The Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office announces that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev. Sílvio Pereira de Castro, of the clergy of the Diocese of São Miguel Paulista, Brazil, as Auxiliary Bishop of the same diocese, assigning him the titular see of Mauriana. Born on 4 February 1968 in Cianorte (Paraná) and ordained a priest on 18 February 2006, the newly appointed bishop studied philosophy at the São José diocesan seminary and theology at the Nossa Senhora da Penha seminary, graduating from the Pontifical Faculty of Theology Nossa Senhora da Assunção. Before his episcopal appointment he served as rector of the diocesan seminary of philosophy and theology.