Carlos Pedro Zilli (7 October 1954 – 31 March 2021) was a Brazilian-born Bissau-Guinean Roman Catholic bishop. He became the
Roman Catholic
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bishop
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of the newly created
Diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of
Bafatá
Bafatá is a town in central Guinea-Bissau, known as the birthplace of Amílcar Cabral. The town has a population of 22,501 (2008 est). It is the capital of Bafatá Region as well as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafatá, which was est ...
in
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...
in 2001.
Biography
Zilli was born in
Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo
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,
São Paulo State
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. He became a member of the
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
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(P.I.M.E.) on 6 July 1984. He was ordained a Roman Catholic
priest
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on 5 January 1985. He was sent shortly after to Guinea-Bissau, where he was parochial vicar at Bafatá mission. He was also deputy of the bishop for the
Cacheu zone. He held office as president of the commission for the formation of the major seminarians, from 1986 to 1998, and regional superior of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in Guinea-Bissau, from 1993 to 1997.
On 13 March 2001, Zilli was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Bafatá when it was created from the
Diocese of Bissau
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau ( la, Bissagen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bissau in Guinea-Bissau.
History
Pope Pius XII created a Mission “sui iuris” comprising the then overseas colony of Portuguese Guinea on Septembe ...
. He was ordained on 30 June 2001.
Zilli died in
Prabis
Prábis is a Sector in the Biombo Region of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of ...
on 31 March 2021, from
COVID-19
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. He was 66 years old.
References
External links
Diocese of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
1954 births
2021 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Guinea-Bissau
People from São Paulo (state)
Brazilian emigrants to Guinea-Bissau
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea-Bissau
Roman Catholic bishops of Bafatá
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