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Aloysio José Leal Penna

Roman Catholic archbishop (1933–2012)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ526755 ↗
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Aloysio José Leal Penna, SJ (7 February 1933 – 19 June 2012) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu, Brazil.

Penna was ordained into the priesthood in 1963, was named a bishop in 1984 and retired in 2008.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1933, 2012, 1963, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1933-02-07. The account is most persuasive where Aloysio, José and Leal can be independently traced.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q526755. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1933, 2012, 1963 and 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aloysio José Leal Penna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.