Jaime de Barros Câmara
Cardinal-Priest | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Jaime de Barros Câmara 3 July 1894 |
| Died | 18 February 1971 (aged 76) Palácio Paulino, Aparecida, Brazil |
| Buried | Rio de Janeiro Cathedral |
| Parents | Joaquim Xavier de Oliveira Cãmara Anna de Carvalho Barros |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Mossoró (1935-41) Archbishop of Belém do Pará (1941-43) Military Vicar of Brazil (1950-63) President of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference (1958-64) |
| Motto | Ignem veni mittere |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Styles of Jaime de Barros Câmara | ||
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Reference style His Eminence | | |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence | |
| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro | |
Jaime de Barros Câmara (July 3, 1894 – February 18, 1971) was a Brazilian
cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII
.
Biography
Born in
priesthood by Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira on January 1, 1920. After doing pastoral work in Florianópolis until 1935, he was made rector of the seminary in that same city. Câmara was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness
on April 18, 1935.
On December 19, 1935, Câmara was appointed the first
Archbishop of Belém do Pará on September 15, 1941, and Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
on July 3, 1943.
1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI. Along with Lawrence Shehan, he assisted Leo Joseph Suenens in delivering one of the closing messages of the Council delivered by cardinals on December 8, 1965.[1]
During his tenure as Rio de Janeiro's archbishop, Câmara delivered a televised condemnation of Communism.[2] He was also opposed to gambling and the popular Brazilian religious leader, Alziro Zarur.[3][4]
In 1971, Cardinal Câmara died while in the city of Aparecida, at age 76. He is buried in metropolitan cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.
References
- ^ Christus Rex. To Artists Archived 2007-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TIME Magazine. The Pope's Man in Recife March 27, 1964
- ^ TIME Magazine. The Cross & the Wheel January 21, 1946
- ^ TIME Magazine. Zarur the Prophet March 24, 1958
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