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The funeral of Dom Antonio Rafael, former bishop of this diocese, died Sunday morning in Braganza Cathedral
The current diocesan bishop, José Cordeiro, as a force of nature, and as a force uncontrollable of nature, but also as one of the "great men who are part of a wonderful kingdom", that of Trás-os-Montes, as described by Miguel Torga. "To read Bragança, to know Bragança, to study Braganza, were their favorite slogans and their assumed attitude", stresses D. José Cordeiro
D. Antonio Rafael died Sunday morning at the age of 92, in the city that hosted him as bishop for 24 years. Born in Lamego, where he was born in 1925, he was assistant to Bragança-Miranda from 1977 to 1979, then residential bishop of the diocese until 2001, succeeding him to António Montes Moreira and in 2011 to José Cordeiro, [19659003TheemeritusbishopwillremainforeverattachedtotheBragançaCathedralwhichhebuiltin1981andwhichwasthefirsttobeinauguratedinthe21stcenturyinPortugalspecificallyin2001L'manwhoisnotDAntóniowasconcernedabouttherealitythatsurroundedhimintheNortheastTransmontanoregionand"hisapostoliczealledhimtoquestion"Aneighborhoodthatisaboveallacradleandagrave"saidBishopJoséCordeiroinhishomilythisafternoonintheCathedral
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The Bishop of Porto, D. Manuel Linda, who was his pupil, reminds him as a man of "innovative ideas for the time" and very determined. this to the problems to solve them.
Glória Lopes
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