António José Rafael (11 November 1925 – 29 July 2018) was a

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 ...

bishop. Rafael was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1948. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança-Miranda The Diocese of Bragança–Miranda (), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the north-east of Portugal. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga The Archdiocese of Braga () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or ...

, Portugal, from 1979 to 2001.Antonio Jose Rafael
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