Lucas Moreira Neves

Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, OP ( born September 16, 1925 in São João del Rei, Brazil, † September 8, 2002 in Rome) was Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia and later became a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Moreira Neves came in 1945 in the order of the Dominicans a. He was ordained on July 9, 1950 for the priest.

On June 9, 1967, Pope Paul VI. him Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo and titular bishop of Feradi Maius. He received his episcopal consecration on 26 August 1967, the former Archbishop of São Paulo and later Cardinal Dean, Cardinal Agnelo Rossi. Lucas Moreira Neves 1979 Titular Archbishop of Feradi Maius and 1987, Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum. On 9 July 1987, he became Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia and Primate of Brazil.

Pope John Paul II took him on 28 June 1988 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio to the College of Cardinals. On 25 June 1998 he was elevated to Cardinal Bishop of Sabina -Poggio Mirteto.

Lucas Moreira Neves was 1974-1979 Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, 1979-1987 first secretary and 1998-2000 Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

Moreira Neves in 1996 a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, the Brazilian Academy of Letters in Rio de Janeiro, and the sixth holder of the chair seat No. 12

Age-related, he handed in his resignation and retired September 16, 2000.