Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishops

The list Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishops includes Dadeus Grings, Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Luciano José Cabral Duarte, Geraldo de Proença Sigaud and Alfredo Scherer. The list consists of 84 members and 1 sublist.

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Luciano José Cabral Duarte

Catholic bishop

Overview: Luciano José Cabral Duarte (born January 21, 1925) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Aracajú from 1966 till 1971, when he became archbishop of Aracajú. He resigned ...

Date of birth: 21 January 1925

Date of death: 29 May 2018

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil 97T

20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil 137T
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Geraldo de Proença Sigaud

Catholic bishop

Overview: Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. (September 26, 1909—September 5, 1999) was a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Jacarezinho from 1947 to 1960, and as Archbishop of ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1909

Date of death: 5 September 1999

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

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20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

Far-right politics in Brazil 26T

Brazilian Roman Catholic bishops 159T
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Dadeus Grings

Brazilian, Religion

Overview: Dadeus Grings (born 7 September 1936) is a Roman Catholic bishop who is the current ordinary of the archdiocese of Porto Alegre. He also serves as the chancellor of the Catholic University of Rio Grande ...

Date of birth: 7 September 1936

Age: 88

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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Roman Catholic bishops of Porto Alegre 4T

Roman Catholic bishops of São João da Boa Vista 3T

Roman Catholic archbishops of Porto Alegre 4T
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Alfredo Scherer

Catholic cardinal

Overview: Alfredo Vicente Scherer (February 5, 1903–March 9, 1996) was a German-Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Brazil from 1946 to 1996, and was elevated ...

Date of birth: 5 February 1903

Date of death: 9 March 1996

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

Brazilian cardinals 22T

Brazilian anti-communists 55T
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Odilo Scherer

Catholic cardinal

Overview: Odilo Pedro Scherer (born September 21, 1949) is a Brazilian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of São Paulo, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. In the intern ...

Date of birth: 21 September 1949

Age: 75

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 46T

Members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre 89T

Pontifical Gregorian University alumni 577T
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Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti

Catholic cardinal

Overview: Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (January 17, 1850 – April 18, 1930) was the first Cardinal to be born in Latin America. He was known as "Cardeal Arcoverde".

Date of birth: 17 January 1850

Date of death: 18 April 1930

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 2T

20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

Cardinals created by Pope Pius X 49T
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Aloísio Lorscheider

Catholic cardinal

Overview: Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. (8 October 1924 – 23 December 2007) was a prominent cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil during the 1970s and 1980s. He was renowned as an advocate of ...

Date of birth: 8 October 1924

Date of death: 23 December 2007

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

Brazilian Friars Minor 5T

Franciscan cardinals 19T
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Agnelo Rossi

Catholic cardinal

Overview: Agnelo Rossi (4 May 1913 – 21 May 1995) was a Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

Date of birth: 4 May 1913

Date of death: 21 May 1995

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

People from Campinas 119T

Pontifical Gregorian University alumni 577T
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Hélder Câmara

Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife (1909–1999)

Overview: Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Olinda and Recife from 1964 to 1985 during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He was ...

Date of birth: 7 February 1909

Date of death: 27 August 1999

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

Brazilian Servants of God 11T

Christian socialist theologians 61T
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Eusébio Scheid

Catholic cardinal

Overview: Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.J. (born 8 December 1932) is a Brazilian Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Rio de Janeiro.

Date of birth: 8 December 1932

Date of death: 13 January 2021

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 46T

20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

2021 deaths 4,264T
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José Freire Falcão

Catholic cardinal

Overview: José Freire Falcão (Brazilian Portuguese: 23 October 1925 – 26 September 2021) was a Brazilian Catholic cardinal and the former Archbishop of Brasília. He was also the Cardinal Priest of San Luca a Via ...

Date of birth: 23 October 1925

Date of death: 26 September 2021

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

Brazilian cardinals 22T

Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II 232T
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Serafim Fernandes de Araújo

Catholic cardinal

Overview: Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (born August 13, 1924 in Minas Novas, Brazil) is the archbishop emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Date of birth: 13 August 1924

Date of death: 8 October 2019

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 46T

20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

2019 deaths 9,204T
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Geraldo Majella Agnelo

Brazilian Cardinal

Overview: Geraldo Majella Agnelo (19 October 1933 – 26 August 2023) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic Cardinal. Was is Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia and Primate Emeritus of Brazil.

Date of birth: 19 October 1933

Date of death: 26 August 2023

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 46T

20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

Roman Catholic archbishops of São Salvador da Bahia 5T
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Cláudio Hummes

Catholic cardinal

Overview: Cláudio Hummes, OFM (Portuguese pronunciation: born Auri Alfonso Hummes; 8 August 1934 – 4 July 2022) was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from ...

Date of birth: 8 August 1934

Date of death: 4 July 2022

Age: 87 (age at death)

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 46T

20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil 51T

Prefects of the Congregation for the Clergy 9T
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Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner

Catholic archbishop (1931–2023)

Overview: Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner (2 September 1931 – 1 April 2023) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Toledo from 1983 to 1995 and archbishop of Cascavel from 1995 to 2007.

Date of birth: 2 September 1931

Date of death: 1 April 2023

Age: 91 (age at death)

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Bonifácio Piccinini

Brazilian archbishop

Overview: Bonifácio Piccinini S.D.B. (13 May 1929 – 28 November 2020) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop.

Date of birth: 13 May 1929

Date of death: 28 November 2020

Age: 91 (age at death)

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Pedro Ercílio Simon

Brazilian priest

Overview: Pedro Ercílio Simon (9 September 1941 – 1 June 2020) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop.

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Geremias Steinmetz

Brazilian archbishop

Overview: Geremias Steinmetz (born 26 February 1965) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Londrina since 2017. He was Bishop of Paranavaí from 2011 to 2017.

Date of birth: 26 February 1965

Age: 60

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Angélico Sândalo Bernardino

Brazilian Catholic Bishop

Overview: Angélico Sândalo Bernardino (19 January 1933 – 15 April 2025) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as bishop of Blumenau.

Date of birth: 19 January 1933

Date of death: 15 April 2025

Age: 92 (age at death)

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Roman Catholic bishops of São Paulo 14T

21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil 122T

20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil 159T
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José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques

Overview: José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques (born 13 May 1948) is an Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as the Archbishop of Fortaleza since his appointing on 13 January 1999.

Date of birth: 13 May 1948

Age: 77

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