José Moreira de Melo
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His Excellency José Moreira de Melo | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Emeritus of Itapeva | |
| Province | Sorocaba |
| Diocese | Itapeva |
| Appointed | 17 January 1996 |
| Term ended | 19 October 2016 |
| Predecessor | Alano Maria Pena |
| Successor | Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 27 January 1968 |
| Consecration | 25 March 1996 by João Bosco Oliver de Faria, Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira and José Lambert Filho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1941 Serra do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Died | 25 October 2025 (aged 84) Itapeva, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Motto | Sodalitas ad Evangelizandum[1] |
José Moreira de Melo (3 August 1941 – 25 October 2025) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Itapeva from 1996 to 2016.