Joaquim Justino Carreira (29 January 1950 − 1 September 2013) was a

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-born Brazilian

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bishop. Born in

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and ordained to the priesthood in 1977, Carreira was named bishop in 2005. In 2011, he was named bishop of the

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. He died while still in office on 1 September 2013, aged 63, in

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