Arnaldo Ribeiro

Servant of God
Arnaldo Ribeiro
Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Ribeirão Preto
See Ribeirão Preto
Appointed 28 December 1988
Term ended 05 April 2006
Predecessor Romeu Alberti
Successor Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S.
Other posts
Orders
Ordination 13 March 1954
by Antônio dos Santos Cabral
Consecration 27 December 1975
by João Resende Costa, S.D.B.
Rank Archbishop
Personal details
Born (1930-01-07)7 January 1930
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died 15 December 2009(2009-12-15) (aged 79)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Sainthood
Feast day 15 December
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Title as Saint Servant of God

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

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]

Notes

  1. "Archbishop Arnaldo Ribeiro". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/2009.htm#Ribeiro
  3. http://arquidioceserp.org.br/



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