José Alves da Costa
José Alves da Costa DC (born April 20, 1939 in Catanduva ; † December 4, 2012 ) was a Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Corumbá .
Life
Jose Alves da Costa joined the Congregation of Christian Doctrine Fathers at and studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He was ordained a priest on February 21, 1965 in Rome .
Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Thubursicum and auxiliary bishop in Ponta Grossa on January 3, 1986 . The Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil , Archbishop Carlo Furno , donated him episcopal ordination on February 21 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda CP , Bishop of Ponta Grossa, and Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães SVD , Bishop of Cornélio Procópio .
On May 8, 1991 he was appointed Bishop of Corumbá . On July 21, 1999, Pope John Paul II accepted his early resignation.
Web links
- Entry on José Alves da Costa on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 6, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nota de pesar pelo falecimento de dom José Alves da Costa , obituary on the homepage of the Diocese of Marília, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Portuguese)
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Pedro Fré CSsR |
Bishop of Corumbá 1991–1999 |
Mílton Antônio dos Santos SDS |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Costa, José Alves there |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian religious, Roman Catholic bishop of Corumbá |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Catanduva |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 2012 |