José Nicomedes Grossi (15 September 1915 – 21 June 2009) was a Brazilian
bishop
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of the Roman Catholic Church. He was one of oldest bishops in the Catholic Church and one of the oldest
Brazil
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ian
bishop
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s.
José Nicomedes Grossi was born in
Cipotânea,
Brazil
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in September 1915, he was ordained a priest on September 21, 1940. Grossi was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa on August 28, 1963 and ordained bishop January 25, 1963, where he remained until his retirement on March 15, 1990.
See also
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Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
External links
Catholic Hierarchy
1915 births
2009 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Roman Catholic bishops of Bom Jesus da Lapa
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