José Geraldo da Cruz A.A. (8 August 1941 – 4 April 2022) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate.
José Geraldo da Cruz | |
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Bishop of Juazeiro | |
Diocese | Juazeiro |
Appointed | 4 June 2003 |
Term ended | 7 September 2016 |
Predecessor | José Rodrigues de Souza |
Successor | Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1 May 1969 |
Consecration | 16 August 2003 by Luciano Mendes de Almeida |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 4 April 2022 Muriaé, Minas Gerais, Brazil | (aged 80)
Motto | ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM |
Da Cruz was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1969. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro, Brazil, from 2003 until his retirement in 2016.[1]
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