Derek John Christopher Byrne
Bishop Derek Byrne S.P.S. (born 17 January 1948) is an Irish priest of the St. Patrick's Missionary Society (Kiltegan Fathers), who is Bishop of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga, Brazil (25 June 2014 – present); previously Byrne served as Bishop of Guiratinga, Brazil (2008–2014)[1][2]
Born Derek John Christopher Byrne, is from Monkstown, County Dublin. He attended Newbridge College.
He studied at University College Cork earning a BA in Philosophy and Theological Studies in St. Patrick's College, Kiltegan, where he was ordained a priest in 1973.[3] Fr Byrne following ordination went to Brazil where he served until 1980. He worked in Ireland and America before going back to Brazil in 2003.
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References
- ^ Kiltegan Priest appointed Bishop in Brazil www.kandle.ie
- ^ "El papa Francisco "revoleó" como un hincha más la camiseta de la Argentina". Tribuno de Salta (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ Bishop Derek Byrne SPS Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine International Eucharistic Congress 2012.
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