Bishop of Jataí
Msgr. Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B., was born on 20 July 1954 in Mineiros, diocese of Jatai2, in the State of Goiás. He carried out his studies in philosophy at the Faculdade Nossa Senhora Medianeira in São Paulo-SP and in theology at the Instituto Teológico São Paulo-ITESP in São Paulo-SP. He gave his religious vows in the Order of Saint Benedict on 11 February 1979, and was ordained a priest on 2 February 1982. After ordination, he first served as deputy prior, prior, master of novices, director of formation, bursar and president of the civil body within the Benedictine Monastery of Mineiros-GO. He then completed a course in psycholgy at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás in Goiânia-GO (1992), and went on to serve as parish priest of Divino Espírito Santo in Mineiros-GO, parish vicar, member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors and the Economic Board, director of the college and teacher of philosophy and other disciplines in the field of psychology, vicar general and currently diocesan administrator of Jataí.