Church Roman Catholic Church Ordination June 29, 1940 Name Armando Cirio | Predecessor None In office 1979 - 1995 | |
See Archdiocese of Cascavel Born April 30, 1916
Calamandrana, Italy ( 1916-04-30 ) Role Archbishop of Archdiocese of Cascavel Died August 11, 2014, Cascavel, Parana, Brazil Successor Lucio Ignacio Baumgaertner | ||
Armando Círio, O.S.I. (April 30, 1916 – August 11, 2014) was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At his death he was one of oldest bishops in the Catholic Church and the oldest Brazilian bishop.
Círio born in Calamandrana, Italy in April 1916 and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1940, in the religious order of Oblates of St. Joseph. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Toledo (Brazil) on May 14, 1960 and ordained bishop August 28, 1960. On October 15, 1979 Cirio was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cascavel and remained there until his retirement on December 27, 1995.
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