Geraldo Lyrio Rocha

Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (14 March 1942 – 26 July 2023) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate.

He served as bishop of Colatina from 1990 to 2002, archbishop of Vitória da Conquista from 2002 to 2007 and Mariana from 2007 to 2018.

[1] On 14 March 1984, Rocha was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Vitória, with the titular see of Thelepte.

[1] On 16 January 2002, he was appointed archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, in the state of Bahia.

[2][1] On 11 April 2007, Rocha was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana.