Arnaldo Ribeiro was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto is an archdiocese located in the city of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil.-History:* June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of Ribeirão Preto from the Diocese of São Paulo...

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Brazil

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Ordained to the priesthood on March 13, 1954 in the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Ribeiro was named auxiliary bishop

Auxiliary bishop

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of the Belo Horizonte Archdiocese on November 6, 1975, and was ordained bishop on December 27, 1975. On December 28, 1988, Ribeiro was named Archbishop of the Ribeirão Preto Archdiocese; he retired on April 5, 2006.