João Scognamiglio Clá Dias
The Very Reverend Monsignor João Scognamiglio Clá Dias | |
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| Superior General of the Heralds of the Gospel | |
Clá Dias (right) with Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 | |
| Successor | to be designated |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1939 |
| Died | 1 November 2024 (aged 85) Franco da Rocha, São Paulo, Brazil |
João Scognamiglio Clá Dias (15 August 1939 – 1 November 2024) was a Brazilian Catholic priest and religious writer who founded of the Heralds of the Gospel in was their superior general until his resignation in 2017. Dias joined the Marian Congregation of the Third Carmelite Order in 1956, and was ordained a priest in 2004. He was also the honorary canon of the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. He died in 2024 at the age of 85.