Orlando Chaves (bishop)

Orlando Chaves

Archbishop of Cuiabá
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Cuiabá
In office18 December 1956 – 15 August 1981
PredecessorFrancisco de Aquino Correia
SuccessorBonifácio Piccinini
Previous postBishop of Corumbá (1948-1956)
Orders
Ordination10 July 1927
Consecration27 May 1948
by Carlo Chiarlo[1]
Personal details
Born(1900-02-17)17 February 1900
Died15 August 1981(1981-08-15) (aged 81)

Orlando Chaves S.D.B. (17 February 1900 – 15 August 1981) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop.

Chaves was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corumbá, Brazil, from 1948 to 1956 and as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Brazil, from 1956 until his death in 1981.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Archbishop Orlando Chaves, S.D.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  2. ↑ Archdiocese of Cuiaba