Jose Gonçalves Heleno (3 November 1927 – 1 September 2021) was a Brazilian

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. He was first appointed a

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of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares ( la, Dioecesis Valadarensis) is a diocese located in the city of Governador Valadares in the Ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil. History On 1 February 1956 Pope Pius XII established th ...

from 1976 to 1977. He then served as the Bishop of Governador Valadares from 7 December 1977 until his retirement on 25 April 2001.

Biography

Gonçalves Heleno was born in

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, on 3 November 1927 to José Francisco Heleno and wife Maria Francisca de Almeida. He was the brother of

Hélio Gonçalves Heleno Hélio Gonçalves Heleno (18 May 1935 – 4 September 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caratinga, Brazil. Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, he was named bishop in 1978 and retired in 2011. Gonçalves was the ...

(1935–2012), who served as the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Caratinga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caratinga ( la, Dioecesis Caratingensis) is a diocese located in the city of Caratinga in the Ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil. History * 15 December 1915: Established as Diocese of Caratinga from the ...

from 1978 to 2011. Gonçalves Heleno died in

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on 1 September 2021, at the age of 93. He had lived in

for approximately 20 years following a

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. He was buried next to his brother at the São João Batista Cathedral in Caratinga on 1 September 2021.

References

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