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Servant of God Bishop Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira O.F.M. Cap. |
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| Bishop of Olinda | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Olinda |
| See | Olinda |
| Appointed | 22 December 1871 |
| Installed | 24 May 1872 |
| Term ended | 4 July 1878 |
| Predecessor | Francisco Cardoso Aires |
| Successor | José Pereira da Silva Barros |
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| Ordination | 2 August 1863 |
| Consecration | 17 March 1872 by Pedro Maria de Lacerda |
| Rank | Bishop |
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| Birth name | Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira |
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27 November 1844 Pedras de Fogo, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Died | 4 July 1878 (aged 33) Paris, French Third Republic |
| Alma mater | Saint-Sulpice seminary |
| Motto | Iter para tutum |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Servant of God |
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Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira (27 November 1844 - 4 July 1878) - in religious Vital María from Pernambuco - was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Olinda from 1871 until his death and was a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was imprisoned from 1874 until 1875 during the crisis ensuring from the Religious Question after his bold condemnations and actions against Freemasons who came into direct conflict with him. The bishop was a vocal critic of Masonic influence in ecclesial affairs and attempted to have fraternities expel members who were Masonic; an imperial review found that he was risking a severe breach of the constitution which served as the motivator for his arrest and subsequent imprisonment.
The cause for his beatification had its origins from the 1930s though never achieved a formal process until 1953; this too did not last long and the cause remained inactive until 1994 when he became titled as a Servant of God and the cause resumed.
Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira was born in Pernambuco in Brazil on 27 November 1844 to Antônio Gonçalves and Antonia Albia de Oliveira.
He attended school at Recife and Itambá while he later commenced his studies for the priesthood in Olinda before he continued his studies at the Saint-Sulpice institute abroad in Paris. He became a Franciscan friar after entering the order at Versailles on 16 July 1863 while he received the habit and his religious name on 15 August 1863. He was ordained to the priesthood on 2 August 1863 in Toulouse.
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