Tomás BalduÃÂno, O.P. (born Paulo Balduino de Sousa Décio, December 31, 1922 â May 2, 2014) was a diocesan bishop of the Catholic Church in Brazil.
Tomás BalduÃÂno was born in Posse, Goiás, and was ordained a priest on July 4, 1948, from the religious order of the Order of Friars Preachers, known as the Dominican Order. BalduÃÂno was appointed Coadjutor Prelate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of SantÃÂssima Conceição do Araguaia on August 15, 1967, as well as titular bishop of Vicus Pacati.
BalduÃÂno was appointed bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás on November 10, 1967, and was ordained bishop on November 26, 1967.
He was the founder, in 1975, and first president of the Comissão Patroral da Terra.
BalduÃÂno retired as bishop on December 2, 1998.
BalduÃÂno has been referred to as one of the most important promoters of the Liberation theology. In March 2009, he participated in ceremonies in Rome commemorating the 29th anniversary of the murder of Mgr. ÃÂscar Romero.