José Maria Pires

José Maria Pires (March 15, 1919 – August 27, 2017)[1] was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Pires was the oldest living Catholic bishop in Brazil at the time of his death at age 98.

The Most Reverend

José Maria Pires
Bishop of Archdiocese of Paraíba (emeritus)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeArchdiocese of Paraíba
In office1965 - 1995
PredecessorMário de Miranda Villas-Boas
SuccessorMarcelo Pinto Carvalheria
Orders
OrdinationDecember 20, 1941
ConsecrationSeptember 22, 1957
by José Newton de Almeida Baptista
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Born(1919-03-15)March 15, 1919
Córregos, Brazil
DiedAugust 27, 2017(2017-08-27) (aged 98)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Previous postPriest

Biography

Pires was born in Córregos, Brazil and was ordained a priest December 20, 1941. Pires was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Araçuaí on May 25, 1957 and consecrated on September 22, 1957, becoming the first black bishop in the history of Catholic church in Brazil.[2]

On December 2, 1965, Pires was appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Paraíba until his retirement on November 29, 1995. He died in Belo Horizonte on 27 August 2017, at the age of 98, due to a respiratory failure caused by pneumonia.

Publishing
  • O grito de milhões de escravas: a cumplicidade do silêncio (1983)[3]
  • A cultura religiosa afro-brasileira e seu impacto na cultura universitária (2014)
  • Meditações diante da cruz (2015)
  • O sacerdote, imagem de Cristo (2016)
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References
  1. "Morre em BH dom José Maria Pires, o bispo mais velho do Brasil". Jornal Estado de Minas. 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  2. Tamayo, Juan José (2017-09-04). "José María Pires, primer obispo negro de Brasil (obituary)". El País. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  3. Livros de dom José María Pires


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