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Antônio Mazzarotto

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Antônio Mazzarotto
Bishop of Ponta Grossa
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Ponta Grossa
In office 16 December 1929 – 20 March 1965
Predecessor Diocese erected
Successor Geraldo Pellanda
Other post Titular Bishop of Octabia (1965-1971)
Previous post Apostolic Administrator of Palmas (1934-1947)
Orders
Ordination 23 November 1914
by João Francisco Braga
Consecration 23 February 1930
by Enrico Gasparri
Personal details
Born 1 September 1890
Santa Felicidade, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Died 15 July 1980 (aged 89)

Antônio Mazzarotto (born 1 September 1890 in Santa Felicidade, Curitiba, Brazil, died 15 July 1980) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Ponta Grossa.[1]

Life

On 23 November 1914 Antônio Mazzarotto received the sacrament of priestly ordination. On 16 December 1929 Pope Pius XI appointed him the first bishop of the Ponta Grossa diocese, which had been created in 1926. The Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil, Cardinal Enrico Gasparri, gave him the bishop's ordination on 23 February the following year; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Francesco Cherubini, emeritus nuncio in Yugoslavia, and Ignacy Maria Dobowski, emeritus Bishop of Lutsk.

He took part in the first session of the Second Vatican Council as a councilor. Already in November 1960, he was given a coadjutor with Geraldo Micheletto Pellanda.

On 20 March 1965 Pope Paul VI. accepted his resignation and appointed him the titular bishop of Octabia.[2] On 16 March 1971 he renounced his titular position on the basis of the amended guidelines, with his title now being Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa.

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