José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques

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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend

| name =José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques

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| title = Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza

| image = Dom José Antonio Aparecido Tosi Marques.jpg

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| church =Roman Catholic Church

| archdiocese =Fortaleza

| metropolis=Fortaleza

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| appointed = 13 January 1999

| enthroned =

| term_end = 11 October 2023

| predecessor = Cláudio Hummes

| successor = Gregório Leozírio Ben Lâmed da Paixão Neto

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| ordination = 8 December 1974

| ordained_by = Constantino Amstalden

| consecration = 20 September 1999

| consecrated_by=Lucas Moreira Neves

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|05|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil

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| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (1991-99)|Titular Bishop of Lisinia (1991-99)}}

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| coat_of_arms=Escudo de Armas de Monseñor Aparecido Tosi.png

| motto = {{lang|la|Fiat voluntas tua}}

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José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques (born 13 May 1948) is a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Fortaleza from 1999 to 2023.

Biography

Born on 13 May 1948, the first of six brothers, he was ordained a priest in 1974.

He served as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia from 1991 to 1999.{{cite web|title=Dom José Antonio Aparecido Tosi Marques |url= http://www.arquidiocesedefortaleza.org.br/presbiterio/arcebispo/dom-jose-antonio-aparecido-tosi-marques/|accessdate=24 October 2018|website= Archdiocese of Fortaleza | url-status = live | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231216020150/https://www.arquidiocesedefortaleza.org.br/arquidiocese/clero/arcebispo-emerito/dom-jose-antonio-aparecido-tosi-marques/ | archive-date= 16 December 2023 |language=pt}}

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 11 October 2023.{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/10/11/231011c.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 11 October 2023 | title = Resignations and Assignments, 11.10.2023 | access-date = 25 January 2024}}