Tag: archbishop

15Apr

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, archbishop

Aldo di Cillo Pagotto ‑ a Brazilian Catholic archbishop ‑ died in Fortaleza from Covid-19-related complications on 14 April 2020. Pagotto was born in Brazil, 16 September 1949. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1977. He served as coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral, Brazil, in 1996 and 1997 and as bishop of the Sobral Diocese from 1997 to 2004. He then became archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paraíba, Brazil, from 2004 to 2016.

7Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Ukraine, United States

Stephen Sulyk, archbishop

Stephen Sulyk ‑ a Ukrainian-American hierarch who was an archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ‑ died on April 6, 2020 due to complications brought on by COVID-19. He was born in Ukrainian village Balnica, Poland. On March 1, 1981, Sulyk was appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia. On February 27, 2001 he was succeeded by Stefan Soroka as Archbishop of Philadelphia. On April 5, 2020 he was taken to hospital due to COVID-19 where he died at the age of 95.