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Died 21 July 2007, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
Bishop João Resende Costa, SDB was a Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop and a Salesian. He was the fifth Bishop of Ilhéus and the second Archbishop of Belo Horizonte. He was an attendee at the second Vatican Council.
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Early life
He was born in Borda da Mata, October 19, 1910. Schooled in Borda da Mata, he entered the Lorena and Lavrinhas seminary after school and attended from 1924-1926. He then undertook studies is philosophy in Lavrinhas (1927-1929).
He made his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1932-1937, where he obtained the title of doctor and while in Rome he entered the Salesian Congregation in 1928, Ordained in the Basilica of St. Ignatius in Rome.
Early career
His early career included positions in:
Episcopate
On February 25, 1953, Pope Pius XII appointed him diocesan bishop of Ilhéus and he received his episcopal consecration on May 24, 1953, in São Paulo, from the hands of Cardinal Vasconcelos Motta and Archbishops Orlando Chaves, and Dom Antônio Campelo de Aragão.
On November 15, 1967, Pope Paul VI appointed him the second Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, a position he held until he resigned when he reach the age limit, on February 5, 1986. During his time as Bishop he also held the following positions:
He died in 2007.