Andrade Ponte resigned, da Silva named São Luís do Maranhão Archbishop

Archbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte retired and Archbishop-designate José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. was named Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil. Archbishop Andrade Ponte had been serving as a bishop for 34 years. Archbishop-designate da Silva had been serving as Bishop of Bacabal.