José Martins da Silva (June 14, 1936 – January 29, 2015) was a

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archbishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1963, Martins da Silva was named bishop in 1978 and then Archbishop of Porto Velho,

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in 1982 and resigned in 1997.Jose Martins da Silva
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1936 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil Roman Catholic archbishops of Porto Velho Roman Catholic bishops of Ji-Paraná {{Brazil-RC-archbishop-stub