Ademar Sauthier Augustine (born 8 August 1940 in Osório) is a Brazilian Catholic priest of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre () is a Latin-Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. The Archdiocese's mother church and Metropolitan seat of its Archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedra ...

and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pastoral of

National Conference of Bishops of Brazil The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil ( Portuguese: ''Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil'', CNBB) is a group of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil formed under the Code of Canon Law. All diocesan bishops in Brazil belong to CNBB along ...

(CNBB).

Biography

Ademar Sauthier studied philosophy and theology at the Our Lady Immaculate Conception Seminary in

Viamão Viamão () is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In size it is the largest municipality in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre and the seventh most populous in the state. The origin of the name Viamão is controversial. The more common ...

. He was ordained a priest on 20 December 1964. In 1989 Sauthier obtained a doctorate in philosophy at the

Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Gregorian University (; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana), is a private university, private pontifical university in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...

in Rome. His studies included a specialization in Pastoral Theology. He was pastor of the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida parish, in Porto Alegre from 1971 to 1977 and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, in Porto Alegre. Sauthier taught at the Major Seminary of Viamão and Saint Bonaventure Institute in Brazil. From 2003 to 2006 he was executive secretary of the Southern Region 3 of CNBB; from 2002 to early 2007 was Episcopal Vicar of the Vicariate of Culture of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. From 2007 to June 2011 Sauthier was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pastoral CNBB in Brazil. On 4 June 2011 during the Assembly of Bishops of Rio Grande do Sul he was chosen again to fill the position of executive secretary of the Southern Region 3 of CNBB.8ª Assembleia da Ação Evangelizadora da Igreja no RS discute novas diretrizes da CNBB.
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Published books

;Author *
Liberdade e compromisso : “O Tempo e o Vento” de Erico Verissimo
'. EDIPUCRS; . * Notebooks of FAFINC (1986) * Freedom and Commitment: Erico Verissimo's The Time and the Wind: a philosophical inquiry (1989) * Memories of my life: Clemente Sauthier (1998) * Immigration Swiss-Valesana in Rio Grande do Sul (2005) ;Co-author * Adonis Valdir Fauth; Ademar Agostinho Sauthier; Angela da Silva Ribeiro.
A imigração suíço-valesana no Rio Grande do Sul: 130 anos, nossa história escrevemos todos os dias
'. Associação Valesana do Brasil; 2005.

References

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