Virgílio do Nascimento Antunes (Batalha, São Mamede, 22 September 1961) is a Portuguese Catholic bishop, currently Bishop of the Diocese of Coimbra and ex officio the 30th Count of Arganil.
Biography He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima on 29 September 1985. Since then, he has taken on various roles in the same diocese, most notably in the formation of candidates for the priesthood, as a formator and rector. In the meantime, he specialised in biblical sciences in Rome and Jerusalem.
On 25 September 2008 he took up the post of rector of the Shrine of Fatima for a five-year mandate.
On April 28, 2011, he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Coimbra by Pope Benedict XVI. He was ordained bishop on July 3, 2011, in the Basilica of the Holy Trinity, in Fátima, by Cardinal António Marto, bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Anacleto Oliveira, bishop of Viana do Castelo and by Albino Cleto, bishop from Coimbra.
He took office as Bishop of Coimbra on July 10, 2011, in Coimbra.
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