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Bishop Mário Spaki

Bishop of Paranavaí

Coat of arms
Born
Dec 14, 1971 Irati, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Nationality
Brazil
Ordained priest
Aug 3, 2003 Praca Marechal Floriano Peixoto 581, Brazil
Ordained bishop
Jun 22, 2018 Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Appointed
Jul 8, 2018
Principal consecrator
Sérgio Arthur Braschi
Co-consecrators
Anuar Battisti João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa O.F.M.
Education
Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
Motto
Fitando-o, o amou

Mário Spaki was born on December 14, 1971, in Irati, in the Diocese of Ponta Grossa, in the State of Paraná. He pursued his philosophy studies at the *Mater Ecclesiae* Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Ponta Grossa and his theology studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (1998), where he also obtained a Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology (2001). Additionally, he studied journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná in Curitiba. He was ordained a priest on August 3, 2003, and is incardinated in the Diocese of Ponta Grossa, where he served as parochial vicar of São José (2003) and subsequently as rector of the São José Philosophy Seminary (2004–2012). Since 2013, he has served as Executive Secretary of the Regional Episcopal Council *Sul 2* of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), based in Curitiba.