Appointment of the bishop of Grajaú (Brazil)

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation Most Rev. Franco Cuter, OFM Cap. from pastoral governance of the diocese of Grajaú (Brazil), and has appointed Fr. P. Rubival Cabral Britto, OFM Cap., current Director of the Colégio Paulo VI in Vitória da Conquista.

Fr. P. Rubival Cabral Britto, OFM Cap., was born on July 21, 1969 in Jaguaquara, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. He studied philosophy at the “Dom Walfredo Tepe” Institute of Theology in Ilhéus (1993-1995) and theology at the Catholic University in Salvador (1996-2000). He also completed a specialization in education management at the Catholic University of Brasília (2011-2012).

He was ordained priest on December 17, 2000 in Jaguaquara. Before ordination, he was provincial secretary (1997-2000) as well as vocation director (1997-2001). As a priest he had the following assignments: Formator and bursar of the postulancy (2001-2002), provincial secretary (2003-2004), parish administrator (2003-2004), provincial definitor for the missions, bursar and novice master (2004-2007), provincial minster (2007-2013), and post-novitiate formator in the community of São Judas Tadeu ad Aracaju, in the state of Sergipe (2013-2015).

He is currently the Director of the Colégio Paulo VI in Vitória da Conquista, in the state of Bahia.

Source: http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/12/07/0884/01963.html#gr