Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis (22 February 1943 in São Mateus de Oliveira − 1 December 2013 in

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) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian

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bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 15 August 1966, Lino da Silva Dinis was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Itumbiara,

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on 24 February 1999 and died while still in office on 1 December 2013.Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis
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1943 births 2013 deaths People from Vila Nova de Famalicão 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Portuguese Roman Catholic priests Roman Catholic bishops of Itumbiara {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub