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Altamiro Rossato (23 June 1925 – 13 May 2014) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate and
Altamiro Rossato (23 June 1925 – 13 May 2014) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate and Archbishop Emeritus
In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Chu ...
of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre ( la, Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.
The Archdiocese's mother church and Metropo ...
. He was Archbishop of Porto Alegre from 1991 till 2001.
Biography
Rossato was born in Campininha in the municipality of Tuparendi inRio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
. and ordained as a priest in 1951 in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
Rossato continued his studies in Rome, Italy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'' completing a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1953 and Doctorate in Theology in 1955.
He was ordained bishop in the city of Marabá, Para in 1985. He became of archbishop of Porto Alegre in 1989 and served in this role till 2001.
Death
He died in hospital in St. Francis hospital in Porto Alegre at the age of 88 from multiple organ failure.See also
References
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