Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (29 August 1954) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Bishop of Bragança Paulista since 2009. He was an auxiliary bishop in

São Carlos São Carlos (Saint Charles, in English, ; named after Saint Charles Borromeo) is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo, 254 kilometers from the city of São Paulo. With a population of 254,484 inhabitants, it is th ...

from 2002 to 2003 and Bishop of Paranavaí from 2004 to 2009.

Biography

Sérgio Aparecido Colombo was born on 29 August 1954 in

Cajobi Cajobi is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 10,596 (2020 est.) in an area of 176.9 km². Cajobi belongs to the Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto The Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto is one of the 15 m ...

, State of São Paulo,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. He studied philosophy in São Paulo (1974-1976) and theology at the Theological Faculty Nossa Senhora da Assunção there (1977-1980). He was ordained a priest of the

Diocese of Limeira The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limeira ( la, Dioecesis Limeirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Limeira in the Ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil. History * April 29, 1976: Established as Diocese of Limeira from the Metropolita ...

on 6 August 1980. He was pastor of Bom Jesus parish (1980-1982) in the city of Leme, pastor of the parish of São Manoel (1982-1988) also in Leme, and parish priest of "Jesus Crucificado", in the city of Iracemápolis from 1988 to 2001. From 1994 to 1996 he was spiritual director of the students of the Seminary "São João Maria Vianney". He was also Episcopal Vicar of Limeira from 1983 to 1996. From 1986 to 1990 he was the diocesan pastoral coordinator and then became Vicar General of the diocese. On 10 October 2001,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

appointed him

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of Pudentiana and auxiliary bishop in São Carlos. He was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 2002. On 3 December 2003, Pope John Paul named him Bishop of Paranavaí. His installation took place on 1 February 2004.

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

appointed him Bishop of Bragança Paulista on 16 September 2009.

References

External links

Diocese of Bragança Paulista: Dom Sérgio Aparecido Colombo, 21 March 2017
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colombo, Sergio Aparecido 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Living people 1954 births People from São Paulo (state) Roman Catholic bishops of Bragança Paulista Roman Catholic bishops of Paranavaí Roman Catholic bishops of São Carlos