Fr De Oliveira is 47 years old, having been born in Campinas, in the State of São Paulo, on 18 October 1975. He met the Salesians at the Salesian school in Campinas, where he was a student and involved in youth groups and parish activities.
His mother, Tamar A. Da Silva, still lives in the city of Campinas.
He made his novitiate in Indápolis, near Dourados, his postnovitiate in Lorraine, did practical training in San Carlos and Pindamonhangaba and completed his theological studies at Lapa, in São Paulo. He made his perpetual profession on 31 January 2004 in São Paulo, and was ordained a priest on 17 December 2005 in Campinas.
He spent his first years as a priest in the Salesian community in Lorraine, at the San Joaquín Institute (2006-2008). From 2009 to 2011 he was Rector and Parish Priest in Americana; in 2012 he became Rector of the Provincial House in São Paulo, and at the same time Delegate for Youth Ministry; from 2013 to 2017 he was Rector of the Postnovitiate in Lorraine and Provincial Delegate for Formation; from 2018 to 2022 Rector and Parish Priest of the Mary Help of Christians community in Campinas and currently he is Rector of San José House, also in Campinas. He also held the position of Provincial Councillor for three consecutive years from 2012 to 2020.
Fr De Oliveira will succeed Fr Justo Piccinini, who will conclude his six-year term as Provincial at the end of 2023.
