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The Most Reverend

Américo Aguiar
Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon
Titular Bishop of Dagnum
The bishop in 2021.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseLisbon
SeeLisbon
Appointed1 March 2019
Previous post(s)Vicar General of Porto (2004-16)
Orders
Ordination8 July 2001
by Armindo Lopes Coelho
Consecration31 March 2019
by Manuel Jose Macario do Nascimento Clemente
Personal details
Born
Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar

(1973-12-12) 12 December 1973 (age 50)
Leça do Balio, Porto, Portugal
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal
MottoIn manus Tuas
("In Your hands")
Coat of armsAmérico Aguiar's coat of arms

Américo Aguiar (born 12 December 1973) is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lisbon since March 2019.

Biography

Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar was born in Leça do Balio [pt] in Matosinhos[1] in the Porto metropolitan area on 12 December 1973. After completing middle school, he entered the seminary in Ermesinde and then studied at the major seminary of the Diocese of Porto and the Porto section of the Portuguese Catholic University. In 2014 he earned a master's degree in communication sciences from the Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Porto on 8 July 2001[2] by Armindo Lopes Coelho, Bishop of Porto.[3] He also participated in electoral politics in his youth in both Matosinhos and the neighboring municipality of Maia, working with members of the city council in both. He served on the City Council of Matosinhos from 1994 to 1997 as a member of the Socialist Party. He has called his political engagement "great fun" (divertidíssimo).[1]

He served as parish priest of São Pedro de Azevedo (Campanhã) from 2001 to 2002; special secretary to the bishop of Porto, Armindo Lopes Coelho, and parish priest of the cathedral from 2002 to 2004; and vicar general of the diocese from 2004 to 2006.

He was president of the administrative board of Rádio Renascença (Lisbon) from 2017 while continuing to provide pastoral services in Porto. In 2017 he became national director of the Secretariat of Church Social Communications and head of the Episcopal Commission for Culture, Cultural Assets and Social Communications.[2] He led the diocese's Fellowship of Priests from 2011 to 2019.[4]

On 1 March 2019, Pope Francis appointed him auxiliary bishop of Lisbon and titular bishop of Dagno.[2] He received his episcopal ordination from the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente, at the Santissima Trindade Church in Porto on 31 March 2019.[5] He was then the youngest bishop in Portugal.[3] In January 2023, he praised the funeral Mass for Pope Benedict XVI, saying it balanced Benedict's desire for simplicity with the significance of the occasion.[6]

He led the Commission for the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Persons of the Patriarchate of Lisbon until March 2023, when the Portuguese Episcopal Conference decided that only laypeople should serve on such bodies.[7] He heads Fundação da JMJ, the body responsible for organizing World Youth Day in Portugal on 1–6 August 2023.[8][a]

On 9 July 2023, Pope Francis announced he plans to make him a cardinal at a consistory scheduled for 30 September.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ He had private audiences with Pope Francis on 20 May 2021, 3 March 2022, 29 September 2022, 12 January 2023, and 27 April 2023.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bispo Américo Aguiar, da Jornada Mundial da Juventude, foi autarca em Matosinhos pelo PS?". Poligrafo (in Portuguese). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Resignations and Appointments, 01.03.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b "D. Américo Aguiar é o novo Bispo Auxiliar de Lisboa nomeado pelo Papa Francisco". Alvorada (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Padre Américo Aguiar nomeado bispo auxiliar do Patriarcado de Lisboa". O Jornal de Vieira (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Igreja: D. Américo Aguiar, novo auxiliar de Lisboa, foi ordenado bispo". Agência Ecclesia (in Portuguese). 31 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Bento XVI: D. Américo Aguiar destaca simplicidade do funeral em «momento único»". Agência Ecclesia (in Portuguese). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Souto Moura substitui bispo Américo Aguiar na Comissão de Proteção de Menores do Patriarcado". Sábado (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. ^ "JMJ. Bispo Américo Aguiar quer fazer tudo "by the book", mas assume erros na organização". Porto Canal. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Le pape François tiendra un consistoire le 30 septembre 2023". aleteia. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

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