Manuel da Rocha Felício

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Manuel da Rocha Felício (born November 6, 1947 in Mamouros , Portugal ) is a Portuguese clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Guarda .

Life

Manuel da Rocha Felício received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Viseu on October 21, 1973 .

On 21 October 2002 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Aquae Flaviae and ordered him to auxiliary bishop in Lisbon . The Bishop of Viseu, António Ramos Monteiro OFMCap , ordained him episcopal on December 15 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Braga , Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga , and the Bishop of Guarda, António dos Santos .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda on December 21, 2004 . On December 1, 2005, Manuel da Rocha Felício succeeded António dos Santos, who resigned due to illness, Bishop of Guarda.

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predecessor Office successor
Antonio dos Santos Bishop of Guarda
since 2005
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