Alberto Johannes Först (November 26, 1926 – November 1, 2014) was a
Catholic
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bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1952, Först was named coadjutor bishop of the
Diocese of Dourados
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History
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,
Brazil
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, on July 6, 1988, and was ordained bishop on September 7, 1988. He became diocesan bishop on May 12, 1990, and retired on December 5, 2001.
Alberto Johannes Forst
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1926 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Roman Catholic bishops of Dourados
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