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 The Archdiocese of São Paulo ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia) is a Latin Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archdiocese is currently headed by Odilo Scherer since his appointment by Pope Benedi ...

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 Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo ( la, Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisi Sancti Pauli Graecorum Melkitarum) is an eparchy located in the city of São Paulo in the Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil. Territory and ...

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

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. He was ordained as

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on February 6, 1993, for the

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after completed his philosophical and theological study. Also, he graduated from the

Universidade Luterana do Brasil The Lutheran University of Brazil (Portuguese: or ULBRA) is a university which covers several states throughout Brazil. History The university has its roots in the parish school of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Canoas (CELSP), in Canoas, Rio ...

with a licentiate degree in pedagogy, the

Pontifical Lateran University The Pontifical Lateran University ( it, Pontificia Università Lateranense; la, Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome. The university also hosts the central session of the Ponti ...

in Rome, the

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in Rome and the

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with a

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degree. 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

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. From 2011 he also is a President of the Brazilian Society of Canonists. On June 27, 2012, he was appointed by the

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as the Auxiliary Bishop of the

and

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of Gergis. On August 18, 2012, he was consecrated as bishop by Bishop Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães and other prelates of the

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. He had responsibility as a Vicar Episcopal for the Region of Santana. On May 23, 2018, he was appointed by the

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as an Apostolic Administrator of the then vacant Eastern Catholic circumscription –

. This and his tenure as Auxiliary Bishop ended due to appointment, July 17, 2019 as Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana.

References

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