José Pedro Pozzi

José Pedro Pozzi

Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro
Native name
Giuseppe Pietro Pozzi
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro
In office22 July 1993 – 19 March 2003
PredecessorDiocese erected
SuccessorNéstor Hugo Navarro
Orders
Ordination25 November 1951
by Fermín Emilio Lafitte
Consecration25 September 1993
by Agustín Roberto Radrizzani
Personal details
Born(1925-07-12)12 July 1925
Died26 November 2017(2017-11-26) (aged 92)

José Pedro Pozzi, S.D.B. (12 July 1925 – 26 November 2017) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate.

Born in Vimercate, Italy, as Giuseppe Pietro Pozzi, he joined the Salesians and was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. He served as the Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro from 1993 until he retired in 2003. He died on 26 November 2017 in General Roca, Río Negro, at the age of 92.

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