Resignation and appointment of bishop of Araçuaí, Brazil
Appointment of auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Araçuaí, Brazil
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Araçuaí, Brazil, presented by Bishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Geraldo dos Reis Maia, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Uberaba, until now rector of the preparatory seminary and parish administrator of São José in Uberaba-MG, as bishop of Araçuaí, Brazil.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Geraldo dos Reis Maia was born on 3 May 1964 in Babilônia, in the archdiocese of Uberaba. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte-MG. He subsequently continued his studied in theology, obtaining a licentiate from the Faculdade Jesuíta in Belo Horizonte-MG and a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1988, and incardinated in the archdiocese of Uberaba.
He has held the following offices: parish priest of São Sebastião in Pedrinópolis-MG (1989-1991), Santa Terezinha in Uberaba-MG (1991-1997), Imaculada Conceição in Conceição das Alagoas-MG (1997-2003) and Santíssimo Sacramento in Uberaba-MG (2007-2008), rector of the major seminary (2007-2008), director of the Instituto Teológico São José in Uberaba-MG (2018-2014), professor of theology, and rector of the Pontifical Pio-Brazilian College of Rome (2014-2021).
To date, he has served as rector of the preparatory seminary and parish administrator of São José in Uberaba-MG.
Appointment of auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Alfonso Raimo, until now vicar general, as auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy, assigning him the titular see of Termini Imerese.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Alfonso Raimo was born on 2 July 1959 in Calabritto, in the province of Avellino, in the present-day archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia. He was awarded a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, San Luigi Section, and subsequently a licentiate in theology of mission from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 18 March 1990.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Santi Martino e Quirico in Fisciano (1990-1998), parish priest of Santi Martino e Quirico, Fisciano (1998-2011), regional head of missionary pastoral care of the Episcopal Conference of the Campania Region (2001-2012), lecturer in theology of mission at the Theological Institute of Salerno and the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in Salerno (since 2007), parish priest of Santa Maria del Carmine e Sant’Eustachio in San Francesco, Eboli (2011-2019), national secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union and the Pontifical Society of Saint Peter the Apostle of the Pontifical Mission Societies (2012-2015), parish priest of San Bartolomeo Apostolo, Eboli (since 2015), deputy director of the diocesan Missionary Office (2016-2020), vicar general and member of the Council of Economic Affairs of the diocesan Museum (since 2020), and member of the College of Consultors and the diocesan Pastoral Council (since 2021).
