José Pedro Pozzi, S.D.B. (12 July 1925 – 26 November 2017) was a Brazilian

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prelate. Born in

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, Italy, as Giuseppe Pietro Pozzi, he joined the

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. He served as the Bishop of

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from 1993 until he retired in 2003. He died on 26 November 2017 in

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, at the age of 92.

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Bishop José Pedro Pozzi
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