João Alves (bishop)

João Alves ( born December 13, 1925 in Torres Novas, Portugal, † June 28, 2013 in Coimbra ) was Bishop of Coimbra.

Life

João Alves received on 29 June 1951, the ordination.

Pope Paul VI. appointed him on 12 December 1974 Titular Bishop of Scala and Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra. The Patriarch of Lisbon, António Ribeiro, donated to him on 23 November of the same year the episcopal ordination; Were co-consecrators João António Saraiva da Silva, Bishop of Coimbra, and Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão, Coadjutor Bishop of Beja.

On September 8, 1976 he was appointed Paul VI. Bishop of Coimbra. On March 24, 2001 Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation due to age.

João Alves in 1984 a member of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes and was from 1993 to 1995 bis 1997 to 1999 president of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference (CEP ). He was considered an important representative of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal. He became president of the Episcopal Commission for Social Communications 1999.