Vatican City, 10 December 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Eduardo Vieira dos Santos and
Rev. Fr. Devair Araujo da Fonseca as auxiliaries of the archdiocese
of Sao Paulo (area 655, population 6,633,912, Catholics 4,776,416,
priests 995, permanent deacons 72, religious 2,316), Brazil.
The bishop-elect Eduardo Vieira dos
Santos was born in Bom Sucesso, Brazil in 1965 and was ordained a
priest in 2000. He holds a licentiate in canon law and has served in
a number of pastoral roles, including: pastoral assistant, parish
priest of the “Sao Joao Gualberto” parish, chaplain of the Parque
Gethsemani cemetery, coordinator of extraordinary ministry of the
Communion for the archdiocese of Sao Paulo and vice rector of the Sao
Paulo seminary of theology. He is currently archdiocesan chanceller
of parish priest of the Cathedral of Sao Paulo.
The bishop-elect Devair Araujo da
Fonseca was born in Franca, Brazil in 1968 and was ordained a priest
in 1998. He holds a licentiate in dogmatic theology and has served in
a number of pastoral roles, including: parish vicar, parish priest in
the “Sao Crispim” parish, rector of the “Nossa Senhora do
Carmo” diocesan seminary, chaplain of Carmelo de Santa Teresa,
professor at the Joao XXIII Institute of Theology, secretary and
president of the OSIB (Organisation of Seminaries and Institutes of
Brazil). He is currently parish priest of the “Sao Jose” parish
in Orlandia and diocesan coordinator for pastoral ministry.
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