José Eugênio Corrêa (29 May 1914 – 28 January 2010) was a Brazilian

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of the

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. Corrêa was born in

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in 1914. On 26 October 1941 Corrêa was

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a priest for the Archidocese of

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. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Caratinga on 19 August 1957 and was ordained on 10 November 1957. Corrêa resigned from the Diocese of Caratinga on 27 November 1978.

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1914 births 2010 deaths Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Roman Catholic bishops of Caratinga {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub

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