Mario Brito Reelected President of the Inter-European Division

Pastor Mário Brito was born in Praia, Cape Verde, on September 24, 1955, where he lived for 18 years. In 1973, he moved to Lisbon, Portugal. He was baptized on February 22, 1975. After completing his secondary education, Pastor Brito studied theology for two years at the Adventist Seminary in Sagunto, Spain. He continued his theology studies at the Adventist College of Collonges (France), where he completed his Bachelor of Theology degree in 1981. He also obtained a Master of Theology from Andrews University (Michigan, United States of America) in 1994.

Pastor Brito started his pastoral work in 1981. He has been a pastor in several churches, a Bible teacher, and a church planter. He was consecrated for the ministry in July 1987. He was elected as president of the Portuguese Union in 1997 and remained in that position until 2006. 

At the 2005 General Conference Session in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, he was elected director of the Sabbath School, Personal Ministries, and Stewardship Department for the Inter-European Division, even though he remained as president of the Portuguese Union for another year. In 2010, Pastor Brito was elected director of the Ministerial Association and Chaplaincies in the Inter-European Division. In 2015, he was elected president of the Inter-European Division.

He is married to Maria José Brito and has a daughter, Estela Abigail. 

This article was originally published on the Inter-European Division’s news site