Appointment of bishop of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga, Brazil
Appointment of apostolic administrator of the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino, Italy
Appointment of bishop of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga, Brazil
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Maurício da Silva Jardim, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Porto Alegre, until now director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Brazil, as bishop of the diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Maurício da Silva Jardim was born on 9 February 1969 in Sapucaia do Sul, metropolitan archdiocese of Porto Alegre and State of Rio Grande do Sul. He carried out his studies in philosophy in the Faculdade de Filosofia Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (1994) and in theology at the Centro de Estudos Teológicos São João Vianney in Viamão-RS (1999). He then specialized in psychopedagogy, missiology and presbyteral formation.
On 11 December 1999 he was ordained a priest and incardinated in the metropolitan archdiocese of Porto Alegre, where he held the following offices: assessor for Youth Pastoral Ministry (2002-2007); parish vicar of São Vicente de Paulo e Santa Terezinha; parish priest of Divino Pai Eterno, Nossa Senhora do Caravaggio and São Vicente Pai dos Pobres; spiritual director of the preparatory seminary (2014-2015); coordinator of Presbyteral Pastoral Ministry (2013-2016); vocational animator (2015).
Additionally, he has served as a missionary in Mozambique (2008-2012) and deputy coordinator of Presbyteral Pastoral Ministry in the Sul 3 Region of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2013-2016). In November 2021 he was elected coordinator of the Pontifical Mission Societies of America.
From 2016 to date, he has served as national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Brazil.
Appointment of apostolic administrator of the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino, Italy
Following the pontifical appointment of the Reverend Dom Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., as abbot of the Abbey of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, in Rome, the Holy Father has appointed the same Dom Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., until now ordinary abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino, Italy, as apostolic administrator of the same see.
