Bishop of Januária
Bishop Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior was born on 10 April 1964 in Jequié, in the diocese of the same name, in the State of Bahia. He carried out his studies in philosophy at the Catholic University of Salvador-BA and in theology at the Higher Institute of Theology of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro-RJ. He was awarded a licentiate in liturgy from the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome, and a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. On 10 March 1988, he received priestly ordination and was incardinated in the metropolitan archdiocese of Montes Claros. He has held the following offices: parish vicar of São João Batista in Montes Claros-MG and of Senhor do Bonfim in Engenheiro Navarro-MG; parish administrator of Santo Antônio da Boa Vista in São João da Ponte-MG; parish priest of Nossa Senhora da Consolação, of Nossa Senhora da Conceição and São José and of the Metropolitan Cathedral; chancellor of the archdiocesan Curia; archdiocesan bursar; vicar forane; member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors, the Pastoral Council and the Council for Economic Affairs; professor in the archdiocese of Montes Claros-MG and in the archdiocesan seminary of Diamantina-MG. On 4 November 2020 he was appointed titular bishop of Tindari and auxiliary of São Salvador da Bahia, receiving episcopal ordination on 3 January 2021. Within the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, he is secretary of the Nordeste 3 Region and member of the Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy.