Sebastião da Silveira Cintra

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Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
  • Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (1911-1916)
  • Titular Bishop of Orthosias (1911-1916)
  • Archbishop of Olinda (1916-1921)
  • Coadjutor Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro (1921-1930)
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
MottoCor Unum In Anima Una (English: One Heart in one Soul)
Coat of armsSebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra's coat of arms
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Sebastião da Silveira Cintra
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Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (January 20, 1882 – October 17, 1942) was a Brazilian

cardinalate
in 1930.

Biography

Early life and ministry

Born in

canon from 1904 to 1910, and Pro-Vicar General
of São Paulo from 1909 to 1911.

Bishop

On March 24, 1911, Cintra was appointed

Archbishop of Olinda on April 29, 1916; he also assumed leadership of the archdiocese of Recife when it was united with Olinda two years later in 1918. On March 15, 1921, he became Coadjutor Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus. The appointment of a Coadjutor Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro had been rendered necessary by the failing health of the local Ordinary, Cardinal Arcoverde, Brazil's first Cardinal. As Coadjutor, Cintra, who had been consecrated to the Episcopate by Arcoverde and who had served as his auxiliary Bishop, now aided Arcoverde in the government of the See of Rio de Janeiro. Cintra also consecrated Carlos Duarte Costa (later excommunicated and Patriarch of ICAB) as Bishop of Botucatu
on December 8, 1924.

Cardinal

Cintra eventually succeeded Cardinal Arcoverde as

Santi Alessio e Bonifacio in the consistory
of July 3 of that same year.

Also in 1930, in November, he intervened in the revolution through which Getúlio Vargas assumed power:[1] The Cardinal was credited with saving the life of the incumbent president, Washington Luís. The revolutionary forces surrounded Guanabara Palace and were set to invade it, but the Cardinal succeeded in gaining admission to the Palace to negotiate the withdrawal of the deposed President, thus avoiding bloodshed. Before entering the President's office in Guanabara Palace, he said to the cabinet: "Time does not permit vacillation. The exaltation and animation of the people is great and I urge the President to retire to a fort or barracks. I have been insisting on this for nine hours and now it is almost too late".[2] Cintra then successfully persuaded Luís to resign after a half-hour-long conversation.[2]

Among the many events to which he served as

Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
, that later was granted the title of "Pontifical Catholic University".

Death

On October 17, 1942, Cardinal Cintra died from a heart attack[1] at age 60 in Rio de Janeiro and is buried at the Shrine of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, located in the city.

References

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  1. ^ a b TIME Magazine. Milestones October 26, 1942
  2. ^ a b TIME Magazine. "Where is the President?" November 3, 1930

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Archbishop of Olinda

1916–1921 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
1930–1942 		Succeeded by
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