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Diogo Reesink

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Diogo Reesink
O.F.M.
Bishop of Teófilo Otoni
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Teófilo Otoni
In office 25 March 1998 – 25 November 2009
Predecessor Waldemar Chaves de Araújo
Successor Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral
Previous post Bishop of Almenara (1989-1998)
Orders
Ordination 15 July 1962
Consecration 21 October 1989
by Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena
Personal details
Born Johannes Antonius Reesink
28 July 1934
Heerlerheide, Limburg, Netherlands
Died 30 May 2019 (aged 84)
Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink (28 July 1934 – 30 May 2019) was a Brazilian-Dutch Roman Catholic bishop.

Reesink was born in the Netherlands and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Almenara, Brazil, from 1989 to 1998. He then served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Teófilo Otoni, Brazil, from 1998 to 2009.[1]

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