Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira
S.D.V. (born 26 September 1941) is an
Indonesian
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Roman Catholic
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bishop.
Biography
On 15 August 1970 Pareira was accepted as a member of the society of the divine word. The following week on 22 August 1970 he was ordained a priest.
On 21 December 1985 it was announced that Pareira had been chosen as the new bishop of the
Diocese of Weetebula. He was ordained bishop on 25 April 1986, by
Gregorius Manteiro, then bishop of Rueteng, and co-consecrated by
Anton Pain Ratu
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, then bishop of
Atambua
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The town stretches as far as 8.5 km from north to south and 5 km from east to west, and is located in the north of the western half of Timor Island. The town is ...
, and
Eduardus Sangsun, then bishop of
Ruteng
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.
On 19 January 2008 Pareira was installed as the new bishop of the
Diocese of Maumere.
In 2011 Pareira celebrated his 50 monastic life, 40 years as a priest and 25 years as a bishop.
On 26 September 2016,
the Vatican accepted Pareira's letter of resignation, which he had submitted as all bishops are required to do once they turn 75.
On 14 July 2018, Pareira officially retired as the bishop of
Maumere
Maumere is the administrative seat of the Sikka Regency and the second-largest town (after Ende) on Flores Island, Indonesia. It lies on the north coast of the island and the port is in the north-west part of the town. Administratively the town ...
at the age of 76.
References
External links
1941 births
Living people
People from Sikka Regency
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Indonesia
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Indonesia
Divine Word Missionaries Order
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