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Altamiro Rossato

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Altamiro Rossato
C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Porto Alegre
Rossato in 2013
Rossato in 2013
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
In office 17 July 1991 – 7 February 2001
Predecessor João Cláudio Colling
Successor Dadeus Grings
Previous posts Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre (1989-1991)
Bishop of Marabá (1985-1989)
Orders
Ordination 27 December 1951
Consecration 2 March 1986
by Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz
Personal details
Born 23 June 1925
Tuparendi, São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Republic of the United States of Brazil
Died 13 May 2014 (aged 88)
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Altamiro Rossato (23 June 1925 – 13 May 2014) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. He was Archbishop of Porto Alegre from 1991 till 2001.[1]

Biography

Rossato was born in Campininha in the municipality of Tuparendi in Rio Grande do Sul.[2] and ordained 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]

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