João Evangelista Martins Terra

Brazilian priest

Joăo Evangelista Martins Terra S.J. (7 March 1925 – 11 March 2022) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Jardinópolis, São Paulo. He became a priest in 1956 for the Society of Jesus. He was appointed titular bishop of Bagis and then was the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife, Brazil, from 1988 to 1994 and as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasilia, Brazil, from 1994 until his retirement in 2004.[1]

Martins Terra died on 11 March 2022, four days after his 97th birthday.[2]

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  1. Joao Evangelista Martins Terra
  2. "Morre Dom João Evangelista Martins Terra, aos 97 anos". Correio Braziliense. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.