Henrique Soares da Costa

Henrique Soares da Costa (11 April 1963 – 18 July 2020[1]) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. He served as bishop of the diocese of Palmares from 2014 until his death in 2020.[2]

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Henrique Soares da Costa
Bishop of Palmares
Henrique Soares da Costa in 2014
ArchdioceseOlinda and Recife
DiocesePalmares
AppointedMarch 19, 2014
InstalledMarch 19, 2014
Term endedJuly 18, 2020
PredecessorGenival Saraiva de França
Orders
OrdinationAugust 15, 1992
ConsecrationJune 19, 2009
by Antônio Muniz Fernandes
Personal details
Born(1963-04-11)11 April 1963
Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
DiedJuly 18, 2020(2020-07-18) (aged 57)
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Previous postAuxiliary Bishop of Aracaju
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
Styles of
Henrique Soares da Costa
Reference styleHis Most Reverend Excellency
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Dom Henrique

Biography

In 1981, Costa entered the Maceió Seminary and, in 1984, completed a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from the Federal University of Alagoas. From 1985 to 1989 he was a novice at the São Bento Monastery, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and at the Trappist Monastery of Nossa Senhora do Novo Mundo in Curitiba.

He returned to the Seminary of Maceió, in 1990, where he started the Faculty of Theology. The following year, he went to Rome and completed theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, with a master's degree in Dogmatic Theology.

He was ordained a priest on August 15, 1992. As a priest, he was rector of the Nossa Senhora do Livramento Church in Maceió, from 1994 to 2009 he was a professor of theology at the Maceió Provincial Seminary and in the Theology Course at the Center for Higher Studies in Maceió; he was also a professor at the Franciscan Institute of Theology, in the city of Olinda, and at the Sedes Sapientiae Institute, in Recife.

Costa was a member of the Presbyterian Council of the Archdiocese of Maceió, the Cabido Metropolitano and the Colégio de Consultores; he was also Episcopal Vicar for the laity and coordinator of the Political Formation Commission and responsible for the permanent deacons and for the archdiocesan diaconal school.

On April 1, 2009, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Aracaju with the title of Acufida. He was ordained a bishop on June 19, 2009, by Dom Antônio Muniz Fernandes, Archbishop of Maceió.

On March 19, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him bishop of the Diocese of Palmares.[3]

Illness and death

On July 4, 2020, Costa was admitted to the Memorial Hospital São José, in Recife, with a severe respiratory problem, victim of COVID-19. He accepted his situation well, according to his diocese, he was calm, serene and with a deep spirituality.[4] Some time later, on July 18, he died at 57 years of age, victim of complications with the disease. His body, according to information from the Diocese, is being taken to his hometown, Palmares.[5] He is the third Brazilian bishop to die because of coronavirus.[6] His death was grieved by all Brazilian Catholics.

References
  1. "Morre Dom Henrique Soares da Costa".
  2. "RINUNCE E NOMINE". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  3. "RINUNCE E NOMINE". press.vatican.va.
  4. "Fiéis se unem em oração por Dom Henrique Soares, vítima da Covid-19". Notícias. July 7, 2020.
  5. Freelancer Católico. "Nota de falecimento de Dom Henrique Soares da Costa".
  6. https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/eglise/news/2020-07/eveque-du-bresil-deces-coronavirus.html?fbclid=IwAR0EMBPS8O8vzToOjVc7VHX8WMwgYldm-wgFIB9lfNAl6csCYVNIW6X-wgk
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