Dadeus Grings

Dadeus Grings

Dadeus Grings (born September 7, 1936 in Nova Petrópolis , Rio Grande do Sul ) is a Brazilian clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Porto Alegre .

Life

After finishing school in Brazil, Grings studied Catholic theology . On December 23, 1961, he received the sacrament of ordination by Curia Archbishop Antonio Samorè .

On January 23, 1991, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of São João da Boa Vista . The episcopal ordination received his his predecessor, Bishop Tomás Vaquero , on March 15 the same year. Co- consecrators were the senior archbishop of Porto Alegre, Cardinal Alfredo Vicente Scherer , and the bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul , Aloísio Sinésio Bohn .

On April 12, 2000 he was appointed coadjutor archbishop of Porto Alegre. With the resignation of the Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Altamiro Rossato CSsR , on February 7, 2001, he succeeded him.

On September 18, 2013, Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation.

In addition to his episcopal activity, he appeared as an author of theological books.

Works (selection)

• 2003: A vida humana plena
• 2003: Sociedade do Futuro: entre o limite ea esperança
• 2004: A Evangelização da Cidade: O Apostolado Urbano
• 2004: Meu colóquio com Deus I: A teologia dogmática orante
• 2006: Meu colóquio com Deus II: A teologia moral rezada
• 2008: Meu colóquio com Deus III: Liturgia
• 2009: Promoção Humana

Web links

• Entry on Dadeus Grings on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved September 19, 2013.
• Telegraph: Brazilian archbishop all teenagers are spontaneously homosexual (English)
• Spiegel: Archbishop relativizes the Holocaust, 2009

predecessor	Office	successor
Tomás Vaquero	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista 1991–2000	David Dias Pimentel
Altamiro Rossato CSsR	Archbishop of Porto Alegre 2001-2013	Jaime Spengler OFM