Moacyr Grechi (19 January 1936 – 17 June 2019) was a Brazilian

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archbishop.

Career

Grechi was born in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He served as bishop-prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Acre and Purus from 1972 to 1986. In 1986, the territorial prelature was elevated to the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Branco The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Branco ( la, Dioecesis Fluminis Albi Superioris) is a Latin suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho ( Rondônia), in the upper Amazon River basin). Its cathedra ...

, Brazil, and Grechi served as the first bishop of the diocese from 1986 to 1998. He then served as the archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho ( la, Archidioecesis Portus Veteris) is an archdiocese located in the city of Porto Velho in Brazil. History * 1 May 1925: Established as Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho from the Diocese of Amaz ...

, Brazil, from 1998 to 2011.Archdiocese of Porto Velho
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