Vatican City, 15 April 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Bishop Wilson Luis Angotti Filho,
auxiliary of the archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, as bishop of
Taubate (area 4,534, population 692,000, Catholics 592,000, priests
123, permanent deacons 55, religious 433), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop
Carmo Joao Rhoden, S.C.I., whose resignation from the pastoral care
of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the
Holy Father.
- Msgr. Oriolo dos Santos as auxiliary
of the archdiocese of Belo Horizonte (area 7,222, population
4,785,000, Catholics 3,350,000, priests 771, permanent deacons 16,
religious 2,465), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Itajuba,
Brazil in 1964 and was ordained a priest in 1990. He holds degrees in
philosophy from the University of Campinas and in marking and
strategic personnel management from the “Gama Filho” University
in Rio de Janeiro. He has served in a number of pastoral roles in the
archdiocese of Pouso Alegre, including parish vicar, parish priest,
canon of the metropolitan chapter, episcopal vicar for the
administration of the Sacrament of Confirmation, promotor of justice
of the ecclesiastical tribunal, and professor of philosophy at the
archdiocesan seminary. He is currently parish priest of the Cathedral
of Pouso Alegre.
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