Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian priest
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Place of Birth: Pedras de Fogo, Paraíba, Brazil
About Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira
- Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira (27 November 1844 - 4 July 1878) - in religious Vital María from Pernambuco - was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Olinda from 1871 until his death and was a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
- He was imprisoned from 1874 until 1875 during the crisis ensuring from the Religious Question after his bold condemnations and actions against Freemasons who came into direct conflict with him.
- The bishop was a vocal critic of Masonic influence in ecclesial affairs and attempted to have fraternities expel members who were Masonic; an imperial review found that he was risking a severe breach of the constitution which served as the motivator for his arrest and subsequent imprisonment.The cause for his beatification had its origins from the 1930s though never achieved a formal process until 1953; this too did not last long and the cause remained inactive until 1994 when he became titled as a Servant of God and the cause resumed.
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