José Carlos Castanho de Almeida (14 June 1930 – 27 February 2022) was a Brazilian

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prelate. Castanho de Almeida was born in

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, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1953. He served as

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of 'Urusi' and as auxiliary bishop of the

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, Brazil, from 1982 to 1987. He then served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Itumbiara The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itumbiara ( la, Itumbiaren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Itumbiara in the Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil. History * October 11, 1966: Established as Diocese of Itumbiara from the Metropol ...

, Brazil, from 1987 to 1994 and as bishop of the

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, Brazil, from 1994 until his resignation in 2003. Castanho de Almeida died in

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on 27 February 2022, at the age of 91.

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