Luiz Mancilha Vilela (6 May 1942 – 23 August 2022) was a Brazilian

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prelate. Mancilha Vilela was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. He served as the bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim ( la, Dioecesis Cachoëirensis de Itapemirim) is a diocese located in the city of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in the ecclesiastical province of Vitória in Brazil. History * 16 February 1958: Es ...

, Brazil, from 1986 to 2002 and was

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and bishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória ( la, Archidioecesis Victoriensis Spiritus Sancti) is an archdiocese located in the city of Vitória, Brazil, Vitória in Brazil. History * 15 November 1895: Established as Diocese of Espírito Santo fr ...

, Brazil, from 2002 until his retirement in 2018.Catholic-Hierarchy.org.-Luiz Mancilha Vilela
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