Bruno Maldaner

Bruno Maldaner
Bishop of Frederico Westphalen
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Frederico Westphalen
In office27 May 1971 – 12 December 2001
PredecessorJoão Aloysio Hoffmann
SuccessorZeno Hastenteufel
Previous postsTitular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania (1966-1971)
Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (1966-1971)
Orders
Ordination8 December 1950
Consecration29 June 1966
by Agnelo Rossi
Personal details
Born(1924-08-04)4 August 1924
Died16 November 2008(2008-11-16) (aged 84)

Bruno Maldaner (4 August 1924 – 16 November 2008) was a Brazilian Bishop for the Catholic Church.

Biography

Bruno Maldaner was born in the locality of Pinhal Alto, in Nova Petrópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, the son of Aloísio Maldaner and Adelina Hansen Maldaner. He studied at the seminaries of Gravataí and São Leopoldo, and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained a priest in Rome on 8 December 1950,[1] at the age of 26, and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil and Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania on 15 April 1966. He was later appointed Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Brazil on 27 May 1997. He retired in 2001.[1]

Maldaner died on 16 November 2008.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Parlamento gaúcho faz homenagem póstuma a Dom Bruno Maldaner". Jusbrasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-07-21.