Appointment of auxiliary bishop of the Military Ordinariate for Brazil

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fabrício do Prado Nunes, of the clergy of the diocese of Bagé, assessor of the archbishop of the Military Ordinariate, as auxiliary bishop of the Military Ordinariate for Brazil, assigning him the titular see of Tadamata.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. Fabrício do Prado Nunes was born on 14 February 1978 in São Gabriel, diocese of Bagé, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul.

After studying philosophy at the Universidade Católica in Pelotas and theology at the Instituto de Teologia Paulo VI in Pelotas, he graduated in jurisprudence from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, and was awarded a master’s degree in public policy and regional development from the Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará and a postgraduate specialization in Complementary Applications to Military Sciences.

He was ordained a priest on 3 August 2003, and incardinated into the diocese of Bagé.

He has held the following offices: parish priest of Sagrada Família in Bagé; youth pastoral counsellor for the diocese of Bagé; parish priest of Sant’Ana in Santana do Livramento; lecturer in theology at the Universidade Católica in Pelotas, and in law in the Faculdade Pan Amazônica in Belém do Pará; and within the Military Ordinariate for Brazil, military chaplain of the army and chaplain of the 23rd Brazilian Battalion in Haiti.

He is currently a member of the Council of Priests and assessor of the archbishop of the Military Ordinariate for Brazil.