Antônio de Almeida Lustosa (11 February 1886 - 14 August 1974) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco.

He was a constant evangelizer and was also an author who wrote children's literature and music in addition to hagiographical and theological works.

[1] His reputation for holiness had been noted in his life while he served in his dioceses and archdioceses and steps were taken in order to initialize a potential beatification process.

[3] Following his 1912 ordination he taught philosophical and theological studies for a brief period before serving as a novice master for seminarians.

In 1924 he learnt that Pope Pius XI had appointed him as the Bishop of Uberaba and decided to refuse the nomination.

[1][3] His first circular letter in Uberaba consecrated the diocese to the Sacred Heart in addition to making the determination that all parishes must expose the Blessed Sacrament once per week for adoration and to foster deeper devotion to the Eucharist.

It was in his archdiocese that he founded the archdiocesan newspaper called "The Word" and it would also feature a particular column dedicated to his pastoral visits.

[1][2] Lustosa authored several books in addition to music he himself wrote and also children's literature as a means of instructing them in the faith and the basic tenets of catechism.

Lustosa departed from his archdiocese with three priests helping him to leave at 6:00am where he got into a van that was to take him into retirement at a Salesian house in Carpina in Pernambuco where he would spend the remainder of his life.

[1][2] The beatification process opened on 10 August 1992 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (CCS) issued the "nihil obstat" (nothing against) edict and titled Lustosa as a Servant of God.