Silvestre Luís Scandián (31 December 1931 – 16 February 2019) was a Brazilian

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archbishop. Scandián was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1958. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçuaí, Brazil, from 1975 to 1981. He then served as coadjutor archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória, Brazil, from 1981 to 1984 and was archbishop of the archdiocese from 1984 to 2004.Archdiocese of Vitória
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