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Place of Birth: Itararé, São Paulo, Brazil
About Mário Antônio da Silva
- Mário Antônio da Silva (born 17 October 1966) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Roraima since June 2016.
- He was previously auxiliary bishop of Manaus for six years. Mário Antônio da Silva was born in Itararé, State of São Paulo, on 17 October 1966.
- He studied philosophy and theology at the Divine Mestre Diocesan Seminary in Jacarezinho from 1985 to 1991.
- He then earned a licenciate in moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome (1996-1998).On 21 December 1991 he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Jacarezinho, where he worked as Spiritual Director (1992-1993) and then Rector of the Minor Seminary Nossa Senhora da Assunção (1994-1996); Coordinator of Vocation Ministry (1993-1996); Professor of Moral Theology and Spiritual Director of the Divine Major Seminary Mestre; Parochial Vicar; Pastor and Chancellor.On 9 June 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named him auxiliary bishop of Manaus.
- He received his episcopal consecration on 20 August from Mauro Aparecido dos Santos, Archbishop of Cascavel.
- On 22 June 2016, Pope Francis named him Bishop of Roraima.He is vice president of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.He was a participant in the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region in 2019.
- He was one of four Synod prelates elected on 7 October to the thirteen-person committee to prepare the Synod's concluding document.
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