Bonifácio Piccinini S.D.B. (13 May 1929 – 28 November 2020) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop.[1]

Piccinini was born in Luiz Alves, Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1960. He served as titular archbishop of Turres in Byzacena and as coadjutor archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá Brazil, from 1975 to 1981 and as archbishop of the archdiocese from 1981 to 2004.[2]

Piccinini died from COVID-19 on 28 November 2020 in Cuiabá.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bonifácio Piccinini" (in Portuguese). Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá". GCatholic.org. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  3. ↑ "Morre aos 91 anos, Dom Bonifácio Piccinini arcebispo emérito de Cuiabá | RDNEWS - Portal de notícias de MT". 28 November 2020.
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