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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C., until now superior of the order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in the province of Curitiba, as vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador.
Msgr. Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C., was born on 30 September 1965 in Salto do Lontra, PR, in Brazil. He carried out his studies in philosophy at the Universidade São Franciscodi São Paulo and in theology at the Nossa Senhora da Assuncão University, where he was awarded a licentiate in missiology.
He gave his perpetual vows on 2 February 1990 and was ordained a priest on 16 November 1991.
He has held the following offices: formator and provincial vicar in São Paulo (1990-1996), missionary in Ecuador and parish vicar in Chunchi, province of Chimborazo and diocese of Riobamba (1996-2001), provincial superior in Curitiba, PR, Brazil, and parish vicar (2001-2007), formator in Ecuador and parish vicar in Quito (2007-2016), assessor of the Ecuadorian Conference of Religious (2007-2016), formator of candidates of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (2007-2016), archdiocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (2010-2015), executive secretary of the Centro Misionero Nacional of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (2015-2018), and parish priest of the Good Shepherd in Turubamba in Quito (2016-2022). Since 2022 he has served as provincial superior in Curitiba, PR, Brazil. (E.G.) (Agenzia Fides, 23/10/2024)
