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Archbishop Gilberto Pastana celebrates 21 years of episcopal ordination
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The Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão celebrates the 21st anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Archbishop Gilberto Pastana on October 28.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Pastana as bishop of Imperatriz on August 3, 2005, and he was ordained on October 28, 2005, in Santarém, Pará. In 2016, Pope Francis appointed him coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Crato, where he assumed leadership in December of that year. Pastana was named metropolitan archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão on June 2, 2021, and took office on July 18.
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- Official source28 de outubro: 21 anos de ordenação episcopal de Dom Gilberto Pastana
Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão · Padre Jadson
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