José Antônio do Couto
Brazilian Dehonian bishop of Taubaté
Who they were
Dom José Antônio do Couto was one of the first students of the Dehonian apostolic school at Lavras and became bishop of Taubaté in 1976, noted for his welcome of the poor.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocese of Taubaté opened the diocesan inquiry on 15 June 2012 after the nihil obstat of 29 March 2012.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.