Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes (9 October 1929 – 11 March 2020) was a Brazilian

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bishop. Mendes was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina, Brazil, from 1985 to 1989. Mendes then served as titular bishop of ''Ploahe'' and as

auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from 1989 to 2004.Diocese of Leopoldina
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