José Benedito Simão (1 January 1951 – 27 November 2015) was a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1981, Simão was named auxiliary bishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo The Archdiocese of São Paulo ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia) is a Latin Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archdiocese is currently headed by Odilo Scherer since his appointment by Pope Benedi ...

, Brazil in 2001. In 2009, he was named bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Assis The Roman Catholic Diocese of Assis ( la, Dioecesis Assisensis) is a diocese located in the city of Assis in the Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu in Brazil. History * November 11, 1928: Established as Diocese of Assis from the Diocese of Botu ...

, Brazil and died while still in office.Jose Benedito Simao
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