About Francisco Expedito Lopes
Lived 1914 – 1957 (aged 42). Francisco Expedito Lopes was a Brazilian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Francisco Expedito Lopes (July 8, 1914 – July 2, 1957) was a Brazilian Catholic bishop.
Biography He was born in Sítio Jerusalém (Vila de Meruoca) in Sobral, in the state of Ceará. He was ordained a priest in Rome in 1938, bishop in Sobral in 1948, and was elected first bishop in Oeiras, in the state of Piauí. In 1955, he was sworn in as the fifth bishop of Garanhuns in the state of Pernambuco. He founded the Institute of the Missionaries of Our Lady of Fatima of Brazil. He was the shot by Father Hosana de Siqueira e Silva in Garanhuns on July 1, 1957, and died the next day.
His motto was "Restore everything in Christ."
Considered a saint by the population, Don Acácio Rodrigues Alves became the postulator of his beatification in the Diocese of Garanhuns.
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Who was Francisco Expedito Lopes?
Brazilian Catholic bishop
When was Francisco Expedito Lopes born?
Francisco Expedito Lopes was born on 8 July 1914 in Sobral.
When did Francisco Expedito Lopes die?
Francisco Expedito Lopes died on 2 July 1957 in Garanhuns.
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Francisco Expedito Lopes was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Francisco Expedito Lopes was Brazilian.
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