Vítor Coelho

Venerable

Vítor Coelho de Almeida

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

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]

References[edit]

^ "Conheça a vida do Padre Vítor, o Apóstolo de Aparecida - A12.com". www.a12.com.
^ "Virgem Mãe Aparecida: Pe. Vitor Coelho de Almeida". 2011.
^ "Lançada a biografia documentada do Padre Vitor Coelho de Almeida - A12.com". www.a12.com.

[1] "Conheça a vida do Padre Vítor, o Apóstolo de Aparecida - A12.com". www.a12.com.

[2] "Virgem Mãe Aparecida: Pe. Vitor Coelho de Almeida". 2011.

[3] "Lançada a biografia documentada do Padre Vitor Coelho de Almeida - A12.com". www.a12.com.

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Authority control databases
International	FAST VIAF
National	United States

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