Geraldo Nascimento (18 May 1936 – 6 November 2022) was a Brazilian Capuchin and bishop of the

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Life

After studying at the Salesian College in Baturité and at the Marist College of Ceará in

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, Geraldo Nascimento entered the Capuchin order as a postulant. In 1959, he began his

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in Guaramiranga, where he made his first vows on 28 December, 1960. He was ordained a priest on 29 June, 1967 by José Medeiros Delgado, Archbishop of Fortaleza, and then completed further studies in theology and philosophy, becoming director and teacher in 1968. On 10 September, 1982,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

appointed him Auxiliary bishop of Fortaleza and

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of Zama Major.Catholic-Hierarchy.org.- Bishop Geraldo Nascimento
/ref> The Archbishop of Fortaleza, Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider OFM, consecrated Nascimento on December 22 of the same year; Co-consecrators were Manuel Edmilson da Cruz, Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, and Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro OFMCap, Bishop of Tianguá.

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accepted Nascimento's retirement on January 22, 1997 at the age of 60 due to health reasons. Since 2016 he has been a member of the Capuchin

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of Juazeiro do Norte and has served as confessor at the Sanctuary of São Francisco das Chagas. He died on November 6, 2022 in Juazeiro do Norte at the age of 86.

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