Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro
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Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro (May 30, 1925 – June 4, 2010) was the Roman Catholic titular bishop
of Dumium and the auxiliary bishop
of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga
, Portugal
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Ordained to the priesthood on July 8, 1951, Pinheiro was named auxiliary bishop of the Braga Archdiocese on February 16, 1985 and was ordained bishop on April 28, 1985 retiring on November 10, 2000.
Titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...
of Dumium and the auxiliary bishop
Auxiliary bishop
An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...
of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal.Its suffragans are the diocese of Aveiro, diocese of Bragança-Miranda, diocese of Coimbra, diocese of Lamego, diocese of Porto, diocese of Viana do Castelo, diocese of Vila Real,...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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Ordained to the priesthood on July 8, 1951, Pinheiro was named auxiliary bishop of the Braga Archdiocese on February 16, 1985 and was ordained bishop on April 28, 1985 retiring on November 10, 2000.