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Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho

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Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho
Archbishop of Teresina
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Teresina
In office 7 October 1984 – 21 February 2001
Predecessor José Freire Falcão
Successor Celso José Pinto da Silva
Previous posts Archbishop of Maceió (1976-1984)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (1974-1976)
Titular Bishop of Ath Truim (1970-1976)
Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (1970-1974)
Orders
Ordination 8 December 1948
Consecration 19 March 1970
by Eugênio Sales[1]
Personal details
Born 4 April 1925
Quixeramobim, Ceará, Republic of the United States of Brazil
Died 28 June 2018 (aged 93)
Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho (4 April 1925 – 28 June 2018) was a Brazilian Catholic archbishop.

Câmara Filho was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1948. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Brazil, and titular bishop of AthTruim, from 1970 to 1974. Câmara Filho then served as coadjutor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maceio, Brazil, from 1974 to 1976 and as archbishop of the archdiocese from 1976 to 1984. Finally Câmara Filho served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina, Brazil from 1986 to 2001.[2]

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