Silvério Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. (March 11, 1917 – May 28, 2013) was a Brazilian
bishop
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Paulo de Albuquerque was born in
Olinda, Brazil on March 11, 1917, and was ordained a priest on May 30, 1942, with the Roman Catholic order of
Orders of Friar Minor. Paulo de Albuquerque was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Caetité on March 17, 1970, and ordained bishop on May 10, 1970. On January 18, 1973, he was appointed bishop of the
Archdiocese of Feira de Santana and remained there until his retirement on February 22, 1995. He died on May 28, 2013.
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Catholic Hierarchy
1917 births
2013 deaths
People from Olinda
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Roman Catholic bishops of Feira de Santana
Roman Catholic bishops of Caetité
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