Bishop of Salgueiro
Msgr. José Vicente Pinto de Alencar da Silva was born on 2 January 1958 in Crato, in the diocese of the same name, in the State of Ceará. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the Instituto Teológico Pastoral (ITEP) in Forteleza, Ceará; he subsequently attended courses in education sciences at the Salesian Pontifical University and in canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He received priestly ordination on 22 January 1994, and was incardinated in the diocese of Crato. He has held the following offices: chancellor; parish vicar and then parish priest of Nossa Senhora de Fátima; director of philosophical studies, vice rector and then rector of the diocesan seminary; parish vicar of São José; parish administrator of Nossa Senhora Aparecida; director of the Diaconal School; professor in the diocesan seminary and in the Faculdade Católica do Cariri; member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors and the Council for Economic Affairs; representative of the presbyters; member of the National Commission of Presbyters; diocesan administrator; until now vicar general and parish priest of the Cathedral.