Pope Leo XIV appoints Leandro Machado Silvestre Bishop of Guajará-Mirim

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Leandro Machado Silvestre as Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Brazil. Born in 1978 in Itaquaquecetuba (São Paulo), a priest of the Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes, he was serving as a fidei donum priest in the Archdiocese of Porto Velho, as vicar general and parish priest, the Holy See Press Office said.