Altamiro Rossato
Altamiro Rossato (23 June 1925 – 13 May 2014) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. He was Archbishop of Porto Alegre from 1991 till 2001.[1]
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Biography
Rossato was born in Campininha in the municipality of Tuparendi in Rio Grande do Sul.[2] and ordained as a priest in 1951 in São Paulo[3]
Rossato continued his studies in Rome, Italy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum completing a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1953 and Doctorate in Theology in 1955.[4]
He was ordained bishop in the city of Marabá, Para in 1985.[5] He became of archbishop of Porto Alegre in 1989 and served in this role till 2001.
Death
He died in hospital in St. Francis hospital in Porto Alegre at the age of 88 from multiple organ failure.[6]
See also
References
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