Tomás Balduíno, O.P. (born Paulo Balduino de Sousa Décio, December 31, 1922 – May 2, 2014) was a diocesan

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of the

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Biography

Tomás Balduíno was born in

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, and was ordained a priest on July 4, 1948, from the religious order of the Order of Friars Preachers, known as the

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. Balduíno was appointed Coadjutor Prelate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia on August 15, 1967, as well as titular bishop of Vicus Pacati. Balduíno was appointed bishop of

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on November 10, 1967, and was ordained bishop on November 26, 1967. He was the founder, in 1975, and first president of the '' Comissão Patroral da Terra''. Balduíno retired as bishop on December 2, 1998. Balduíno has been referred to as one of the most important promoters of the

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. In March 2009, he participated in ceremonies in

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commemorating the 29th anniversary of the murder of Mgr.

Óscar Romero Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago d ...

References

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