Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva
The Most Reverend Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva | |
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Roman Catholic | |
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| Motto | Servite Domino in Laetitia ('Serve ye the Lord with gladness') |
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Your Excellency | |
| Religious style | bishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva (born 24 January 1969) is the
Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (in the state capital) in Rio Grande do Sul
state, southernmost Brazil.
Biography
Early life and priesthood
Gonçalves e Silva was born in 1969 in
Pelotas, where he did his secondary studies. He studied philosophy in Catholic University of Pelotas, and theology in São Francisco de Paula seminary. He also earned a degree in spirituality in Rome and attended university courses in Brazil
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On 9 December 1994 he was
ordained
a priest. He was rector of the Diocesan Seminary and then General Vicar em Pelotas.
Bishop
On 22 March 2017, he was appointed
Coadjutor Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro by Pope Francis, and received episcopal consecration on 9 June by the most reverend Jacinto Bergmann.[2]