Vítor Coelho de Almeida | |
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Archdiocese | Aparecida |
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Ordination | 5 August 1923 |
Rank | Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | Vítor Coelho de Almeida September 22, 1899 Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Died | July 21, 1987 Aparecida, Brazil | (aged 87)
Buried | Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida, Aparecida, Brazil |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Vítor Coelho de Almeida (22 September 1899 – 21 July 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]
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]