Deacon Hugo Armín Pérez Díaz, a brother of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, will be ordained a priest this Sunday, October 11th. The celebration will be presided over by Dom Luiz Mancilha Vilela, Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espírito Santo.

The ceremony, scheduled for 10:00 AM, will be broadcast live on the Padre Eustáquio YouTube Channel and will be attended by several brothers and sisters of the Congregation.

BROTHER ARMIN PÉREZ

Brother Hugo Armín Pérez Díaz was born in Paraguay in 1987 in the city of San Juan Bautista de Ñeembucú. He is the sixth of seven children of Margarita Díaz and Mirope Pérez. He entered the Congregation in January 2010. He completed his Novitiate in Chile in 2013 and professed his first vows on January 10, 2014. He continued his formation in the International Community of Professed Brothers in Santiago, Chile. In 2016, he completed a pastoral year in Presidente Franco, Paraguay, where on May 10, 2019, he professed his perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. On December 18, 2019, he was ordained a deacon in the community of Santa Catalina de Sena in Paraguay. In recent months, he has been experiencing the fourth stage of his formation in the Padre Eustaquio Community in Belo Horizonte.