Manuel Edmilson da Cruz

His Excellency Manuel Edmilson da Cruz
Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte
Manuel Edmilson da Cruz in 2023
Metropolis	Fortaleza
Diocese	Limoeiro do Norte
Appointed	22 May 1992 (as Apostolic Administrator) 18 May 1994 (as Diocesan Bishop)
Term ended	6 May 1998
Predecessor	Pompeu Bezerra Bessa
Successor	José Haring
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Vicus Caesaris (1966–1994), Auxuliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (1966–1974), Auxuliary Bishop of Fortaleza (1974–1994)
Orders
Ordination	5 December 1948 by José Tupinambá da Frota
Consecration	6 November 1966 by João José da Mota e Albuquerque
Personal details
Born	(1924-10-03) 3 October 1924 (age 100) Acaraú, Brazil
Motto	VERBUM CARO FACTUM

Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (born 3 October 1924) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as Titular Bishop of Vicus Cæsaris (8 August 1966 — 18 May 1994), Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (8 August 1966 – 3 July 1974), Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (3 July 1974 – 18 May 1994), Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Limoeiro do Norte (22 May 1992 – 18 May 1994) and the Diocesan Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (18 May 1994 – 6 May 1998).

Biography

Manuel Edmilson da Cruz was born in Acaraú in Brazil and was ordained priest in Sobral on 5 December 1948 for the Diocese of Sobral.[1]

Pope Paul VI appointed him an auxiliary bishop of São Luís do Maranhão and at the same time titular bishop of Vicus Caesaris on 8 August 1966 and received the episcopal consecration on 6 November of the same year from archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, João José da Mota e Albuquerque as a principal consecrator, and a co-consecrators Walfrido Teixeira Vieira, bishop of Sobral and José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago, bishop of Iguatu.

On 3 July 1974, he was transferred as an auxuliary bishop of Archdiocese of Fortaleza and later, on 18 May 1994 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as a diocesan bishop to the residential see of Limoeiro do Norte and on 6 May 1998 he renounced the pastoral governance of the diocese.[2]

References

1. "Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. Com 96 anos, o bispo emérito de Limoeiro do Norte (CE), dom Manuel Edmilson, dá exemplo de unidade na participação na 58ª AG CNBB (in Portuguese)