Bishop of Castanhal
Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho was born on 25 September 1965 in São Domingos do Capim, in the State of Pará. After studying philosophy at the São Pio X Seminary and theology at the Instituto de Pastoral Regional (IPAR) in Belém do Pará, he specialized in science of religion, sociology and urban development, public policy and spatial planning. He was ordained a priest on 26 September 1993 and incardinated in the diocese of Bragança do Pará. He has held the following offices: parish priest of Santa Luzia in Santa Luzia do Pará (1994-2001); diocesan pastoral care coordinator (1996-2001); parish priest of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Ourém (2001-2009); parish priest of Sagrado Coração de Jesus in Bragança do Pará (2009-2011); parish priest of Nossa Senhora da Piedade in Irituia (2011-2018); parish priest of Nossa Senhora Aparecida (2018) in Dom Eliseu; member of the Presbyteral Council (2000-2018) and member of the College of Consultors (2016-2018). On 19 December 2018, he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Palmeira dos Índios, in the State of Alagoas, and was ordained bishop on 24 February of the following year.