Moacyr Grechi

Moacyr Grechi

Archbishop of Porto Velho
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Porto Velho
In office29 July 1998 – 30 November 2011
PredecessorJosé Martins da Silva
SuccessorEsmeraldo Barreto de Farias [pt]
Previous postsBishop of Rio Branco (1986-1998)
Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia (1973-1978)
Prelate of Acre and Purus (1972-1986)
Orders
Ordination29 June 1961
Consecration21 October 1973
by João de Sousa Lima [pt]
Personal details
Born(1936-01-19)19 January 1936
Died17 June 2019(2019-06-17) (aged 83)

Moacyr Grechi (19 January 1936 – 17 June 2019) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop.

Career

Grechi was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He served as bishop-prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Acre and Purus from 1972 to 1986. In 1986, the territorial prelature was elevated to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Branco, Brazil, and Grechi served as the first bishop of the diocese from 1986 to 1998. He then served as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho, Brazil, from 1998 to 2011.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Archbishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
  2. ↑ Archdiocese of Porto Velho