Resignation of archbishop of Gagnoa, Cote d’Ivoire
Appointment of bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Brazil
Appointment of members of the Dicastery of the Roman Curia and of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
Resignation of archbishop of Gagnoa, Cote d’Ivoire
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Gagnoa, Cote d’Ivoire, presented by Archbishop Joseph Aké Yapo.
Appointment of bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Brazil
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C., as bishop of the diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Brazil, transferring him from the see of Corumbá.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C., was born on 15 May 1967 in Tuneiras do Oeste, diocese of Umuarama, in the State of Paraná. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology in the Faculdade Palotina in Santa Maria-RS and attended a formation course for religious and consecrated life in the Instituto Santo Tomás de Aquino in Belo Horizonte-MG.
On 25 March 1990, he gave his religious vows in the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) and received priestly ordination on 26 December 1993.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of São Francisco de Assis in Ariquemes-RO, Cristo Redentor in Cerejeiras-RO, São Roque in Coronel Vivida-PR, Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Porto Alegre-RS and Rainha dos Apóstolos in Manaus-AM; parish priest of Santo Anônio in Iporã-PR, the Nossa Senhora de Fátima Shrine in Manaus-AM and Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Fátima do Sul-MS; vocational animator; rector of the São Vicente Pallotti minor seminary in Palotina-PR; and director of the the postulantate in Manaus-AM.
On 19 December 2018 he was appointed bishop of Corumbá and received episcopal ordination on 3 March 2019.
Within the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, he is a member of the Pastoral Episcopal Commission for Socio-transformative Action.
Appointment of members of the Dicastery of the Roman Curia and of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
The Holy Father Francis has appointed the following as members of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia:
1) In the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for fundamental questions of evangelization in the world, Cardinals Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, and Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;
2) In the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelization and the new particular Churches, Cardinals Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops; Claudio Gugerotti, Víctor Manuel Fernández, and Protase Rugambwa, coadjutor archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania;
3) In the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinals Robert Francis Prevost, Claudio Gugerotti, and Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, archbishop of Juba, South Sudan;
4) In the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Cardinals: Robert Francis Prevost, Víctor Manuel Fernández, and Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins;
5) In the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinals: Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J., archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina, Grzegorz Ryś, archbishop of Łódź, Poland, and Protase Rugambwa;
6) In the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Stephen Brislin, archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa;
7) In the Dicastery for Bishops, Cardinals Claudio Gugerotti, Víctor Manuel Fernández, Grzegorz Ryś, and José Cobo Cano, archbishop of Madrid, Spain;
8) In the Dicastery for the Clergy, Cardinals Robert Francis Prevost and François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv., bishop of Ajaccio, France;
9) In the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, Cardinals Robert Francis Prevost, Ángel Sixto Rossi, Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., rector major of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco;
10) In the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Cardinals Víctor Manuel Fernández and José Cobo Cano;
11) In the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinals Claudio Gugerotti and Pierbattista Pizzaballa;
12) In the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Víctor Manuel Fernández and Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J., bishop of Hong Kong, China;
13) In the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Cardinals Robert Francis Prevost, Claudio Gugerotti, and Víctor Manuel Fernández;
14) In the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Sebastian Francis, bishop of Penang, Malaysia;
15) In the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, Cardinals Robert Francis Prevost and Claudio Gugerotti;
16) In the Dicastery for Communication, Cardinal Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, bishop-elect of Setúbal, Portugal;
17) In the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Cardinal Paul Emil Tscherrig, apostolic nuncio in Italy and in the Republic of San Marino;
18) In the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio in the United States of America;
19) In the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia;
20) In the Pontitifical Commission for Vatican City State, Cardinals Robert Francis Prevost and Claudio Gugerotti.
