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In 1963, Bishop Ferraz was received in the Roman Catholic Church as the Titular Bishop of Eleutherna and took part of sessions of the Second Vatican Council under that office. He was also appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rio de Janeiro by Pope John XXIII. Bishop Ferraz died in 1969, leaving his wife and seven children.

And as some things just happen in Brazil, here we have a precedent: the erratic Msgr Salomão Barbosa Ferraz (1880-1969). Originally Presbyterian, became Anglican and then founded his own sect. He was consecrated bishop in 1945 by the schismatic Archbishop Carlos Duarte. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1963 and named "titular of Eleutherna", acting as auxiliary to Rio de Janeiro and taking part in some sections of Vatican II. He was married and father of seven children. The difference is that Dom Salomão Ferraz had already been a validly sacred bishop when it was received into the Church.

Translated from http://oblatvs.blogspot.com/2010/11/homens-casados-passarao-integrar.html