Washington Cruz
Washington Cruz CP (born May 25, 1946 in Itabuna ) is a Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goiânia .
Life
Washington Cruz joined the Congregation of the Passionists in and received on 25 July 1971, the priestly ordination .
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos on February 10, 1987 . The auxiliary bishop in São Salvador da Bahia , Thomas William Murphy CSsR , donated him episcopal ordination on May 9 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis CP, Old Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, and Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda CP, Bishop of Ponta Grossa . As a motto he chose Praedicamus Crucifixum .
On May 8, 2002, he was appointed Archbishop of Goiânia .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis CP |
Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos 1987–2002 |
Carmelo Scampa |
| Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira |
Archbishop of Goiânia since 2002 |
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| SURNAME | Cruz, Washington |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian religious, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goiânia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Itabuna |