Irineu Sílvio Wilges (3 October 1936 – 17 November 2022) was a Brazilian

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prelate. Wilges was born in

Pinheiral Pinheiral () is a small settlement located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 25,364 (2020) and its area is .IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatíst ...

and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. On 14 June 2000,

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appointed him 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. He was consecrated on 12 August 2000 by cardinal

Aloísio Lorscheider Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. (8 October 1924 – 23 December 2007) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal during the 1970s and 1980s. He was known as an advocate of liberation theology in the 1970s and was seen by some observers a ...

and served as the bishop until his retirement in 2011.

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