Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni is the retired bishop of Caxias do Sul and a

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priest.

Biography

Born in

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in 1943, fourth of five children, he completed his studies between

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and

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. He entered the Scalabrinian Congregation in 1961, to be ordained priest on 8 March 1970. He left Italy for Brazil as a missionary in following November. From 1988 to 1998 he was director of the ''Centro Missionero P. Luigi Valtulini'' in

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; and from 1999 to 2004 he was provincial superior in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Elected titular bishop of Furnos Maior in 2006, he was ordained as auxiliary bishop of

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...

on 17 March 2006, and moved to

Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul (), is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, situated in the state's mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. It was established by Italian immigrants on June 20, 1890. Today it is the second largest city in the state of Rio Gran ...

as coadjutor bishopPapa nomeia bispo de Caxias do Sul membro de Pontifício Conselho
/ref> on 16 June 2010. He succeeded the see on 6 July 2011, and remained in office until 26 June 2019 when

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accepted his resignation.

Gallery

Image:São Romédio 140 anos.jpg, Bishop Ruffinoni celebrates the 140th year foundation of

São Romédio Community The São Romédio Community ( pt, Comunidade de São Romédio) is an historic neighbourhood in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. History The community was founded in mid-1876 during the Italian colonization of the Rio Grande do Sul. (Some immigrants had a ...

, 20 April 2016.

Honours and awards

References

External links

Profile of Mons. Ruffinoni
''www.catholic-hierarchy.org''
Page of diocese of Caxias do Sul
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruffinoni, Alessandro Carmelo 1943 births Italian Roman Catholic missionaries Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Clergy from the Province of Bergamo Italian expatriates in Brazil Roman Catholic bishops of Porto Alegre Roman Catholic bishops of Caxias do Sul