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The funeral of the bishop emeritus of Viana do Castelo, José Pereira, who died today at the age of 85, victim of a prolonged illness, will take place on Friday, in the municipal cemetery of the city, after the funeral in the Cathedral, announced today. diocese.
In a note sent to the editors, the diocese of Viana do Castelo reported that “the funeral will take place on Friday, at 3:00 p.m., in the city’s Cathedral, and the body will later be buried in the municipal cemetery” of the capital of the Alto Minho.
“At a time when we still vividly remember the sudden departure of D. Anacleto Oliveira, the diocese of Viana do Castelo announces the death of its bishop emeritus D. José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira, victim of a prolonged illness, at the end of the tomorrow ”refers to the note.
José Pedreira, bishop of the diocese of Viana do Castelo between 1997 and 2010, died this morning at the Braga hospital where he was admitted.
The mayor of Viana do Castelo today expressed his regret over the death of “a prominent figure”, announcing that the municipality “will decree a day of municipal mourning.”
Today, the Chamber of Arcos de Valdevez has expressed its “deep regret” for the death of the prelate, whom it described as “a figure who stood out for his work in favor of the Alto Minho community.”
Before Lusa, the mayor of Valença, the municipality where the prelate was born, lamented the “loss of a charismatic figure” in the municipality.
“He is a son of the earth, he was a person very close to the earth. It is a great loss for Valença and the parish of Gondomil. He was a very esteemed person ”, he reinforced.
Mr. José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira was born in the parish of Gondomil, in the municipality of Valença, district of Viana do Castelo, on April 10, 1935.
He was ordained a priest on July 12, 1959. In 1982 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Porto, with the title of titular bishop of Elvas.
The episcopal ordination took place on March 19, 1983, with the main consecrator Armindo Lopes Coelho, then newly appointed bishop of Viana do Castelo, and as consecrators, Eurico Dias Nogueira, archbishop of Braga and Júlio Tavares Rebimbas, archbishop of Porto.
He was also a trainer at the Seminário Maior de Braga, director and professor at the Colégio do Minho, in Viana do Castelo, and a professor at the School of Primary Education, the School of Childhood Educators and the School of Nursing of Viana do Castelo (1975 -1979). .
Between 1978 and 1983 he was Chancellor Secretary of the Diocesan Curia and, in 1982, Prosecutor of the Ecclesiastical Court.
On October 29, 1997, he was appointed bishop of Viana do Castelo, a position he held until his request for resignation and the subsequent appointment of Anacleto Oliveira, who died in September, at the age of 74, after the accident in the car he was driving on the highway. do Sul near Almodôvar, in the Beja district.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, today regretted the death of José Pedreira, considering that he left “an admirable example of service to others.”
Through a note published on the website of the Presidency of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa presented his “deepest condolences” to the bishop’s family.
“I also offer my deepest condolences to the community of the faithful of Viana do Castelo, who had in Mr. José Pedreira, for several years, from 1997 to 2010, an enlightened and committed prelate, who in everything leaves a message of hope and a admirable example of service to others ”, it reads in the same note.
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