Vítor Coelho

Venerable

Vítor Coelho de Almeida

C.Ss.R.
ArchdioceseAparecida
Orders
Ordination5 August 1923
RankPriest
Personal details
Born
Vítor Coelho de Almeida

(1899-09-22)September 22, 1899
Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil
DiedJuly 21, 1987(1987-07-21) (aged 87)
Aparecida, Brazil
BuriedBasilica of Our Lady of Aparecida, Aparecida, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
DenominationRoman Catholic
The tomb of the venerable priest Vitor Coelho in the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida

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]

See also

References

  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.