Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira

Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (São Francisco do Sul, September 16, 1965), commonly known as Dom Beto is a Brazilian Franciscan friar and Catholic bishop. Currently, Dom Beto is the archbishop of Maceió.

Biography Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira was born on September 16, 1965, at São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Later, entered the Franciscans by the Province of the Immaculate Conception of Brazil, saying his vows at January 10, 1987. Some years later, Carlos Alberto was transferred to the Province of Saint Anthony of Brazil, in the northeastern region, being ordained a priest at August 20, 1994.

Breis studied philosophy at the Recife Institute of Theology (ITER) between 1988 and 1989 and Theology at the Franciscan Institute of Theology of Olinda (IFTO) between the years of 1990 and 1993. He also obtained his licenciate in Spiritual Theology at the Antonianum, Rome, between the years of 2005 and 2007.