Altamiro Rossato
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Altamiro Rossato (23 June 1925 – 13 May 2014) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. He was Archbishop of Porto Alegre from 1991 till 2001.[1]
Rossato was born in Campininha in the municipality of Tuparendi in Rio Grande do Sul.[2] and ordained a priest in 1951 in São Paulo.[3]
Rossato continued his studies in Rome, Italy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum completing a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1953 and Doctorate in Theology in 1955.[4]
He was ordained bishop in the city of Marabá, Para in 1985.[5] He became of archbishop of Porto Alegre in 1989 and served in this role till 2001.
