Irineau Silvio Wilges (3 October 1936 – 17 November 2022) was a Brazilian

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prelate. Wilges was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as the bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul ( la, Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis) is a suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria in southern Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Concei� ...

, Brazil, from 2000 until his retirement in 2011.

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1936 births 2022 deaths Brazilian Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II People from Rio de Janeiro (state) {{RC-bishop-stub