Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa
{{Short description|20th and 21st-century Roman Catholic Archbishop}}
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| honorific_prefix = His Grace, The Most Reverend, Mons.
| name = Dom Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa
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| title = Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda and Recife
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| church = Roman Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Olinda and Recife
| province = Olinda and Recife
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| appointed = June 2023
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| predecessor = Dom. Antônio Fernando Saburido, O.S.B
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| ordination = December 1993
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| birth_name = Paule Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|04|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Paraiba, Brazil
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| occupation = Archbishop, Clergyman
|previous_post = Bishop of Garanhuns (2015-2023)
| profession = Theologian, Philosopher, Scholar
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| motto = In Verbo Tuo
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}}The Most Rev. Mons. Dom Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (born on 17 April 1969) is a clergyman, diocesan priest, prelate, theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar for the Catholic Church in Brazil who has been appointed as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda and Recife.{{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/06/14/230614a.html/ |title=Resignations and Appointments |publisher=Press.vatican.va |date= |accessdate=2023-06-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.folhape.com.br/noticias/papa-francisco-nomeia-novo-arcebispo-de-olinda-e-recife/272869/|title=Conheça o novo arcebispo de Olinda e Recife nomeado pelo Papa Francisco|website=www.folhape.com.br|accessdate=18 June 2023}} Previously he served as bishop of Garanhuns since 2015.{{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/05/20/0385/00840.html#ga/ |title=Rinunce e nomine |publisher=Press.vatican.va |date=2015-05-20 |accessdate=2023-06-18}}
Biography
Dom Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa was born on 17 April 1969 in Paraiba, Brazil. He studied philosophy and theology at Instituto de Teologia do Recife (ITER) in Recife-PE and the archdiocesan seminary of Paraíba in João Pessoa-PB. He receive his ordination as a priest in 1993 and his incardination was in the diocese of Patos. He began his pastoral work as parish administrator São Sebastião in Catingueira-PB, São Pedro in Patos-PB, Nossa Senhora das Dores in Mãe d’Água-PB and Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Patos-PB; parish vicar of Nossa Senhora da Guia; parish priest of Santo Antônio in Patos-PB and Nossa Senhora da Conceição in São Mamede-PB; rector of the diocesan seminary; diocesan pastoral coordinator; professor in the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-Minas) and the Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia (FAJE); parish vicar of São Geraldo and parish administrator of Senhor Bom Jesus do Horto; and national secretary of the Organização dos Seminários e Institutos Filosófico-Teológicos do Brasil (OSIB). He then obtained licenciate and doctoral degree in biblical studies from the Pontifical Biblical Institute and Pontifical Gregorian University.
He will replace Dom Antônio Fernando Saburido, O.S.B.{{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/06/14/0443/00986.html#brasile/ |title=Rinunce e nomine |publisher=Press.vatican.va |date=2023-06-14 |accessdate=2023-06-18}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbb.org.br/renuncia-dom-saburido-nomeacao-olinda-e-recife/ |title=Papa Francisco nomeia novo arcebispo de Olinda e Recife |publisher=Cnbb.org.br |date=2023-06-14 |accessdate=2023-06-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diocesegaranhuns.org/noticias/dom-paulo-jackson-recebe-nomeacao-como-novo-arcebispo-de-olinda-e-recife-1261/|title=Dom Paulo Jackson recebe nomeação como novo arcebispo de Olinda e Recife|first=Agência Arcanjo Comunicação|last=Católica|website=Diocese de Garanhuns|accessdate=18 June 2023}} His Installation will be take place in August 2023.
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Category:Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Garanhuns
Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Olinda e Recife