Waldyr Calheiros Novaes

Waldyr Calheiros Novaes
Bishop of the Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda Emeritus
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda
In office	1966 - 1999
Predecessor	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro
Successor	João Maria Messi
Orders
Ordination	July 25, 1948
Consecration	1 May 1964 by Jaime de Barros Câmara
Personal details
Born	(1923-07-29)July 29, 1923 Murici, Alagoas, Brazil
Died	November 30, 2013(2013-11-30) (aged 90) Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Waldyr Calheiros Novaes, (July 29, 1923 – November 30, 2013) was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church.

Waldyr Calheiros Novaes was born in Murici, Alagoas, and ordained a priest on July 25, 1948. Novaes was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as well as Titular Bishop of Mulia on February 25, 1964, and was ordained bishop on May 1, 1964. Novaes was appointed archbishop of the Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda on October 20, 1966, where Novaes served until his retirement on November 17, 1999.

He died November 30, 2013, at a hospital, of a lung infection.[1]

See also

• Diocese of ão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
• Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda

References

1. "Bispo emérito Dom Waldyr Calheiros Novaes morre em Volta Redonda, RJ". 30 November 2013.

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese)
• Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda (in Portuguese)