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Father Cristiano Borro Barbosa , 47, will join Cardinal Seán O’Malley and four other auxiliary bishops.
Pope Francis has appointed a priest born and ordained in Brazil to serve as the next auxiliary bishop of Boston, the Vatican announced on Saturday.
Father Cristiano Borro Barbosa , 47, will join Cardinal Seán O’Malley and four other auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese, a territory that includes nearly 1.8 million Catholics.
The Boston metropolitan area is also home to a significant Brazilian population — nearly 64,000 people, according to census figures from 2014. Bishop-elect Barbosa was chaplain of the archdiocesan Brazilian-Portuguese community from 2008 to 2019.
Currently, Bishop-elect Barbosa is the episcopal vicar of the archdiocese’s central region and also serves as the archdiocesan secretary for evangelization and catechesis, roles he will continue in following his episcopal ordination.
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Pope Francis has appointed a priest born and ordained in Brazil to serve as the next auxiliary bishop of Boston, the Vatican announced on Saturday.
Father Cristiano Borro Barbosa , 47, will join Cardinal Seán O’Malley and four other auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese, a territory that includes nearly 1.8 million Catholics.
The Boston metropolitan area is also home to a significant Brazilian population — nearly 64,000 people, according to census figures from 2014. Bishop-elect Barbosa was chaplain of the archdiocesan Brazilian-Portuguese community from 2008 to 2019.
Currently, Bishop-elect Barbosa is the episcopal vicar of the archdiocese’s central region and also serves as the archdiocesan secretary for evangelization and catechesis, roles he will continue in following his episcopal ordination.
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Pope Francis Appoints Brazilian Native as Boston’s New Auxiliary Bishop
Father Cristiano Borro Barbosa , 47, will join Cardinal Seán O’Malley and four other auxiliary bishops.
