Edmundo Mellid

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Edmundo Mellid SDB (born 1944) is a Roman Catholic missionary in Angola. On February 13, 2006 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Apostolic Vicar to Chaco Paraguayo, an area with a population of 18,000 but only 5 ordained priests. As a result of this appointment, he was due to be consecrated as bishop. Mellid was ordained priest in 1977.