Celso José Pinto da Silva (29 October 1933 – 28 September 2018) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop. Pinto da Silva was born in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

and was ordained to the priesthood in 1959. He served as titular bishop of ''Urusi'' and as auxiliary bishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro :''There is also a Diocese of Rio de Janeiro (and a Bishop of Rio de Janeiro) in the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.'' The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (, lit. ''"Archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro"'') in Braz ...

, Brazil, from 1978 to 1981. Pinto da Silva then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista from 1981 to 2001. He then served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina from 2001 to 2008.Archdiocese of Teresina
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