(8 December 1924 in Selva di Progno, Verona – 26 January 1999 in Bissau) was an Italian-born Guinea-Bissauan Roman Catholic bishop.
After the independence of Guinea-Bissau, he was appointed the first bishop of the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau, on 21 March 1977, being ordained on 19 June 1977.
He continued his missionary activity, working for the promotion at the human, social and religious levels of the Guinea-Bissauans.
In 1998, during the armed tension between President João Bernardo Vieira and general Ansumane Mane, he worked as the mediator.
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