On February 26, 2026, during the XI Ordinary Pre-Capitular Assembly of the Province of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Presbyteral Ordination of Deacon Marco Túlio de Azevedo, CP, took place at the Sanctuary of Saint Paul of the Cross in Belo Horizonte (MG). The celebration was presided over by Bishop Evandro Campos Maria, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte (MG), who, through the laying on of hands and the Church’s Consecratory Prayer, conferred upon the deacon the second degree of the Sacrament of Holy Orders.