Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cardinal Motta 1971
Cardinal coat of arms

Carlos Carmelo Cardinal de Vasconcelos Motta (born July 16, 1890 in Bom Jesus do Amparo , Minas Gerais , † September 18, 1982 in Aparecida , São Paulo ) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic clergyman and archbishop of Aparecida .

Life

Youth and Early Years of the Priesthood

The son of João de Vasconcelos Teixeira da Mottas and Francisca Josina dos Santos Motta received a basic education at the Fazenda da Prata in the parish of Taquaraçu . He studied humanities at the Colégio Matosinhos of the Marist School Brothers in Congonhas do Campo . In 1904 he entered the boys' college in Mariana that he left after a short time. Between 1910 and 1911 he attended the law school in Belo Horizonte . In 1914 he enrolled in the major seminary.

The Archbishop of Mariana , Silvério Gomes Pimenta (1840-1922), ordained him on June 29, 1918 as a priest . He celebrated his primacy in Taquaruçu on July 7, 1918. After the ordination he became parish vicar in Taquaruçu, where he stayed for six months. Then he was chaplain in Asilo São Luís in Serra da Piedade . Then he was chaplain of the convent of Macaúbas and worked in the parishes of Caeté and Sabara . Since 1932 he was the rain of the seminary in Belo Horizonte.

Bishop and Cardinal

Pope Pius XI appointed him on July 29, 1932 auxiliary bishop in Diamantina and titular bishop of Algiza . The Archbishop of Belo Horizonte , Antônio dos Santos Cabral , donated him episcopal ordination on October 30 of the same year in the Igreja Matriz de São José in Belo Horizonte ; Co- consecrators were Ranulfo da Silva Farias , Bishop of Guaxupé , and Antonio Colturato OFMCap , Bishop of Uberaba . As a motto he chose In Sinu Iesu .

De Vasconcelos Motta was appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão on December 9, 1935 . He was named Archbishop of São Paulo on August 13, 1944 and enthroned on September 7 of the same year . Pope Pius XII created him on February 18, 1946 cardinal priest with the titular church of San Pancrazio . On April 19, 1958 he was by Pius XII. appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Aparecida, established on the same date, of which he became the first Archbishop on April 18, 1964; he held this office until his death.

He participated in the first two sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father. From 1979 he was the longest serving cardinal priest Cardinal Protopriester .

Activities and achievements

From 1933 to 1934 he was the diocesan administrator of Diamantina . In Maranhão he created the University of the Marists in São Luís, orphanages, hospitals and a leprosy colony and provided space for various religious orders. He also promoted the establishment of the dioceses of Sul and Pinheiro , where he led the latter between 1940 and 1944 as apostolic administrator.

He opened the Faculdade Paulista de Direito , core of the Catholic University, on March 18, 1946 and appointed Gastão Liberal Pinto as its first president, who was inaugurated on September 2, 1946. In 1947 the Pope granted her the title of Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo , located in an old Carmelite monastery in the Perdizes district.

He promoted the Movimento familiar Cristão and Catholic Action in São Paulo , which gained great momentum in the 1950s. On October 14, 1952, he was one of the founders of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference . He worked very hard to promote the construction of the new Catedral da Sé , which - even without the towers - opened on January 25, 1954 during the 400th anniversary of São Paulo. The cathedral was completed on January 6, 1959 with the blessing of the carillon.

On March 2, 1956 he founded Rádio Nove de Julho to celebrate the 80th birthday of Pius XII. In an effort to increase the number of priests, he sponsored the Segundo Congresso Nacional da Vocações Sacerdotais between November 4 and 9, 1957 . He tried to implement the reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the archdiocese.

Trivia

  • His father João de Vasconcelos Teixeira da Motta was a member of parliament during the imperial era.
  • Cardinal Motta was the person who chose the name Brasília for the new federal capital. On May 3, 1957, he celebrated the first mass in Brasília.
  • As Archbishop of São Paulo, he established more than 100 parishes in 20 years.
  • In Aparecida he went to great lengths to build the new national shrine of the patron saint of Brazil, the Basílica de Nossa Senhora Aparecida , which was consecrated in 1980 by John Paul II .
  • He participated in two conclaves , which John XXIII. or Paul VI. chose, part.
  • When he died at the age of 92 he was the oldest cardinal in the world.

literature

Web links

predecessor Office successor
Otaviano Pereira de Albuquerque Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
1935–1944 		Adalberto Accioli Sobral
--- Apostolic Administrator of Pinheiro
1940–1944 		José Maria Lemerder
José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva Archbishop of São Paulo
1944–1964 		Agnelo Cardinal Rossi
--- Archbishop of Aparecida
1964–1982 		Geraldo María de Morais Penido
Antonio Caggiano Cardinal Protopriest
1979-1982 		Giuseppe Siri
--- Chairman of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference
1952–1958 		Jaime Cardinal de Barros Câmara
personal data
SURNAME Motta, Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Motta, Carlos Carmelo Cardinal de Vasconcelos (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian clergyman, archbishop, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Bom Jesus do Amparo , Minas Gerais
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1982
Place of death Aparecida , Sao Paulo