Marinez Santos Bassotto

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Marinez Rosa Dos Santos Bassotto
Primate of Brazil and Bishop of the Amazon
Church Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
Diocese Anglican Diocese of the Amazon
Elected20 January 2018
Predecessor Naudal Gomes
Other post(s)Bishop of the Amazon
Orders
OrdinationMay 1995 (deacon)
1996 (priest)
Consecration2023
Personal details
Born1971or1972(age 53–54)
Denomination Anglican
SpousePaulo Bassotto

Marinez Rosa dos Santos Bassotto (born 1971or1972) is a Brazilian Anglican bishop and primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (IEAB). [1] [2] [3] She was the first female primate of the Anglican church in Latin America. [1]

Bassotto was born in Canguçu, Brazil. She was ordained as deacon in 1995 after studying at the IEAB's seminary in Porto Alegre. [4]

In January 2024, Bishop Bassotto took part in a "Growing Together" ecumenical summit that took place in Rome and Canterbury as a part of the Week for Prayer for Christian Unity. Bishop Alba Sally Sue Hernández of the Diocese of Mexico in the Anglican Church of Mexico also took part in the meeting where the two women bishops from Latin America were among 27 pairs of bishops blessed by Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Michael, Mark (November 16, 2022). "Brazil Elects First Female Primate in Latin America". The Living Church. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  2. "Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil elects first woman bishop". international.la-croix.com. January 26, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  3. "Nova primaz da IEAB: bispa Marinez Bassotto". Igreja Anglicana | IEAB - Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 14, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  4. "Brazil takes "decisive steps towards gender equality" with election of its first female bishop". Anglican Communion News Service. January 24, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  5. "Catholic & Anglican Bishops United by Common Mission". livingchurch.org. February 1, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.