Fernando Iório Rodrigues (June 23, 1929 in
Maceió
Maceió (), formerly anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a Spring (hydrology), spring.
Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped ...
– March 20, 2010) was a Brazilian
Roman Catholic
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prelate
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and professor, who served as the Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios, based in
Palmeira dos Índios
Palmeira dos Índios is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the western of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Alagoas. , it has a population of around 70,000.
The city is situated in the interior of Alagoas. The Brazilian ...
, from March 1, 1985, until July 12, 2006.
Rodrigues was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1953. He was hospitalized in March 2010 for ten days at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Maceió due to heart problems, before his death.
See also
References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Fernando Iório Rodrigues †
1929 births
2010 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Brazilian academics
People from Maceió
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Roman Catholic bishops of Palmeira dos Índios
People from Palmeira dos Índios
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