Acácio Rodrigues Alves

Acácio Rodrigues Alves
Bishop of Palmares
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Palmares
In office11 July 1962 – 12 July 2000
PredecessorDiocese erected
SuccessorGenival Saraiva de França
Orders
Ordination12 March 1949
Consecration16 September 1962
by José Adelino Dantas
Personal details
Born(1925-04-09)9 April 1925
Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Republic of the United States of Brazil
Died24 August 2010(2010-08-24) (aged 85)
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Acácio Rodrigues Alves (9 April 1925 – 24 August 2010) was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmares, Brazil.

Ordained to the priesthood on 12 March 1949, Rodrigues Alves was appointed bishop of the Palmares Diocese on 12 July 1962, by Pope John XXIII and was ordained on 16 September 1962. He retired on 12 July 2000.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bishop Acácio Rodrigues Alves". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.



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