Vítor Coelho

Vítor Coelho de Almeida (September 22, 1899 - July 21, 1987), more known as "Padre Vítor Coelho", was a Brazilian Redemptorist priest and catechist. He was most famous for his preaching methods and his devotion to the patron saint of Brazil, Our Lady of Aparecida.[1]

Vítor Coelho
C.Ss.R.
ArchdioceseAparecida
Orders
Ordination5 August 1923
RankPriest
Personal details
Birth nameVítor Coelho de Almeida
Born(1899-09-22)September 22, 1899
Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil
DiedJuly 21, 1987(1987-07-21) (aged 87)
Aparecida, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
DenominationRoman Catholic

Coelho was born in Sacramento, Minas Gerais, the son of Leão Coelho de Almeida and Maria Sebastiana Alves Moreira.[2] He entered in the Santo Afonso seminary in Aparecida, completed his studies in Germany and was ordained a priest on 1923.

His beatification process is underway and is led by Dom Darci José, the Auxiliary Bishop of Aparecida.[3]

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