Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins

Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins, Bishop of Funchal, Portugal, was born on 12 May 1963 in Vimeiro, Lourinhã. The source profile is organized as 1. academic formation, 2. academic career, and 3. ecclesiastical activity. In academic formation, he received a doctorate in Fundamental Theology in 1999 from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; in 1993, a diploma in Social Communication from CICS at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; in 1990, a master's degree in Systematic Theology from the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon; and in 1985, a licentiate in Theology from the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon. In academic career, in 2009 he became a member of the Scientific Society of the Portuguese Catholic University and associate professor of the Faculty of Theology; in 2005 he became a member of the board of directors of the Faculty of Theology, until 2011; in 2001 he became assistant professor of the Faculty of Theology of the Portuguese Catholic University; in 2001, until 2012, he was a member of the scientific council of the Faculty of Theology of the Portuguese Catholic University; from 1999 to 2005 he was invited professor of the Centro Interdisciplinare sulla Comunicazione Sociale, CICS, of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; in 1996 he was invited lecturer at the Escuela de Comunicación Cristiana of the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información of the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca; and in 1993 he was assistant of the Faculty of Theology of the Portuguese Catholic University. In ecclesiastical activity, on 18 April 2023 he became president of the Episcopal Commission for Culture, Cultural Goods, and Social Communications; on 22 March he became vice president of COMECE; in 2019 he was delegate of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference to COMECE, the Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of the European Union; on 9 January 2018 he became a member of the Commission for Evangelization and Culture of CCEE, the Council of European Bishops' Conferences; on 30 June 2016 he became a member of the Dicastery for Communication of the Holy See by appointment of Pope Francis; in 2011 he became a member of the Episcopal Commissions for Christian Education and Doctrine of the Faith and for Social Communication, Culture, and Cultural Goods of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference; on 10 October 2011 he was elected by Pope Benedict XVI titular Bishop of Elvas and Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Lisbon and was ordained on 20 November 2011; in 2006 he became canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of the Patriarchal See of Lisbon; in 2005 he became rector of Cristo Rei Major Seminary, Olivais, until 2011; in 2002 he became rector of the Pontifical Portuguese College in Rome, until 2005; in 1994 he became director of the newspaper Voz da Verdade, until 2002; in 1993 he became a member of the formation team of Cristo Rei Major Seminary, Olivais, until 2005; in 1987 he became parochial vicar, coadjutor, of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos parish, until 1990; and on 4 July 1987 he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Patriarch António Ribeiro in the church of Santa Maria de Belém, Jerónimos Monastery. His episcopal motto is Na Tua Palavra.