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Adilson Tolentino
Mn.
He was born in Montes Claros, Brazil, in 1980, and also holds Spanish nationality. He graduated in Psychology in 2004 and moved to Spain, where he pursued a Master's in Analysis and Management of People in Situations of Risk between 2005-2006. During this period, he rediscovered his vocation to the priesthood.
In 2008, he began his ecclesiastical studies at the Faculty of Theology of Cataluña. In 2016, he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Mons. Joan Josep Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, who entrusted him with the pastoral care of the Brazilian-Portuguese community. In late 2020, he was appointed as the rector of the Parish of Our Lady of Bethlehem.
In his inaugural address as rector
Benedito Capitango
Mn.
Benedito Capitango, born into a Catholic Christian family on August 11, 1981, in the city of Huambo, Angola (central region), is the new parish vicar. He is the fifth of seven siblings. In 2007, he was admitted to the Major Seminary of Luanda, beginning the Higher Course of Philosophy (Bachelor's degree) until 2009. From 2010 to 2013, he entered the Higher Course of Theology, and the following year, in 2014, he was appointed as a trainer at the same Seminary.
On December 13, 2015, he was ordained a priest by the Archbishop of Luanda, Archbishop D. Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias, and was reconfirmed as a member of the Training Team of the Major Seminary of Luanda.
In 2017, he was appointed Vice-Rector of the Middle Seminary, and in 2018, he was sent to Rome to participate in a Lusophone Coaches Course. In 2019, he was appointed Treasurer of the Major Seminary of Luanda, a position he held until the date of his arrival in Cataluna.
Oscar Garcia Garcia
Mn.
He was born on October 2, 1976, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico. Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Morelia in June 2003. Ordained as a priest on January 13, 2005, in Morelia, Mich., Archdiocese of Morelia.
Currently pursuing a Doctorate at the Liturgical Institute of Barcelona and collaborates as a vicar at the Parish of Our Lady of Bethlehem in English.