Augusto Petró

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1918 – 2008

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Who was Augusto Petró?

Augusto Petró was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and was one of oldest bishops in the Catholic Church and one of oldest Brazilian bishops.

Petró was born in Santo Antônio da Patrulha, Rio Grande do Sul, and was ordained a priest on November 30, 1944. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Vacaria on May 16, 1958, and ordained a Bishop on July 27, 1958. On March 12, 1964, he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Uruguaiana and remained there until his retirement on July 5, 1995.

He died in a hospital in the Rio Grande do Sul town of Ivoti.

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Born
May 3, 1918
Santo Antônio da Patrulha
Religion
  • Catholicism
Died
Oct 28, 2008
Ivoti

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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