Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz

Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz was born on 16 June 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, in the metropolitan archdiocese of the same name. He carried out his studies in philosophy at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and in theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He obtained a licentiate in fundamental theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and a licentiate and doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. He was ordained a priest for the metropolitan archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro on 4 August 1990. He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Cristo Operário e Santo Cura d’Ars; parish priest of São Francisco de Assis, Santa Teresa de Jesus and Santa Rita; director of the São José Seminary; professor at the Pontifical Catholic University and director of the João Paulo II Ecclesiastical Faculty of Philosophy. He was appointed titular bishop of Agbia and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro on 24 November 2010, receiving episcopal ordination on 5 February 2011. On 20 May 2015 he was appointed bishop coadjutor of Campanha, and became ordinary bishop of the same diocese on the following 25 November.