Padre Tião is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 12 December 1965 and ended on 17 February 1966, with a total of 50 episodes. It was the third "novela das sete" to be aired on the timeslot. It was created by Moysés Weltman and directed by Otávio Graça Mello.[1][2]