Mário Rino Sivieri (15 April 1942 – 3 June 2020) was an Italian-born Brazilian

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bishop. Sivieri was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá The Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá ( la, Dioecesis Propriensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Aracaju in Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal see ...

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, from 1997 to 2017. Sivieri died of

diabetes Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ap ...

Aracaju Aracaju () is the capital of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the coast, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador. According to the 2020 estimate, the city has 664,908 inhabitants, which re ...

on 3 June 2020, aged 78.

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