José Bezerra Coutinho (February 7, 1910 – November 7, 2008) was a Brazilian

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of the

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. When he died at the age of 98, he was the sixth-oldest bishop in the Catholic Church and oldest

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ian

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Coutinho was born in Capistrano, in the state of

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, in 1910. He was

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a priest on December 3, 1933, then appointed

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of Sobral, Ceará, on August 4, 1956. Coutinho was appointed bishop of Estância,

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, on January 28, 1961, retiring as bishop of Estância on June 1, 1985. He was

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from October 28, 1956 to January 28, 1961. He died in

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, of

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on November 7, 2008.

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1910 births 2008 deaths Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Roman Catholic bishops of Estância Roman Catholic bishops of Sobral {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub

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