Dimas Lara Barbosa

Dimas Lara Barbosa (born April 1, 1956) is a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro from 2003 till 2011, when he became archbishop of Campo Grande.


Dimas Lara Barbosa
Archbishop of Campo Grande
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseCampo Grande
SeeCampo Grande
Appointed4 May 2011
Installed10 July 2011
PredecessorVitório Pavanello
Orders
Ordination3 December 1988
by Eusébio Oscar Scheid
Consecration2 August 2003
by Eusébio Oscar Scheid
Personal details
Born
Dimas Lara Barbosa

(1956-04-01) 1 April 1956
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari (2003-11)
Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (2003-11)
Secretary General of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference (2007-11)
Second Vice-President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (2011-15)
MottoServir com alegria

Life

Born in Boa Esperança, Lara Barbosa was ordained to the priesthood on December 3, 1988, serving in São José dos Campos.

On June 11, 2003, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and titular bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari. Lara Barbosa received his episcopal consecration on the following August 2 from Eusébio Oscar Scheid, archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, with the bishop of São José dos Campos, José Nelson Westrupp, and the auxiliary bishop of Brasília, Raymundo Damasceno Assis, serving as co-consecrators.

On May 4, 2011, he was appointed archbishop of Campo Grande. He was installed on the following July 10.


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