Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva

Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva (born 24 January 1969) is the bishop of Montenegro,^[1] a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of its mother see, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (in the state capital) in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.

The Most Reverend Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva
bishop of Montenegro
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro
Appointed	22 March 2017
Predecessor	Paulo Antônio de Conto
Successor	Incumbent
Previous post(s)	Father Rector of the diocesan seminary (2011–2017) Archdiocesan general vicar (2017)
Orders
Ordination	8 December 1994 by Jayme Henrique Chemello
Consecration	4 June 2017 by Jacinto Bergmann
Personal details
Born	Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva (1969-01-24) 24 January 1969 (age 56) Piratini, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Servite Domino in Laetitia ('Serve ye the Lord with gladness')
Coat of arms

Styles of Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Biography

Early life and priesthood

Gonçalves e Silva was born in 1969 in Piratini, in the Archdiocese of Pelotas, Brazil. He entered the diocesan seminary of Pelotas, where he did his secondary studies. He studied philosophy in Catholic University of Pelotas, and theology in São Francisco de Paula seminary. He also earned a degree in spirituality in Rome and attended university courses in Brazil.

On 9 December 1994 he was ordained a priest. He was rector of the Diocesan Seminary and then General Vicar em Pelotas.

Bishop

On 22 March 2017, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro by Pope Francis, and received episcopal consecration on 9 June by the most reverend Jacinto Bergmann.^[2]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Paulo Antônio de Conto	Bishop of Montenegro 2017 –	Succeeded by