Bishop of Rio Grande
Rev. Jorge Pierozan was born on 10 August 1964 in Vanini, in the diocese of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. He carried out his studies in philosophy at the University of Caxias do Sul, and in theology at the Nossa Senhora da Assunção Pontifical Faculty of Theology in São Paulo. He was ordained a priest on 24 May 1997, and incardinated in the archdiocese of São Paulo, where he held the following offices: parish priest of Santíssima Trindade in the Lapa episcopal region (1997-2009) and parish administrator of the same parish (2009-2015); member of the Regional Commission of Presbyters, coordinator of the Rio Pequeno sector; member of the presbyteral council, pastoral coordinator of the Lapa episcopal region (2012-2016); ecclesiastical assistant for the pastoral care of nomads (since 2015); and member of the Regional Commission for Economic Affairs (since 20159. In addition, he has served as delegate at the World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Gypsies in Budapest (2003) and in Freising (2008); vice president of pastoral care for nomads of Brazil; and ecclesiastical assistant of the Voz dos Pobres community. Currently, within the Lapa episcopal region of the archdiocese of São Paulo, he is episcopal vicar (since 2017), adjunct vicar general (since 2015) and parish priest of the Sagrado Coração de Jesus (since 2010).