Sérgio de Deus Borges

Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges (born 4 September 1966) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as an Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo and the Titular Bishop of Gergis since 27 June 2012.

He was also an Apostolic Administrator of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo from 23 May 2018 until 17 June 2019. He was then appointed Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana.

Life Bishop Borges was born in a Roman Catholic family in Alfredo Wagner, Santa Catarina. After graduation of the school education, he subsequently joined the Theological Institute Paul VI in Londrina.

After his ordination he served as a parish priest in the different localities of his diocese and was a Rector of the Major Theological Seminary of São José (2000–2011). In the same time he was a professor of the Canon Law in the diffenet Catholic educational institutes and worked as a judicial vicar. From 2011 he also is a President of the Brazilian Society of Canonists.

On June 27, 2012, he was appointed by the Pope Benedict XVI as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo and Titular Bishop of Gergis. On August 18, 2012, he was consecrated as bishop by Bishop Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church. He had responsibility as a Vicar Episcopal for the Region of Santana. This and his tenure as Auxiliary Bishop ended due to appointment, July 17, 2019 as Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana.