Alexandre Awi Mello
Alexandre Awi Mello (born 17 January 1971) I. Sch., is a Brazilian Catholic priest and the secretary of the Dicastary for Laity, Family and Life since his appointment by Pope Francis on 31 May 2017. He was previously national director of the Schonstatt Movement in Brazil.[1]
Mello was born in Rio de Janeiro. He was ordained a priest in 7 July 2001 for the Schonstatt Fathers. He served as a parochial vicar and Assessor of young people in the southeast and south of Brazil. He became national director of the movement.
He completed his studies in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Catholic University in Santiago de Chile. He earned a licence in theology from the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Vallendar in 2000. He went on to earn a doctorate in Marianology from the University of Dayton.[2]
He served as a professor in pastoral theology in Londrina and at the Paul VI Institute from 2002 to 2004 and then at the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana from 2005-2009. From 2012 he served at the Salesian University Centre in Sao Bento.
In 2007 he work with the secretariat of the CLEAM conference in Aparecida. He was appointed as secretary of the newly established Dicastary for Laity, Family and Life under its prefect, Cardinal Farrell.
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