Sérgio de Deus Borges
Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed27 June 2012
SuccessorIncumbent
Other post(s)Apostolic Administrator of Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (2018–2019)
Orders
Ordination6 February 1993 (Priest)
Consecration18 August 2012 (Bishop)
by Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães
Personal details
Born
Sérgio de Deus Borges

(1966-09-04) 4 September 1966
Coat of arms of Sérgio de Deus Borges.

Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges (born 4 September 1966) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as an Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo and the Titular Bishop of Gergis since 27 June 2012 and was an Apostolic Administrator of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo since 23 May 2018, having these until 17 June 2019. He was then appointed Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana.

Life

Bishop Borges was born in a Roman Catholic family in Alfredo Wagner, Santa Catarina. After graduation of the school education, he subsequently joined the Theological Institute Paul VI in Londrina.[1] He was ordained as priest on February 6, 1993, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cornélio Procópio[2] after completed his philosophical and theological study. Also, he graduated from the Universidade Luterana do Brasil with a licentiate degree in pedagogy, the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires with a Doctor of Canon Law degree.[1]

After his ordination he served as a parish priest in the different localities of his diocese and was a Rector of the Major Theological Seminary of São José (2000–2011). In the same time he was a professor of the Canon Law in the diffenet Catholic educational institutes and worked as a judicial vicar. From 2011 he also is a President of the Brazilian Society of Canonists.[1]

On June 27, 2012, he was appointed by the Pope Benedict XVI as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo and Titular Bishop of Gergis. On August 18, 2012, he was consecrated as bishop by Bishop Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] He had responsibility as a Vicar Episcopal for the Region of Santana.[1]

On May 23, 2018, he was appointed by the Pope Francis as an Apostolic Administrator of the then vacant Eastern Catholic circumscription – Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo.[3] This and his tenure as Auxiliary Bishop ended due to appointment, July 17, 2019 as Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dom Sérgio de Deus Borges". Official Website of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. "Nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico sede vacante dell'Eparchia Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo dei Greco-Melkiti (Brasile)". Official Website of the Holy See (in Italian). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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