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Edgar Moreira da Cunha

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Church
  
Roman Catholic Church

Name
  
Edgar da


Successor
  
Incumbent

Installed
  
September 24, 2014

Appointed
  
July 3, 2014

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Ordination
  
March 27, 1982by Joseph A. Francis

Consecration
  
August 4, 2003by John J. Myers

Born
  
August 21, 1953 (age 71) Riachao do Jacuipe, Brazil (
1953-08-21
)

Previous post
  
Auxiliary Bishop of Newark(2003-2014)

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River

Predecessor
  

Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. (August 21, 1953) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts.

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Biography

Edgar M. da Cunha was born in Riachão do Jacuípe, Brazil. He studied at the Universidade Catolica Fatima dos Salvados and was ordained a priest on March 27, 1982 by Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D..

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey

He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark as well as titular bishop of Ucres on June 27, 2003 by John Paul II. da Cunha was consecrated an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark on September 3, 2003 as the only Brazilian-born bishop in the United States.

Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts

On July 3, 2014, Bishop da Cunha was announced as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, and was installed on September 24.

References

Edgar Moreira da Cunha Wikipedia


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