Argemiro de Azevedo

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Argemiro de Azevedo CMF (born December 3, 1952 in Fernandópolis , São Paulo , Brazil ) is a Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Assis .

Life

Argemiro de Azevedo joined the Claretian Order and made his profession on February 9, 1975 . He studied at the Claretian Seminary in Rio Claro and in Curitiba and was ordained a priest on July 2, 1980 for the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro .

In addition to various tasks in parish pastoral care and internal training, he was director of the university center of his religious community in Batatais from 1985 to 1994 . During this time he graduated from the University of São Marcos in São Paulo with a degree in education . Subsequently he was head of the college and the Claretian Faculty in São Paulo until 2001.

He took on pastoral duties in the diocese of Araçatuba , where he was pastor of the parish Immaculate Heart of Mary since 2003 . He worked as an examining magistrate at the church court and in family chaplaincy. He was also a member of the Council of Priests and the College of Consultors of the Diocese.

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Assis on December 14, 2016. The bishop of Araçatuba , Sérgio Krzywy , gave him episcopal ordination on February 25 of the following year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Itapeva , Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto , and the Prelate of Itaituba , Wilmar Santin OCarm . The inauguration in the diocese of Assis took place on March 19, 2017.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Nomina del Vescovo di Assis (Brazil). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 14, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Azevedo, Argemiro de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic Bishop of Assis
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Fernandópolis , Brazil