Fr Philippe Bauzière was born in Tournai, Belgium, on 2 February 1968. He did his Salesian novitiate at the house in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Brussels) and made his first profession, again in Brussels, on 9 September 1989. In 1994 he arrived for the first time in Brazil, in Manaus where he made his perpetual profession on 5 August the following year.
He was ordained deacon in Ananindeua on 15 November 1997 and, a year later, on 28 June 1998 he was ordained priest at the cathedral in his hometown, Tournai.
His first years as a priest were spent in the Salesian house in Alvorada, Manaus (1998-2003). From 2004 to 2008 he lived in Porto Velho, first as parish priest and then as Rector (2007-2008). In the following years he lived in Belém, São Gabriel de Cachoeira and Ananindeua. From 2013-2018 he was in Manicore as Parish Priest and Rector. Back in Manaus, he lived in the houses in Alvorada, Domingos Savio and Aleixo until 2022. This year, 2023, he is in Ananindeua, where he accompanies the Salesian School of Work. Since 2019 he has been part of the Provincial Council, where he has held various positions of responsibility: from 2021 he has been Vice-Provincial and also Provincial Delegate for the Salesian Family and for Formation.
Fr Bauzière will succeed Fr Jefferson Luís da Silva Santos who will conclude his six-year term as Superior of the Province of Manaus, Brazil in February 2024.
