João Mamede Filho
O.F.M. Conv.
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(born 21 August 1951) is the Brazilian
Roman Catholic
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bishop of
Diocese of Umuarama, being appointed in 2010.
Biography
Born in
Caçapava
Caçapava is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.
Is between São José dos Campos 24 km and Taubaté 19 km.
The distance from Caçapava to S ...
in 1951, he joined the Order of
Conventual Friars Minor
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in 1974, and was ordained a priest in 1978. On April 26, 2006 he was appointed bishop by
Pope Benedict XVI
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and appointed to be auxiliary in São Paulo with the titular head office of Aquae Albae in Mauretania. He received episcopal ordination on 1 July 2006 from Cardinal Cláudio Hummes. His episcopal motto is "In the gospel strength of God".
From 2006 to 2010 he was auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of São Paulo and responsible for the Lapa Episcopal Region. On 24 November 2010 he was appointed bishop of Umuarama by Pope Benedict XVI and was sworn in on 12 February 2011.
He was appointed on 20 November 2019, apostolic administrator of the
Archdiocese of Maringá, by Pope Francis, following the resignation of
Anuar Battisti
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and he held the post until 15 August 2020 when a successor was named.
References
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
1970 births
Living people
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil
People from Caçapava
Conventual Franciscan bishops
21st-century Roman Catholic titular bishops
Brazilian Friars Minor
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