Geraldo Lyrio Rocha
{{Short description|Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (1942–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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| type = Archbishop
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
| name = Geraldo Lyrio Rocha
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| title = Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana
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| see = Mariana
| appointed = 11 April 2007
| term_start = 23 June 2007
| ended = 25 April 2018
| predecessor = Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida
| successor = Airton José dos Santos
| ordination = 15 August 1967
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| consecration = 31 May 1984
| consecrated_by = Silvestre Luís Scandián
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| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória and Titular Bishop of Thelepte (1984–1990)|Bishop of Colatina (1990–2002)|Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (2002–2007)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1942|03|14}}
| birth_place = Fundão, Espírito Santo, Brazil
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|07|26|1942|03|14}}
| death_place = Altamira, Pará, Brazil
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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.
Priesthood
On 15 August 1967, Rocha was ordained a priest and incardinated in the Archdiocese of Vitória. He had held the positions of spiritual father, then rector of the diocesan seminary (1967–1983), director of the local Pastoral Institute and pastoral coordinator in the archdiocese (1968–1976).{{cite web| url=https://arqmariana.com.br/dom-geraldo | title= Dom Geraldo | work= Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana | language=pt | accessdate= 27 October 2018}}
Episcopate
On 14 March 1984, Rocha was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Vitória, with the titular see of Thelepte. He was consecrated bishop on 31 May by Archbishop Silvestre Luís Scandián. On 23 April 1990, he was appointed Bishop of Colatina. On 16 January 2002, he was appointed archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, in the state of Bahia. The swear in took place on 17 March.{{cite web| url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/01/16/0031/00084.html | title= EREZIONE DELLA PROVINCIA ECCLESIASTICA DI VITÓRIA DA CONQUISTA (BRASILE) E NOMINA DEL PRIMO ARCIVESCOVO METROPOLITA | website= vatican.va | date= 16 January 2002 | language=it | accessdate= 27 October 2018}}
On 11 April 2007, Rocha was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana.{{cite web|access-date=27 October 2018|date=2007-04-11|language=it|title=NOMINA DELL'ARCIVESCOVO METROPOLITA DI MARIANA (BRASILE)|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/04/11/0188/00519.html|work=vatican.va}} The canonical assumption of office took place on 23 June. Between 2003 and 2007, he was the 2nd vice-chairman of CELAM. From 2007 to 2011, he was the president of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2011/05/10/brasilien_neuer_pr%C3%A4sident_der_bischofskonferenz/ted-485795|title=Brasilien: Neuer Präsident der Bischofskonferenz|website=www.archivioradiovaticana.va}} On 25 April 2018, the pope accepted Rocha's resignation due to age.{{cite web| url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/04/25/0299/00649.html | title= Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Mariana (Brasile) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo | work= vatican.va | date= 25 April 2018 | language=it | accessdate= 27 October 2018}}
Death
Rocha died in Altamira on 26 July 2023, at the age of 81.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbb.org.br/faleceu-na-diocese-de-xingu-altamira-pa-o-arcebispo-emerito-de-mariana-mg-dom-geraldo-lyrio-rocha/ |title=Faleceu na diocese de Xingu-Altamira (PA), o arcebispo emérito de Mariana (MG), dom Geraldo Lyrio Rocha |publisher=Brasilianische Bischofskonferenz |date=2023-07-26 |language=pt |accessdate=2023-07-28}}
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{{s-bef | before=Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida}}
{{s-ttl | title=Archbishop of Mariana|years=2007–2018}}
{{s-aft | after=Airton José dos Santos}}
{{s-bef | before=Celso José Pinto da Silva}}
{{s-ttl | title=Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista|years=2002–2007}}
{{s-aft | after=Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu}}
{{s-bef | before=First}}
{{s-ttl | title=Bishop of Colatina|years=1990–2002}}
{{s-aft | after=Décio Sossai Zandonade}}
{{s-bef | before=Paulo Lopes de Faria}}
{{s-ttl | title=Titular Bishop of Thelepte|years=1984–1990}}
{{s-aft | after=Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran}}
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{{s-ttl | title=Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória|years=1984–1990}}
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Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Category:21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil
Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Mariana
Category:Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
Category:Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni