Career
Born in Luz, Minas Gerais, Zico was ordained to the priesthood in 1950. He was appointed coadjutor archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belem do Pará, Brazil in 1980, and succeeded to the archdiocese in 1990. He retired in 2004.
Born in Luz, Minas Gerais, Zico was ordained to the priesthood in 1950. He was appointed coadjutor archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belem do Pará, Brazil in 1980, and succeeded to the archdiocese in 1990. He retired in 2004.