Augusto Alves da Rocha

Augusto Alves da Rocha (born 17 July 1933) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the first Bishop of Picos from 1975 to 2001, Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano from 2001 to 2008, and subsequently the first Bishop of Floriano from 2008 until his retirement in 2010.

Early life and priesthood Augusto Alves da Rocha was born on 17 July 1933 in Bertolínia, in the state of Piauí, Brazil. He attended preparatory studies in Teresina and in the diocese of Crato, and those of philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, as a student of the Pio Brazilian College and was ordained a priest on 21 February 1960.

Episcopal ministry On 23 May 1975, Pope Paul VI appointed Rocha as the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Picos. He received his episcopal consecration on 23 August 1975 from Bishop Edilberto Dinkelborg, OFM.

After 26 years of ministry in Picos, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano on 24 October 2001.

On 27 February 2008, Pope Benedict XVI divided the Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano into two distinct jurisdictions: the Diocese of Oeiras and the Diocese of Floriano. Rocha was transferred to head the newly erected Diocese of Floriano as its first diocesan bishop. He was succeeded by Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos.