Bishop Raimundo Vanthuy Neto

Msgr Raimundo Vanthuy Neto was born on 10 May 1973 in Pau dos Ferros, diocese of Mossoró, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte. He carried out his studies in philosophy at the Cristo Sacerdote seminary in Manaus-AM and in theology at the São José archdiocesan seminary in Manaus. He was subsequently awarded a licentiate in missiology from the Pontifical Faculty of Theology Nossa Senhora da Assunção in São Paulo-SP. He was ordained a priest on 3 June 2001, and was incardinated in the diocese of Roraima. He has held the following offices: parish priest of Nossa Senhora da Consolata in Boa Vista-RR (2001-2004) and of Cristo Redentor in Boa Vista-RR (2004-2013); director of the Instituto de Teologia Pastoral e Ensino Superior da Amazônia in Manaus-AM (2014-2017); vicar of the Área Missionaria do Cantá (2017-2018); chancellor of the Curia and member of the College of Consultors; auditor at the Synod of Bishops for Amazonia (2019). In addition, he has served as professor of history of Christianity in Amazonia at the Catholic Universities of Paraná, Pelotas and Porto Alegre, as well as in the Universidade Federal de Roraima. He is currently rector of the diocesan Shrine of Nossa Senhora Aparecida and of the preparatory seminary.