Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes
Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes (born October 9, 1929 in Itapecerica ; † March 11, 2020 in Belo Horizonte ) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Belo Horizonte .
Life
Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes, son from the marriage of the composer Cesário Mendes de Cerqueira and Maria Raymunda Rabello Mendes, studied philosophy and theology at the seminary in Belo Horizonte. On December 8, 1954 he received in the Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores in the district of Floresta by Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral , the ordination . In 1955 and 1956 he was first vicar of the local cooperative, then from 1956 to 1960 spiritual to Juventude Escolar Católica and chaplain of the fire brigade, the sanatorium in Belo Horizonte and the Santa Maria Minas College and later pastor of Sagrada Família, a district of the upper middle class in the city of Belo Horizonte. In 1969 he went to Rome, where he studied theology and pastoral care at the Pontifical Lateran University and in 1971 the Holy Scriptures in Jerusalem. In 1972 he returned to Brazil and took over the parish of Senhor Bom Jesus do Horto.
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Leopoldina in the Zona da Mata on August 5, 1985 . The Archbishop of Belo Horizonte , João Resende Costa SDB , donated him episcopal ordination on November 9th of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Serafím Fernandes de Araújo , coadjutor archbishop of Belo Horizonte, and Geraldo Ferreira Reis , former bishop of Leopoldina. His episcopal motto was Silentio et spe . From 1987 to 1989 he was also responsible for the Commission Ministries and Vocations of the Regional East II of the National Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB). On May 10, 1989, the Pope accepted his renunciation of the diocese of Leopoldina and appointed him auxiliary bishop in Belo Horizonte and titular bishop of Ploaghe . On December 15, 2004, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
Since 2004 he lived in his hometown Itapecerica in Minas Gerais . Dom Zicó , as he was also known in public, was the founder of the municipal youth orchestra, the Orquestra Jovem de Itapecerica.
Web links
- Entry on Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 11, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c "Morre 'dom Zicó', bispo auxiliar emérito de Belo Horizonte" , Estado de Minas, March 11, 2020 (Portuguese)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Geraldo Ferreira Reis |
Bishop of Leopoldina 1985–1989 |
Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho OPraem |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mendes, Sebastião Roque Rabelo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dom Zicó |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Belo Horizonte |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Itapecerica |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 2020 |
| Place of death | Belo Horizonte |