Urbano José Allgayer (March 16, 1924 – May 14, 2019) was a Brazilian
prelate
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of the
Catholic Church
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.
Biography
Allgayer was born in Santa Clara, Brazil and was ordained a priest on December 10, 1950. Allgayer was appointed auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, as well as
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Tunnuna, on February 5, 1974 and was consecrated on March 24, 1974. Allgayer was appointed bishop of the
Archdiocese of Passo Fundo on February 4, 1982. Allgayer retired from the diocese on May 19, 1999. He died on May 14, 2019.
References
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy Archdiocese of Passo Fundo
1924 births
2019 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Roman Catholic titular bishops of Tunnuna
Roman Catholic bishops of Passo Fundo
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