Dimas Lara Barbosa Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Dimas Lara Barbosa
Archbishop of Campo Grande
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Campo Grande
See:Campo Grande
Appointed:4 May 2011
Term Start:10 July 2011
Predecessor:Vitório Pavanello
Ordination:3 December 1988
Ordained By:Eusébio Oscar Scheid
Consecration:2 August 2003
Consecrated By:Eusébio Oscar Scheid
Birth Name:Dimas Lara Barbosa
Birth Date:1956 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Previous Post:Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari (2003-11)
Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (2003-11)
Secretary General of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference (2007-11)
Second Vice-President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (2011-15)
Motto:Servir com alegria

Dimas Lara Barbosa (born April 1, 1956) is a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro from 2003 till 2011, when he became archbishop of Campo Grande.[1] [2] [3]

Life

Born in Boa Esperança, Lara Barbosa completed a PhD in systematic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[4]

He was ordained to the priesthood on December 3, 1988, serving in São José dos Campos.

On June 11, 2003, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and titular bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari. Lara Barbosa received his episcopal consecration on the following August 2 from Eusébio Oscar Scheid, archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, with the bishop of São José dos Campos, José Nelson Westrupp, and the auxiliary bishop of Brasília, Raymundo Damasceno Assis, serving as co-consecrators.

On May 4, 2011, he was appointed archbishop of Campo Grande. He was installed on the following July 10.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa . 2024-07-21 . Catholic Hierarchy.
  2. News: 1 January 2008 . TENDÊNCIAS/DEBATES – Dom Dimas Lara Barbosa: Perspectivas para 2008 . 2024-07-21 . Folha De S. Paulo . pt . ProQuest.
  3. News: Reis . Christiane . 27 December 2022 . Dom Dimas fala sobre a Campanha da Fraternidade 2023 . 2024-07-21 . RCN 67 . pt.
  4. Web site: DOM DIMAS LARA BARBOSA . 2024-07-21 . CNBB – Regional Oeste 1 . pt.