Bishop Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa

Msgr. Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa was born on 29 April 1959 in Ouro Preto, in the metropolitan archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais. He carried out his studies in history and philosophy in the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. He studied theology in the Jesuit Faculty in Belo Horizonte-MG (1991-1994) and was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (1999-2001). On 2 September 1995 he was ordained a priest and incardinated in the metropolitan archdiocese of Mariana, where he held the following positions: director of studies in the Institute of Philosophy (1994-1998) and Theology (2002-2005) of the São José Seminary; parish vicar of the Sagrado Coração de Jesus in Mariana-MG (1995- 1999/2001-2012); director of the São Lourenço Diaconal School (2005-2014); rector of the archdiocesan seminary of Mariana (2006-2014); assessor of the archdiocesan Council of the Laity (2002-2012); president of the Organization of Seminaries and Institutes of Brazil of the Leste Regional 2 of the NCBB (2007-2011); episcopal vicar of the Leste Pastoral Region (2016-2019); member of the college of consultors, the presbyteral council, the archdiocesan council of pastoral ministry, the archdiocesan council of economic affairs and the curatorial council of the Marianense Education Foundation. In addition, from 2014 to 2018 he was postulator of the diocesan phase of the cause for beatification and canonization of the Servant of God Dom Luciano Mendes de Almeida. To date he has served as parish priest of Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima in Viçosa-MG (since 2014), professor of philosophy and theology in the archdiocesan seminary (since 1993), director of the Cultural and Educational Foundation of the archdiocese of Mariana (since 2017) and member of the Metropolitan Chapter.