José Newton de Almeida Baptista

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José Newton de Almeida Baptista (born October 16, 1904 in Niterói , † November 11, 2001 in Brasília ) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Brasília .

Life

Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista received on 28 October 1928, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

Pope Pius XII appointed him Bishop of Uruguaina on June 10, 1944 . The Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro , Jaime de Barros Câmara , donated him episcopal ordination on September 3 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the bishop emeritus of Espírito Santo , Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza , and the bishop of Niterói , José Pereira Alves . On January 5, 1954, he was appointed Archbishop of Diamantina .

On March 12, 1960 Pope John XXIII appointed him . the first bishop of the diocese of Brasília , established two months earlier, while retaining the personal title of archbishop. On November 9, 1963, he was also appointed military bishop of Brazil .

He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father. With the elevation of the diocese of Brasília to the archbishopric on October 11, 1966 he became its first archbishop.

On February 15, 1984, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related renunciation of the Archdiocese of Brasília. On October 31, 1990, he also resigned as a military bishop.

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predecessor Office successor
Hermeto José Pinheiro Bishop of Uruguaiana
1944–1954 		Luiz Felipe de Nadal
Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva Archbishop of Diamantina
1954–1960 		Geraldo de Proença Sigaud SVD
--- Bishop / Archbishop of Brasília
1960–1984 		José Cardinal Freire Falcão
Jaime de Barros Câmara Military Archbishop of Brazil
1963–1990 		Geraldo do Espírito Santo Avila
personal data
SURNAME Almeida Baptista, José Newton de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brasília and military archbishop
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Niterói
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 2001
Place of death Brasília