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Werner Franz Siebenbrock S.V.D. (27 September 1937 – 24 December 2019) was a Brazilian
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bishop. Siebenbrock was born in
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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served as titular bishop of ''Tacia montana'' and as auxiliary bishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church located in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, s ...
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, from 1988 to 1994. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nova Iguaçu, Brazil, from 1994 to 2001 and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares, Brazil, from 2001 to 2014.Diocese of Governador Valadares
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