Paulino Fernandes Madeca (born 28 November 1927, Chingolo,
Cabinda,
Angola
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; died 9 January 2008,
Luanda
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, Angola) was a
Catholic Bishop
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of
Cabinda.
Life
Madeca entered a seminary in 1940. He subsequently studied theology and philosophy in Luanda and was ordained to the
priesthood on 20 July 1958.
On 22 July 1983
Pope John Paul II
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In his you ...
appointed him
titular bishop
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of
Egnatia and auxiliary bishop in the
. He was consecrated by Archbishop
Fortunato Baldelli
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, on 9 October of the same year; coconsecrating were
Eduardo André Muaca
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, Archbishop of Luanda, and
Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga
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, Bishop of
Benguela
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History
Por ...
. On 2 July 1984 he was transferred to the Diocese of Cabinda.
Madeca resigned on 11 February 2005. He died on 9 January 2008, at the Military Hospital of Luanda; he is buried in Cabinda.
References
*
„Angola: Morreu o primeiro bispo de Cabinda“(Portuguese)
1927 births
2008 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Angola
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Angola
Roman Catholic bishops of Cabinda
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