Emilio J. M. de Carvalho

Emilio J. M. de Carvalho is a retired Angolan Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected to that office in 1972.

Emilio was born August 3, 1933, in Quiongua, Malanje, Angola. Carvalho earned his B.D in December 1958 at the Faculdade de Teologia da Igreja Methodista in São Paulo, Brazil. At the same time, he served as the assistant pastor for two local churches. Carvalho later earned a M.A. degree from Northwestern University (June 1960). Carvalho was ordained a deacon in The Methodist Church on June 3, 1960, by Bishop H.C. Northcott at the Wisconsin Annual Conference.

The Rev. de Carvalho returned to Angola and was appointed pastor of the Central Methodist Church in Luanda. In 1965, he became a professor and the principal of the Emmanuel Theological Seminary in Dondi, Angola. He was ordained an elder in The Methodist Church 2 January 1966 by Bishop H.P. Andreassen at the Angola Annual Conference.

Rev. Emilio J. M. de Carvalho was elected to the episcopacy of the United Methodist Church at the Africa Central Conference session held in Limbe, Malawi, August 1972. He was consecrated a bishop by Bishop Escrivao A. Zunguze on October 21, 1972, in Luanda. Bishop de Carvalho was assigned the Angola episcopal area. Carvalho formally retired on September 1, 2000.

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