Monsignor Antônio Ordones Lemos dies at age 86 in Divinópolis

Monsignor Antônio Ordones Lemos dies — Photo: Diocese of Divinópolis/Disclosure

Monsignor Antônio Ordones Lemos died at the age of 86, in the early hours of this Tuesday (20), in Divinópolis. According to the Diocese, since 2022 he was in an advanced stage of Alzheimer's disease.

According to the Diocese, the wake will be at Nossa Senhora da Guia Parish, starting at 9 am. The Funeral Mass is scheduled for 11am.

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The monsignor passed away at Casa de Reposo Terça da Serra in Divinópolis, where he had lived for some years.

His last parish in the city was São José Operário, where he served as vicar. He also worked at the Nossa Senhora da Guia Parish.

Monsignor Antônio Ordones Lemos was born on June 16, 1940 in Campos Altos, in the Triângulo Mineiro.

He was ordained a priest on February 3, 1968 at the Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, in Divinópolis, by the then bishop of the time, Dom Cristiano Frederico Portela de Araújo Pena.