Othon Motta

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Othon Motta (born May 12, 1913 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , † January 4, 1985 ) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Campanha .

Life

On January 12, 1936, Othon Motta received the sacrament of ordination for the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro .

Pope Pius XII appointed him on March 10, 1953 titular bishop of Uzita and auxiliary bishop in Juiz de Fora . The Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara , donated him episcopal ordination on May 24 of the same year . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Justino José de Sant'Ana , and Jorge Marcos de Oliveira , auxiliary bishop in Rio de Janeiro. In 1955 he was appointed auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.

Pope John XXIII appointed him on May 30, 1959 Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha . With the death of Inocêncio Engelke OFM on June 16 of the following year, he succeeded him as Bishop of Campanha. He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father.

Because of an advanced Parkinson's disease , he was limited in the exercise of office in the last few years of his service. Pope Paul VI therefore put him on July 11, 1977 with Antônio Afonso de Miranda SDN a coadjutor to the side. On January 16, 1982, Pope John Paul II accepted his early resignation.

Beatification process

After his death, Othon Motta was buried in the crypt of the Santo Antônio Cathedral in Campanha. Because of the continued veneration of the faithful and the call to a holy life, the diocese of Campanha opened the process for the beatification of Mottas in 2016 . To this end, in November 2016 his remains were seen in canonical form and reburied in the interior of the cathedral.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dom Othon Motta (3 ° Bispo Diocesano 1960 a 1985). Diocese of Campanha , accessed May 5, 2019 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Missa de translado dos restos mortais de Dom Othon é realizada em MG. globo.com, November 5, 2016, accessed July 26, 2017 (Portuguese).
predecessor Office successor
Inocêncio Engelke OFM Bishop of Campanha
1960–1982 		Aloísio Ariovaldo Amaral CSsR
personal data
SURNAME Motta, Othon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Campanha
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1985