Angélico Sândalo Bernardino (19 January 1933 – 15 April 2025) was a Brazilian

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

prelate, who served as bishop of Blumenau.

Biography

Angélico Sândalo Bernardino was born in 1933 in Saltinho de Piracicaba, Brazil, and was ordained priest on 12 July 1959.

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Paul VI Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXII ...

appointed him on 12 December 1974

Auxiliary Bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

and

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 Tambeae. The

Archbishop of São Paulo In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdioc ...

, Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns OFM, gave him the episcopal

ordination Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

on 25 January the following year; Co-consecrators were auxiliary bishops

Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, (October 9, 1920 – August 3, 2014) was a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Vieira was born in Mococa, Brazil and ordained a priest on December 8, 1948. Vieira was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roma ...

and

José Thurler José Thurler (19 June 1913–23 April 1992) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. Thurler was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1942. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chapecó, Brazil, from 1959 to 19 ...

from

. Pope

John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

appointed him on 19 April 2000, the first bishop of the diocese

Blumenau Blumenau () is a city in Vale do Itajaí, Santa Catarina (Brazil), Santa Catarina state, in the South Region, Brazil, South Region of Brazil, from the state capital Florianópolis. The city was founded by the German chemist and pharmacist H ...

, established on the same date. On 18 February 2009, Pope

Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, his resignation on 28 Februar ...

accepted his age-related resignation. In May 2022, he celebrated the marriage between former Brazilian President

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known Mononym, mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as the 39th president of Brazil since 2023. A mem ...

and Rosângela da Silva. Bernardino died in

on 15 April 2025, at the age of 92.

References

1933 births 2025 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Roman Catholic bishops of São Paulo 20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Paul VI Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub