David Dias Pimentel
Portuguese bishop (1941–2021)
David Dias Pimentel (March 18, 1941 – March 16, 2021) was a Portuguese bishop living in Brazil since his youth. His last pastoral work was that of Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo.
Biography
Dom David was born in the Archipelago of the Azores, son of João Dias Pimentel and Arminda de Jesus Costa, being the youngest among ten brothers. His studies were carried out in his native land, and at the age of thirteen he entered the Consolata Seminary, in Fátima. In 1960, he came with his family to Brazil and in Botucatu Pimentel went to high school (currently high school).
In 1963 he began his studies in philosophy at the Central Seminary of Ipiranga and in 1965, Theology, at the Pontifical Gregorian University, in Rome. Pimentel was ordained a priest on December 21, 1969, in the city of São José do Rio Preto, serving for sixteen years, in various diocesan positions, as rector of the seminary, parish priest in Nhandeara, São José do Rio Preto, Cedral and Monte Aprazível, coordinator diocesan pastoral, seminary professor and member of the council of priests.
In 1986, Pimentel was transferred to Guarulhos, where he was parish priest of Jardim Munhoz and of the Cathedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, being part of the pastoral coordination and the council of elders. In 1991, during the vacant seat, he was diocesan administrator and later vicar general of the diocese. He served in the Diocese of Guarulhos for eight years.
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