Antônio de Souza

Antônio de Souza C.S.S. (born 21 October 1929) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the Bishop of Assis in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, from 1977 until his retirement in 2004.

Early life and education Antônio de Souza was born on 21 October 1929 in Bom Jesus dos Perdões, São Paulo, Brazil. He entered the seminary of Rio Claro on 25 February 1944 as a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines, CSS). He professed his religious vows in 1951 and completed his philosophical studies in Brazil before pursuing theological studies in Verona and at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, where he obtained a master's degree in Sacred Theology.