Clóvis Frainer
OFMCap
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM ...
(March 23, 1931 – April 4, 2017) was a
Roman Catholic archbishop.
Life
Frainer entered the
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM ...
and was ordained a priest by the Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Alfredo Vicente Scherer, on March 27, 1955.
Pope Paul VI appointed Frainer on January 3, 1978 the first prelate of the territorial prelature of
Coxim, which was established on the same date. The apostolic nuncio in Brazil, Archbishop Carmine Rocco, consecrated Frainer as a bishop on April 9 of the same year; Co-consecrators were Benedito Zorzi, Bishop of Caxias do Sul, and Antônio Barbosa
SDB, bishop of Campo Grande. Frainer's motto as a bishop was ''Evangelisare misit me'' ("He sent me to evangelize").
On January 5, 1985, Frainer was appointed archbishop of
Archdiocese of Manaus
The Archdiocese of Manaus ( la, Archidioecesis Manaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Manaus in Brazil.
History
* April 27, 1892: Established as Diocese of Amazonas from the Diocese of Belém do Pará
* February 16, 1952: Promoted a ...
by
Pope John Paul II and on May 22, 1991, Frainer was appointed archbishop of
Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora. On November 28, 2001, John Paul II accepted his resignation for health reasons.
See also
*
Catholic Church in Brazil
Notes
1931 births
2017 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil
Roman Catholic archbishops of Juiz de Fora
Roman Catholic archbishops of Manaus
Roman Catholic bishops of Coxim
Capuchin bishops
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