Augusto Álvaro da Silva
Augusto Álvaro Cardinal da Silva (born April 8, 1876 in Recife , Brazil , † August 14, 1968 in Salvador da Bahia ) was Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia .
Life
Augusto da Silva received his philosophical and theological training in the seminary of Olinda . He received on 5 March 1899, the sacrament of the priesthood and worked as a church pastor and cathedral-Zeremoniar in Olinda.
Pope Pius X appointed him on May 12, 1911 as the first bishop of the diocese of Floresta, established at the end of the previous year . The Archbishop of Olinda , Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito , donated him episcopal ordination on October 22 of the same year; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão , Francisco de Paula e Silva CM , and the Bishop of Natal , Joaquim Antônio de Almeida . The inauguration in the diocese of Floresta took place on November 23, 1911.
Pope Benedict XV In 1915 , Pope Pius XI made him head of the Diocese of Barra do Rio Grande . appointed him Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 1924. Pope Pius XII accepted Augusto Álvaro da Silva on January 12, 1953 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria in the college of cardinals . He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . Augusto Álvaro Cardinal da Silva died on August 14, 1968 in São Salvador da Bahia and was buried in the local cathedral .
Web links
- Silva, Augusto Álvaro da. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 3, 2017.
- Entry on Augusto Álvaro da Silva on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved May 3, 2017.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Jerônimo Tomé da Silva |
Archbishop of Salvador da Bahia 1924–1968 |
Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales |
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Bishop of Barra 1915-1924 |
Adalberto Accioli Sobral |
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Bishop of Floresta 1911–1915 |
José Antonio de Oliveira Lopes |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Silva, Augusto Álvaro da |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Silva, Augusto Álvaro Cardinal da (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia and Cardinal |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1876 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Recife , Brazil |
DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1968 |
Place of death | Salvador (Bahia) |