João Alves (13 December 1925 − 28 June 2013) was a

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bishop. Alves was born on 13 December 1925 in

Torres Novas Torres Novas () is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Santarém, in the Médio Tejo of the Centro region. The population of the municipality was approximately 36,717 (from the 2011 census), with the city of Torres Novas (seat of the muni ...

. Ordained in 1951, Alves was named bishop in 1975. In 1976, he was appointed bishop of the

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and retired in 2001. Alves died on 28 June 2013, aged 87, in

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.President of the Republic sent message of condolences upon the death of D. João Alves, Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra
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