Church Roman Catholic Church In office current Predecessor Alberto Ricardo da Silva Consecration 19 March 2016 | See Diocese of Dili Previous post Priest Ordination 18 December 1998 | |
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Born 27 November 1967
Venilale, East Timor ( 1967-11-27 ) Dioceses Roman Catholic Diocese of Díli, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili | ||
Virgílio do Carmo da Silva SDB (born 27 November 1967 in Venilale ) is an East Timorese Roman Catholic priest who was appointed Bishop of Dili on 30 January 2016.
Life
After attending Salesian primary and secondary schools in Fatumaca, he joined the Congregationof the Salesians of Don Bosco on 31 May 1990. He studied philosophy and theology in Manila, Philippines. On March 19, 1997, he made his perpetual profession and was ordained on 18 December 1998.
From 1999 to 2004 and again 2007 to 2014 da Silva was novice master for the Salesians. From 2005 he studied in Rome for a Licentiate in Spirituality at the Pontifical Salesian University. From 2009 to 2014 he was director of the Technical School of Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Fatumaca. In 2015 he became Provincial Superior of the Salesians in East Timor and Indonesia.
On January 30, 2016, he was named by Pope Francis as Bishop of Dili. He replaced Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva who died of brain cancer on 2 April 2015.