FALEI .

With the retirement of Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar OP on December 23, 1992, he succeeded him as Bishop of Uberlândia. On February 7, 2007 he was by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed Archbishop of Montes Claros .

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on November 21, 2018.

Web links

Entry on José Alberto Moura on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia e successione dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Montes Claros (Brazil). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 21, 2018, accessed November 21, 2018 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar OP	Bishop of Uberlândia 1992-2007	Paulo Francisco Machado
Geraldo Majela de Castro OPraem	Archbishop of Montes Claros 2007–2018	João Justino de Medeiros Silva

personal data
SURNAME	Moura, José Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian religious, emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montes Claros
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ituiutaba

[1] Rinuncia e successione dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Montes Claros (Brazil). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 21, 2018, accessed November 21, 2018 (Italian).