Appointment of bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Brazil
Consecration of bishop of Haimen, China
Appointment of bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Brazil
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Paolo Andreolli, S.X., as bishop of the diocese of Ponta de Pedras, Brazil, transferring him from the titular see of Altava and the office of auxiliary bishop of Belém do Pará.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Paolo Andreolli, S.X., was born on 16 December 1972 in Noventa Vicentina, diocese of Vicenza, Italy. He studied philosophy and theology at the episcopal seminary of Reggio Emilia and attended postgraduate courses in pedagogy and spirituality in Milan.
He gave his first vows on 21 August 1994, and on 5 March 2000 his perpetual vows in the Pious Society of Saint Francis Xavier for the Foreign Missions. He received priestly ordination on 17 September 2000.
In Italy, he served as missionary and vocational animator in Desio, Milan (2000-2007).
He was sent to Brazil, where he has held the following offices: parish vicar of São Felix do Zingu in the State of Pará (2007-2017); parish vicar and subsequently parish priest of Nossa Senhora Aparecida de Tucumã in the State of Pará (2013-2017); parish vicar of São Francisco Xavier and vocational promoter of the Xaverians in Belém (2017-2023); formator in Ananindeua; regional counsellor of the Xavierians and collaborator of the Norte 2 (COMIRE Norte 2) Regional Missionary Council of the Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB) and of the Conference of Religious of Brazil (CRB).
He was appointed as titular bishop of Altava and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Belém do Pará on 1 February 2023, receiving episcopal ordination on the following 15 April
Within the CNBB, he is a member of the Episcopal Commission for Missionary Action and Interecclesial Cooperation.
Consecration of bishop of Haimen, China
Today, Thursday 15 October 2026, the Reverend Ignatius Ding Zuyao received episcopal ordination. On 24 August 2026, the Holy Father appointed him bishop of Haimen, Jiangsu Province, China, having approved his candidacy within the framework of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.
Curriculum vitae
The Reverend Ignazio Ding Zuyao was born in August 1986 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province. Between 2001 and 2004, he studied at the Jiangsu Section of Sheshan Seminary, Shanghai. From 2004 to 2011, he studied philosophy and theology at the Beijing Theological Seminary, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree. On 27 October 2011, he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Haimen. From 2012 to 2013, he served as parish priest of Haimenzhen; from 2013 to 2017, he was parish priest at Linjiang; and from 2017 to 2023, he exercised his pastoral ministry as parish priest at Caojiazhen parish. In February 2023, he was appointed parish priest of Qingnian Donglu parish in Nantong, a post he has held to date.
