[4] Barreto was ordained a Catholic priest on 13 October 1979 by Bishop Valerian D’Souza.
[citation needed] He was appointed bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Sindhudurg on 5 July 2005 and ordained on 5 Oct 2005 by Pedro López Quintana.
[5] Before becoming a bishop he has served as the dean in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona.
He chairs the Youth Commission in Western Regions Bishops Conference.
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