Bishop Paolo Andreolli

Auxiliary Bishop Paolo Andreolli, S.X., was born on 16 December 1972 in Noventa Vicentina (VI). He completed his seminary studies in philosophy and theology at the Episcopal Seminary of Reggio Emilia. He gave his first vows on 21 August 1994 and his perpetual vows in the Pious Society of Saint Francis Xavier for the Foreign Missions on 5 March 2000. He was ordained a priest on 17 September 2000. He has held the following positions: missionary and vocational animator in Desio (2000-2007); parish vicar of São Félix do Xingu in Brazil (2007-2017), of Nossa Senhora Aparecida de Tucumã and later parish priest of the latter (2013-2017). He is currently parish vicar of São Francisco Xavier and vocational promoter of the Xaverians in Belém.