Mário Antônio da Silva

Mário Antônio da Silva (born 17 October 1966) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Aparecida since 2026. He was Auxiliary bishop of Manaus from 2010 to 2016, Bishop of Roraima from 2016 to 2022 and Archbishop of Cuiabá from 2022 to 2026.

Biography

Mário Antônio da Silva was born in Itararé, State of São Paulo, on 17 October 1966. He studied philosophy and theology at the Divine Mestre Diocesan Seminary in Jacarezinho from 1985 to 1991. He then earned a licentiate in moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome (1996-1998). He received his episcopal consecration on 20 August that year from Mauro Aparecido dos Santos, Archbishop of Cascavel. On 22 June 2016, Pope Francis named him as Bishop of Roraima ,

He is vice president of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.

He was a participant in the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region in 2019. He was one of four Synod prelates elected on 7 October to the thirteen-person committee to prepare the Synod's concluding document.