Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter (7 December 1927 – 5 March 2007) was a Brazilian clergyman in the Roman Catholic church. He was a bishop for over 38 years, from 1965 to his retirement in 2004. He was a leading proponent of liberation theology, and denounced abuses of human rights by the military regime that controlled Brazil in the anos de chumbo from 1964 to 1985.
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7 December 1927 Sao Jose do Hortencio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Died |
5 March 2007 (aged 79) Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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