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Raymundo Damasceno Assis | |
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| Cardinal,Archbishop emeritus of Aparecida | |
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| Archdiocese | Aparecida |
| See | Aparecida |
| Appointed | 28 July 2004 |
| Installed | 25 August 2004 |
| Term ended | 16 November 2016 |
| Predecessor | Aloísio Lorscheider |
| Successor | Orlando Brandes |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest ofImmacolata al Tiburtino |
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| Ordination | 19 March 1968 by Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista |
| Consecration | 15 September 1986 by José Freire Falcão |
| Created cardinal | 20 November 2010 byPope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937-02-15)15 February 1937 (age 88) Capela Nova, Brazil |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Raymundo Damasceno Assis (Portuguese pronunciation:[ʁajˈmũdudamaˈsenuaˈsis]; born 15 February 1937) is a Braziliancardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Auxiliary Bishop ofBrasília from 1986 to 2004 and Archbishop ofAparecida from 2004 to 2016.
Damasceno Assis was born 15 February 1937 inCapela Nova. In 1948, he entered the Juvenato São José of the Marist Brothers, in the city ofMendes where he completed his basic elementary education; then he discerned that his vocation was for the priesthood and returned home toConselheiro Lafaiete,archdiocese of Mariana, where the family had moved. In 1955, he entered the Minor Seminary of the archdiocese of Mariana, where he did his secondary studies; and then the Major Seminary, where he studied philosophy. In 1960, Archbishop Oscar de Oliveira, of Mariana, sent him to the newly established archdiocese of Brasília, as a help to that new local church, inaugurated on 21 April of that same year. In 1961, Brasília's archbishop, sent him to Rome to study theology at thePontifical Gregorian University, where he obtained a licentiate; he resided at Colegio Pio Brasileiro during those years, the Second Vatican Council was occurring. In 1965, he was sent to Germany, where he concluded his formation at the Superior Institute ofCatechesis in Münich. He returned to Brazil in 1968. He did post graduate studies in the philosophy of science at theUniversity of Brasília and at thePontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.
He wasordained a priest on 19 March 1968, in Conselheiro Lafaiete, by José Newton de Almeida Baptista, archbishop of Brasília. In the archdiocese of Brasília, he served as coordinator of catechesis; pastor of the parish of Santíssimo Sacramento. He also served aschancellor and was co-founder and professor of the Major Seminary Nossa Senhora de Fatima and at the same time professor in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Brasília.
He was appointedtitular bishop ofNova Petra and auxiliary bishop of Brasília on 18 June 1986. He was named metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida 28 January 2004. In 2007 he was elected to a four-year term as president of theEpiscopal Council of Latin America (CELAM).
| Styles of Raymundo Damasceno Assis | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Aparecida |
Benedict XVI created himCardinal-Priest ofImmacolata al Tiburtino in theconsistory of 20 November 2010.[1]
In 2011 he was elected to a four-year term as president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Confêrencia Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil).
He was one of thecardinal electors who participated in the2013 papal conclave that selectedPope Francis.[2]
Pope Francis accepted his retirement on 16 November 2016 and namedOrlando Brandes to succeed him.[3]
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| Preceded by Carlos Ambrosio Lewis | — TITULAR — Titular Bishop of Nova Petra 18 June 1986 – 28 January 2004 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | General Secretary of the Latin American Episcopal Council 1991 – 1995 | Succeeded by Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal |
| Preceded by Antônio Celso Queiroz | General Secretary of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference 1995 – 2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Aparecida 28 January 2004 − 16 November 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Latin American Episcopal Council 12 July 2007 – 19 May 2011 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino 20 November 2010 − | Incumbent |
| Preceded by Geraldo Lyrio Rocha | President of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference 10 May 2011 – 20 April 2015 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded byasVice President of Brazil | Brazilian order of precedence 3rd in line as Braziliancardinal | Followed by Foreign ambassadors |
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