Tomás de Aquino Ferreira da Costa
Miguel Ferreira da Costa (born 1954) known as Dom Tomás de Aquino, is the prior of the Holy Cross Monastery in Nova Friburgo (Rio de Janeiro State), a refuge for priests who have left the Society of Saint Pius X.
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Thomas Aquino Ferreira da Costa OSB | |
|---|---|
| Prior of Holy Cross Monastery | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1980 by Marcel Lefebvre |
| Consecration | 19 March 2016 by Richard Williamson |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Miguel Ferreira da Costa |
| Born | 1954 (age 66–67) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Denomination | Independent Catholicism |
| Residence | Holy Cross Monastery, Nova Friburgo, Brazil |
He entered the Abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux in Vaucluse, France, in 1974 and took the name Thomas Aquinas. He was ordained a priest in 1980 in Écône by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. In 1987, he and a group of monks from la Barroux left to Brazil to start the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Nova Friburgo.
He is a traditionalist bishop with the "Marcel Lefebvre Priestly Union" (SSPX Resistance). Bishops Richard Williamson and Jean-Michel Faure consecrated him a bishop,[1][2] 19 March 2016.
References
- "Mgr Williamson a ordonné un nouvel évêque intégriste". La Croix (in French). 2016-03-30. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- "Mgr Richard Williamson ordonne un nouvel évêque - Catholicisme - La Vie". www.lavie.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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