Diogo Reesink
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ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Teófilo Otoni
In office25 March 1998 – 25 November 2009
PredecessorWaldemar Chaves de Araújo
Diogo Reesink | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Teófilo Otoni | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Teófilo Otoni |
| In office | 25 March 1998 – 25 November 2009 |
| Predecessor | Waldemar Chaves de Araújo |
| Successor | Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral |
| Previous post | Bishop of Almenara (1989-1998) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 July 1962 |
| Consecration | 21 October 1989 by Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Johannes Antonius Reesink 28 July 1934 |
| Died | 30 May 2019 (aged 84) |
Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink (28 July 1934 – 30 May 2019) was a Brazilian-Dutch Roman Catholic bishop.
Reesink was born in the Netherlands and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Almenara, Brazil, from 1989 to 1998. He then served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Teófilo Otoni, Brazil, from 1998 to 2009.[1]
