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Padre Silvio Pereira é nomeado como bispo auxiliar da diocese de São Miguel Paulista (SP)
Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Silvio Pereira de Castro as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of São Miguel Paulista in the state of São Paulo. The appointment follows a request from Bishop Algacir Munhak for an assistant to help lead the diocese.
Father Pereira, a member of the clergy of the Diocese of São Miguel Paulista, will also serve as the titular bishop of Mauriana. Before this appointment, he served as the rector of the diocesan seminary for philosophy and theology.
The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) sent a greeting to the new bishop, with Cardinal Jaime Spengler expressing joy regarding the news.
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- Official sourceFather Silvio Pereira appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of São Miguel Paulista (SP)
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