title: Irineu Roque Scherer
text: # Irineu Roque Scherer
  
  Irineu Roque Scherer (15 December 1950 – 2 July 2016) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
  
  Ordained to the priesthood in 1978. Scherer served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns, Brazil, from 1998 to 2007. He then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joinville from 2007 until his death.
  
  