Vítor Coelho

Vítor Coelho
C.Ss.R.
Orders
Ordination 5 August 1923
Rank Priest
Personal details
Birth name Vítor Coelho de Almeida
Born (1899-09-22)September 22, 1899
Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died July 21, 1987(1987-07-21) (aged 87)
Aparecida, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Denomination Roman Catholic

Vítor Coelho de Almeida (September 22, 1899 - July 21, 1987), more known as "Padre Vítor Coelho", was a Brazilian Redemptorist priest and catechist. He was most famous for his preaching methods and his devotion to the patron saint of Brazil, Our Lady of Aparecida.[1]

His beatification process is underway and is led by Dom Darci José, the Auxiliary Bishop of Aparecida.[2]

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