Waldyr Calheiros Novaes, (July 29, 1923 – November 30, 2013) was a Brazilian

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. Waldyr Calheiros Novaes was born in

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, and ordained a priest on July 25, 1948. Novaes was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as well as Titular Bishop of Mulia on February 25, 1964, and was ordained bishop on May 1, 1964. Novaes was appointed archbishop of the Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda on October 20, 1966, where Novaes served until his retirement on November 17, 1999. He died November 30, 2013, at a hospital, of a lung infection.

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20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil 1923 births 2013 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda People from Murici {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub

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