Waldyr Calheiros Novaes

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 bishop 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.