José Bezerra Coutinho

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1910 – 2008

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Who was José Bezerra Coutinho?

José Bezerra Coutinho was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of 98, he was the sixth-oldest bishop in the Catholic Church and oldest Brazilian bishop.

Coutinho was born in Capistrano, in the state of Ceará, in 1910. He was ordained a priest on December 3, 1933, then appointed auxiliary bishop of Sobral, Ceará, on August 4, 1956. Coutinho was appointed bishop of Estância, Sergipe, on January 28, 1961, retiring as bishop of Estância on June 1, 1985.

He was Titular Bishop of Uthina from October 28, 1956 to January 28, 1961.

He died in Fortaleza, Ceará, of cardiac arrest on November 7, 2008.

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Born
Feb 7, 1910
Ceará
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Brazil
Profession
Died
Nov 7, 2008
Fortaleza

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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