Departures of note

Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto was born on 11 August 1926 in Colônia Antônio Rebouças, Campo Largo, Paraná, into a family of Italian descent. He studied at the Central Seminary of the Immaculate Conception of Ipiranga in São Paulo and was ordained a priest in 1953 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Light in Curitiba.

In 1966 Pope Paul VI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Curitiba, and in 1970 he became metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Curitiba, a post he held until his retirement in 2004. During his long tenure he created 74 new parishes, ordained 74 diocesan priests, and welcomed numerous male and female religious congregations. He also served as president of the Regional Sul II of the Brazilian bishops' conference for 28 years and hosted Pope John Paul II's visit to Curitiba in 1980.

After stepping down he remained active as archbishop emeritus and received an honorary doctorate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. He died in Curitiba on 26 September 2026 at the age of 100.