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Antônio Afonso de Miranda (14 April 1920 – 11 October 2021) was a Brazilian
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Biography

Afonso de Miranda was born in
Cipotânea Cipotânea is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area ...
, Brazil in April 1920. He was ordained a priest on 1 November 1945 in the
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. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Lorena on 3 November 1971 and was consecrated on 27 December. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Campanha on 11 July 1977. Afonso de Miranda's final appointment was to the Diocese of Taubaté on 6 August 1981, where he served until his retirement on 22 May 1996. He died on 11 October 2021, at the age of 101.Bispo emérito de Taubaté, Dom Antônio Affonso de Miranda, morre aos 101 anos
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Taubaté The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taubaté ( la, Dioecesis Taubatensis) is a diocese located in the city of Taubaté in the Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida in Brazil. History *7 June 1908: Established as Diocese of Taubaté from the Diocese of ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Campanha The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campanha ( la, Dioecesis Campaniensis in Brasilia) is a diocese located in the city of Campanha in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre, Pouso Alegre in Brazil. History * 8 Septe ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena ( la, Dioecesis Lorenensis) is a diocese located in the city of Lorena, São Paulo, in the Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida in Brazil. On Tuesday, 18 August 2012, the then-Bishop of Lorena, Bishop Benedi ...
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Institute of Consecrated Life An institute of consecrated life is an association of faithful in the Catholic Church erected by canon law whose members profess the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience by vows or other sacred bonds. They are defined in the ...


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1920 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Brazilian centenarians Men centenarians Roman Catholic bishops of Lorena Roman Catholic bishops of Taubaté People from Minas Gerais {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub