Augusto Álvaro da Silva

Coat of arms of Augusto Álvaro Cardinal da Silva

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 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Jerônimo Tomé da Silva	Archbishop of Salvador da Bahia 1924–1968	Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales
---	Bishop of Barra 1915-1924	Adalberto Accioli Sobral
---	Bishop of Floresta 1911–1915	José Antonio de Oliveira Lopes

personal data
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)