Heriberto Bodeant

Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (born 15 June 1955 in Young, Río Negro Department) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric.

The Most Reverend Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández
Bishop of Melo
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Melo
See	Melo
Appointed	13 June 2009
Installed	18 July 2009
Predecessor	Luis del Castillo Estrada
Orders
Ordination	27 September 1986 by Carlos Alberto Nicolini
Consecration	27 September 2003 by Daniel Gil Zorrilla
Personal details
Birth name	Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández
Born	(1955-06-15)15 June 1955 Young, Uruguay
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Ampora (2003-09) Auxiliary Bishop of Salto (2003-09) Secretary General of the Uruguayan Episcopal Conference (2013-16)
Motto	Nada es imposible para Dios ("Nothing is impossible for God")

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bodeant and the second or maternal family name is Fernandez.

Biography

Bodeant was born in Young, where he attended school and high school. After studying education in Paysandú, he worked in public education from 1975-1979, in his hometown.

In 1980 he entered the inter-diocesan seminary "Christ the King" in Montevideo, Uruguay. He studied philosophy and theology at the Theological Institute of Uruguay and obtained his degree in theology. He was ordained a priest on September 27, 1986 at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Spanish: parroquia Sagrado Corazón de Jesús) by the Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Carlos Alberto Nicolini.

He served as curate of the parish of Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar) in Fray Bentos between 1986 and 1988. After his appointment as diocesan advisor on Youth Ministry in 1988, he lived in Paysandú in the parish of San José Obrero (Saint Joseph the Worker). From 1990 to 1992 he studied at the theology faculty of the Catholic Institute in Lyon, France, from where he obtained a further degree in theology. On his return to Uruguay he taught at the Theological Institute of Uruguay and at the Catholic University of Paysandú. In 1993 he was made parish priest of Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Paysandú.

On 28 June 2003 he was appointed titular bishop of Ampora and auxiliary bishop of Salto. His was consecrated as bishop in Salto Cathedral on 27 September of that year by the Bishop of Salto, Daniel Gil Zorrilla, with the Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Marcelo Mendiharat, and the President of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay, Carlos Collazzi, Bishop of Mercedes, attending as co-consecrators.[1]

He was appointed Bishop of Melo on 13 June 2009, due to the illness of the ordinary Luis del Castillo.[2] He assumed pastoral leadership of the diocese on 18 July of that year.

In the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay he has served as president for two terms (2004-2009) of the National Commission for Youth Ministry and the Department for Vocations and Ministry. In 2009 he was elected as General Secretary of the Conference for the period 2010-2012, and was reelected in 2012 for the period 2013-2016.[3] In this capacity he participated in the 33rd General Assembly of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (Spanish: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano, better known as CELAM), the first to take place in Montevideo, in May 2011.

References

1. "Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 27 February 2010. (in Spanish)
2. "Heriberto Bodeant appointed Bishop of Melo". El País. 15 June 2009. (in Spanish)
3. "CEU - Organization". Retrieved 17 April 2013. (in Spanish)

External links

• "Bishop Bodeant". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 14, 2013. ^{[self-published]}