Tomás de Aquino Ferreira da Costa
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Thomas Aquino Ferreira da Costa OSB | |
|---|---|
| Prior of Holy Cross Monastery | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1980 by Marcel Lefebvre |
| Consecration | 19 March 2016 by Richard Williamson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miguel Ferreira da Costa 1954 (age 69–70) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Denomination | Independent Catholicism[citation needed] |
| Residence | Holy Cross Monastery, Nova Friburgo, Brazil |
Miguel Ferreira da Costa (born 1954) known as Dom Tomás de Aquino, is the prior of the Holy Cross Monastery in Nova Friburgo (Rio de Janeiro State), a refuge for priests who have left the Society of Saint Pius X.
He entered the Abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux in Vaucluse, France, in 1974 and took the name Thomas Aquinas. He was ordained a priest in 1980 in Écône by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. In 1987, he and a group of monks from la Barroux left to Brazil to start the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Nova Friburgo.
He is a traditionalist bishop with the "Marcel Lefebvre Priestly Union" (SSPX Resistance). Bishops Richard Williamson and Jean-Michel Faure consecrated him a bishop,[1][2] 19 March 2016.
References
- ^ "Mgr Williamson a ordonné un nouvel évêque intégriste". La Croix (in French). 2016-03-30. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- ^ "Mgr Richard Williamson ordonne un nouvel évêque - Catholicisme - La Vie". www.lavie.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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