Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (19 June 1923 – 20 September 2018) was a German-born Brazilian

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of the

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. Walter was born in Bichishausen, Germany and was ordained a priest on 2 December 1956 from the Religious order of

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. Walter was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the

Diocese of Jacarezinho The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho ( la, Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis) is a diocese in the city of Jacarezinho, Paraná, Jacarezinho in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Londrina, Londrina in Brazil. History * Ma ...

on 1 December 1977 as well as Titular bishop of Lysinia and ordained on 3 February 1978. Walter was appointed

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of Jacarezinho on 26 November 1984 and succeeded as bishop on 10 August 1991. Walter retired 5 July 2000. He died in September 2018 at the age of 95.Morre Bispo Emérito Dom Conrado Walter aos 95 anos
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