Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (born 3 October 1924) is a Brazilian

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prelate, who served as Titular Bishop of Vicus Cæsaris (8 August 1966 — 18 May 1994), Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (8 August 1966 – 3 July 1974), Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (3 July 1974 – 18 May 1994), Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Limoeiro do Norte (22 May 1992 – 18 May 1994) and the Diocesan Bishop of

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(18 May 1994 – 6 May 1998).

Biography

Manuel Edmilson da Cruz was born in Acaraú in

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and was ordained priest in Sobral on 5 December 1948 for the Diocese of Sobral.

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appointed him an auxiliary bishop of São Luís do Maranhão and at the same time titular bishop of Vicus Caesaris on 8 August 1966 and received the episcopal consecration on 6 November of the same year from archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, João José da Mota e Albuquerque as a principal consecrator, and a co-consecrators Walfrido Teixeira Vieira, bishop of Sobral and José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago, bishop of Iguatu. On 3 July 1974, he was transferred as an auxuliary bishop of Archdiocese of Fortaleza and later, on 18 May 1994 he was appointed by Pope

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as a diocesan bishop to the residential see of

and on 6 May 1998 he renounced the pastoral governance of the diocese.Com 96 anos, o bispo emérito de Limoeiro do Norte (CE), dom Manuel Edmilson, dá exemplo de unidade na participação na 58ª AG CNBB

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