Manuel Pestana Filho Explained

Type:Bishop
Manuel Pestana Filho
Bishop of the Diocese of Anápolis Emeritus
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Roman Catholic Diocese of Anápolis
Term:1978 - 2004
Predecessor:Epaminondas José de Araújo
Successor:João Casimiro Wilk
Ordination:October 5, 1952
Consecration:February 18, 1979
Consecrated By:Carmine Rocco
Birth Date:27 April 1928
Birth Place:Santos, Brazil
Death Place:Santos, Brazil

Manuel Pestana Filho (April 27, 1928  - January 8, 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Anápolis, Brazil.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1952, he was appointed bishop of the Anápolis Diocese in 1987. During this time, Bishop Pestana requested that students and professors of the Canons Regular religious congregation assist in his reforms to the seminary in his diocese. Bishop Athanasius Schneider was amongst the first 12 students of the Canons Regular sent to Brazil. Schneider was ordained by Bishop Pestana on March 25, 1990.

Bishop Pestana Filho retired in 2004.