Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
José Jovêncio Balestieri | |
Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul | |
Metropolis: | Florianópolis |
Term Start: | 30 August 2000 |
Term End: | 19 March 2008 |
Predecessor: | Tito Buss |
Successor: | Augustinho Petry |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Humaitá (1991–1998) Coadjutor Bishop of Rio do Sul (1998–2000) |
Ordination: | 29 June 1968 |
Ordained By: | José Thurler |
Consecration: | 19 May 1991 |
Consecrated By: | Antônio Possamai |
Birth Date: | 1939 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
Death Place: | Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
José Jovêncio Balestieri (18 May 1939 – 2 April 2023) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Humaitá from 1991 to 1998, coadjutor bishop from 1998 to 2000, and bishop from 2000 to 2008 of Rio do Sul.[1]