Arnaldo Ribeiro

Arnaldo Ribeiro (January 7, 1930December 15, 2009) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.


Arnaldo Ribeiro
Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseRibeirão Preto
SeeRibeirão Preto
Appointed28 December 1988
Term ended05 April 2006
PredecessorRomeu Alberti
SuccessorJoviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S.
Other posts
Orders
Ordination13 March 1954
by Antônio dos Santos Cabral
Consecration27 December 1975
by João Resende Costa, S.D.B.
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Birth nameArnaldo Ribeiro
Born(1930-01-07)7 January 1930
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died15 December 2009(2009-12-15) (aged 79)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Sainthood
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Title as SaintServant of God

Ordained to the priesthood on March 13, 1954, in the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Ribeiro was named auxiliary bishop of the Belo Horizonte Archdiocese on November 6, 1975, and was ordained bishop on December 27, 1975. On December 28, 1988, Ribeiro was named Archbishop of the Ribeirão Preto Archdiocese; he retired on April 5, 2006.[1]

Six years after the death of Archbp. Ribeiro, the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto formally opened his cause for beatification. His current status in the steps towards sainthood is Servant of God.[2][3]

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