Jaime de Barros Câmara (July 3, 1894–February 18, 1971) was a Brazilian
Cardinal of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He served as
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro from 1943 to 1971, and was elevated to the
cardinalate
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in 1946 by
Pope Pius XII.
Biography
Born in
São José, Jaime de Barros Câmara studied at the
seminary
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in
São Leopoldo
São Leopoldo () (Portuguese for ''Saint Leopold'') is a Brazilian industrial city located in the south state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Geography
It occupies a total area of 103.9 km² (around 80 km² urban area) at ''circa'' 30 km fro ...
before being
ordained
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to the
priesthood by Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira on January 1, 1920. After doing
pastoral work in
Florianópolis until 1935, he was made
rector
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*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of the seminary in that same city. Câmara was raised to the rank of
Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness
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of
Mossoró
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by
Pope Pius XI. He received his
episcopal consecration
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
on February 2, 1936, from Archbishop Domingues de Oliveira, with Bishops Pio de Freitas Silveira and Daniel Hostin serving as
co-consecrators. Câmara was later named
Archbishop of
Belém do Pará
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on September 15, 1941, and
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro on July 3, 1943.
Pope Pius XII created him
Cardinal Priest
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of ''
Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio
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'' in the
consistory
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* Consistor ...
of February 18, 1946. Câmara was made the first Bishop of the Catholic
Military Ordinariate
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Until 1986, they were called "military ...
of Brazil on November 6, 1950 (a post which he resigned on November 9, 1963), and the first
Ordinary for the
Eastern Catholics
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in Brazil on November 14, 1951. The Cardinal attended the first general conference of the
Latin American Episcopal Conference
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in 1955, served as
President
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
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of the Brazilian
Episcopal Conference
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from 1958 to 1963, and
participated in the
conclave of 1958. From 1962 to 1965, he attended the
Second Vatican Council
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, during the course of which he served as a
cardinal elector in the
1963 papal conclave that selected
Pope Paul VI
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. Along with
Lawrence Shehan
Lawrence Joseph Shehan (March 18, 1898 – August 26, 1984) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1961 to 1974 and was made a cardinal in 1965. Shehan was an advocate for civil rights ...
, he assisted
Leo Joseph Suenens
Leo Jozef Suenens ( ) (16 July 1904 – 6 May 1996) was a Belgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels from 1961 to 1979, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1962.
Suenens was a leading voice at ...
in delivering one of the closing messages of the Council delivered by cardinals on December 8, 1965.
During his tenure as
Rio de Janeiro
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's archbishop, Câmara delivered a
televised
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condemnation of
Communism
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. He was also opposed to
gambling
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and the popular Brazilian religious leader,
Alziro Zarur.
[TIME Magazine]
Zarur the Prophet
March 24, 1958
In 1971, Cardinal Câmara died while in the city of
Aparecida
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, at age 76. He is buried in
metropolitan cathedral
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of Rio de Janeiro.
References
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Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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1894 births
1971 deaths
Cardinals created by Pope Pius XII
Brazilian cardinals
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Roman Catholic archbishops of Belém do Pará
Roman Catholic archbishops of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Roman Catholic bishops of Mossoró