José Nicomedes Grossi (15 September 1915 – 21 June 2009) was a Brazilian

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of the Roman Catholic Church. He was one of oldest bishops in the Catholic Church and one of the oldest

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s. José Nicomedes Grossi was born in

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in September 1915, he was ordained a priest on September 21, 1940. Grossi was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa on August 28, 1963 and ordained bishop January 25, 1963, where he remained until his retirement on March 15, 1990.

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1915 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Participants in the Second Vatican Council Roman Catholic bishops of Bom Jesus da Lapa {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub

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