Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (June 24, 1931 Fortaleza, Brazil - March 15, 2009) was the Brazilian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão from 1984 until his retirement in 2005. He had previously served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Itapipoca from 1971 until 1984, when Ponte was elevated to the Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão by Pope John Paul II. Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte died on March 15, 2009, in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, at the age of 77. References Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte † 1931 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil People from Fortaleza People from São Luís, Maranhão 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil Roman Catholic archbishops of São Luís do Maranhão Roman Catholic bishops of Itapipoca