Hildebrando Mendes Costa

His Excellency

Hildebrando Mendes Costa
Bishop Emeritus of Roman Catholic Diocese of Estância
Appointed25 March 1986
Term ended30 April 2003
PredecessorJosé Bezerra Coutinho
SuccessorMarco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Arindela (1981–1986),
Auxuliary Bishop of Aracaju (1981–1986)
Orders
Ordination2 December 1951
Consecration24 May 1981
by Constantino José Lüers
Personal details
Born (1926-06-16) 16 June 1926
Barra do Itiúba, Alagoas, Brazil
MottoOrationi et ministerio

Hildebrando Mendes Costa (born 16 June 1926) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a Titular Bishop of Arindela and an Auxuliary Bishop of Aracaju (1981—1986), and later, as a Diocesan Bishop of Estância (1986–2003).

Biography

Hildebrando Mendes Costa was born in Barra do Itiúba, Alagoas in Brazil and was ordained priest in Penedo on 2 December 1951 for the Diocese of Penedo,[1] but in 1973 he was transferred to serve in Arapiraca at the Archdiocese of Aracaju.[2]

On 15 March 1981 Pope John Paul II appointed him an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Aracaju and at the same time titular bishop of Arindela and Mendes Costa received the episcopal consecration on 24 May of the same year from bishop of Penedo, Constantino José Lüers as a principal consecrator, and a co-consecrators Luciano José Cabral Duarte, archbishop of Aracaju and Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho, archbishop of Maceió[1] at the Estádio Municipal Coaracy da Mata Fonseca in Arapiraca.[2]

On 25 March 1986, he was appointed as a diocesan bishop to the see of Estância and on 30 April 2003 he retired from the pastoral governance of the diocese because of the age limit.[3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bishop Hildebrando Mendes Costa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Bispo Hildebrando Mendes Costa – o Anjo da Paz de Arapiraca". cadaminuto.com.br (in Portuguese). 25 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 7 August 2025.