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Carlos Pedro Zilli (7 October 1954 – 31 March 2021) was a Brazilian-born Bissau-Guinean Roman Catholic bishop. He became the
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of the newly created
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of
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in
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in 2001.


Biography

Zilli was born in
Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 47,943 (2020 est.) in an area of 1115 km2. The elevation is 467 m. The city is known for rice processing - producing up to 25 percent of the stat ...
,
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. He became a member of the
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(P.I.M.E.) on 6 July 1984. He was ordained a Roman Catholic
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on 5 January 1985. He was sent shortly after to Guinea-Bissau, where he was parochial vicar at Bafatá mission. He was also deputy of the bishop for the
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zone. He held office as president of the commission for the formation of the major seminarians, from 1986 to 1998, and regional superior of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in Guinea-Bissau, from 1993 to 1997. On 13 March 2001, Zilli was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Bafatá when it was created from the Diocese of Bissau. He was ordained on 30 June 2001. Zilli died in
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on 31 March 2021, from
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. He was 66 years old.


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Diocese of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
1954 births 2021 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Guinea-Bissau People from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo Brazilian emigrants to Guinea-Bissau Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea-Bissau Roman Catholic bishops of Bafatá {{africa-RC-bishop-stub