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Bruno Maldaner
Bishop of Frederico Westphalen
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Frederico Westphalen
In office	27 May 1971 – 12 December 2001
Predecessor	João Aloysio Hoffmann
Successor	Zeno Hastenteufel
Previous posts	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania (1966-1971) Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (1966-1971)
Orders
Ordination	8 December 1950
Consecration	29 June 1966 by Agnelo Rossi
Personal details
Born	(1924-08-04)4 August 1924 Nova Petrópolis, São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Republic of the United States of Brazil
Died	16 November 2008(2008-11-16) (aged 84)

Bruno Maldaner (4 August 1924 – 16 November 2008) was a Brazilian Bishop for the Catholic Church.

Biography

Bruno Maldaner was born in the locality of Pinhal Alto, in Nova Petrópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, the son of Aloísio Maldaner and Adelina Hansen Maldaner. He studied at the seminaries of Gravataí and São Leopoldo, and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained a priest in Rome on 8 December 1950, at the age of 26, and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil and Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania on 15 April 1966. He was later appointed Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Brazil on 27 May 1997. He retired in 2001.

Maldaner died on 16 November 2008.

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy