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His Most Reverend Excellency, Dom
Virgílio I
Bishop of Coimbra and Count of Arganil
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Braga
ProvinceBraga
MetropolisBraga
DioceseCoimbra
SeeCoimbra
Appointed28 April 2011
Installed10 July 2011
PredecessorAlbino I
Other post(s)Count of Arganil
Previous post(s)Rector of the Shrine of Fatima (2008-2011)
Orders
Ordination4 July 1987
Consecration3 July 2011
by Cardinal António Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima,
Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira, Bishop of Viana do Castelo and Albino Mamede Cleto, Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra
RankBishop
Personal details
BornVirgílio do Nascimento Antunes
22 September 1961
Batalha
NationalityPortuguese
MottoPraedicamus Christum crucifixum, Dei Sapientiam
Coat of armsVirgílio I's coat of arms

Virgílio do Nascimento Antunes (Batalha, São Mamede, 22 September 1961) is a Portuguese Catholic bishop, currently Bishop of the Diocese of Coimbra and ex officio the 30th Count of Arganil.

Biography

He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima on 29 September 1985. Since then, he has taken on various roles in the same diocese, most notably in the formation of candidates for the priesthood, as a formator and rector. In the meantime, he specialised in biblical sciences in Rome and Jerusalem.

On 25 September 2008 he took up the post of rector of the Shrine of Fatima for a five-year mandate.

On April 28, 2011, he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Coimbra by Pope Benedict XVI. He was ordained bishop on July 3, 2011, in the Basilica of the Holy Trinity, in Fátima, by Cardinal António Marto, bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Anacleto Oliveira, bishop of Viana do Castelo and by Albino Cleto, bishop from Coimbra.

He took office as Bishop of Coimbra on July 10, 2011, in Coimbra.

References

  1. "Anuário Católico". www.anuariocatolicoportugal.net. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  2. "Entrevista a D. Virgílio Antunes, Bispo de Coimbra: "Desejo sempre estar como sou, numa atitude de procura, de diálogo e de proximidade"". Leiria-Fátima (in European Portuguese). 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  3. "Coimbra: Novo bispo atento à sociedade civil – Agência ECCLESIA" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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