Altamiro Rossato

Altamiro Rossato (23 June 1925 – 13 May 2014) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.

[1] Rossato was born in Campininha in the municipality of Tuparendi in Rio Grande do Sul.

[2] and ordained as a priest in 1951 in São Paulo[3] Rossato continued his studies in Rome, Italy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum completing a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1953 and Doctorate in Theology in 1955.

[4] He was ordained bishop in the city of Marabá, Para in 1985.

[5] He became of archbishop of Porto Alegre in 1989 and served in this role till 2001.