Antônio Sarto (February 27, 1926 – September 29, 2008) was the

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barra do Garças from his appointment on March 25, 1982, by

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until his retirement on May 23, 2001. He remained Bishop Emeritus of

Barra do Garças Barra do Garças is a city with a population of 61,135 located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, around far from the capital city of Cuiabá. It was founded on 13 June 1924, but it became political independent just on 15 September 1948. Nowa ...

until his death on September 29, 2008, at the age of 82.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †
1926 births 2008 deaths People from Barra do Garças 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Roman Catholic bishops of Porto Velho Roman Catholic bishops of Barra do Garças {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub