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Bishop Edilson Soares Nobre

Bishop of Oeiras

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Born
May 9, 1965 Touros, Brazil
Nationality
Brazil
Ordained priest
Apr 6, 1991 Av. Floriano Peixoto 674, Brazil
Ordained bishop
Mar 20, 2017 Natal, Brazil
Appointed
Apr 1, 2017
Principal consecrator
Jaime Vieira Rocha
Co-consecrators
Heitor de Araújo Sales Matias Patrício de Macêdo
Education
Salesian Pontifical University

Msgr. Edilson Soares Nobre was born on 9 May 1965 in Touros, metropolitan archdiocese of Natal, State of Rio Grande do Norte. He studied philosophy at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte and philosophy and theology at the São Pedro Major Seminary in Natal. He was ordained a priest on 6 April 1991. After ordination, he first held the roles of parish vicar of São Paulo Apóstolo in São Paulo do Potengi (1991-1992), and parish priest of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Lajes (1992-1998) and in Macau (1998-2005). He was awarded a bachelor’s degree in communication sciences from the Salesian Pontifical University of Rome (2005-2007), and went on to serve as parish administrator of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Nova Cruz (2008-2012), coordinator of pastoral care of priests and of communication, episcopal vicar for the clergy, and vicar general. He was appointed bishop of Oeiras on 11 January 2017, receiving episcopal ordination the following 20 March. Within the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (NCBB), he is a member of the Episcopal Commission for Social Communication and, within the Region Nord-est 4, he is representative for communication and secretary for the Regional Episcopal Commission.