Eurico Dias Nogueira

Eurico Dias Nogueira (born March 6, 1923 in Dornelas do Zêzere , † May 19, 2014 in Braga ) was a Portuguese clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Braga . He is considered a major figure in the Portuguese Church in the twentieth century.

Life

Eurico Dias Nogueira was ordained a priest on December 22, 1945 . He completed a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (1945–1948) and a degree in civil law at the University of Coimbra in Coimbra (1948–1955). Among other things, he worked as a missionary in the Mozambican diocese of Vila Cabral .

Pope Paul VI appointed him on July 10, 1964 Bishop of Vila Cabral . The Archbishop ad personam of Coimbra , Ernesto Sena de Oliveira , donated him episcopal ordination on December 6th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro , Archbishop of Évora , and Manuel Dos Santos Rocha , Auxiliary Bishop in Lisbon . He was a participant in the last two sessions of the Second Vatican Council .

He was appointed Bishop of Sá da Bandeira in Angola on February 19, 1972 and resigned from this office on February 3, 1977. On November 3 of the same year he was by Paul VI. appointed Archbishop of Braga . On June 5, 1999, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

Eurico Dias Nogueira was Prior of the Northern Province of the Lieutenancy Portugal of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

Act

Eurico Dias Nogueira was a sought-after discussion partner due to his work and experience in Mozambique and Angola . He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique .

He has published several books, was a judge at the ecclesiastical court and was involved in postgraduate courses for lawyers and attorneys and in the Braga Council Seminar.

Web links

• Entry on Eurico Dias Nogueira on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 28, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morreu D. Eurico Dias Nogueira, arcebispo emérito de Braga
2. ↑ Eurico Dias Nogueira. PR recorda “personalidade marcante” da igreja portuguesa , Agência Lusa, May 20, 2014 (Portuguese)
3. ↑ DELEGAÇÃO DO NORTE ( Memento of September 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem , accessed on January 21, 2012 (Portuguese)

predecessor	Office	successor
Francisco Maria da Silva	Archbishop of Braga 1977–1999	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga
Altino Ribeiro de Santana	Bishop of Sá da Bandeira 1972–1977	Alexandre do Nascimento
---	Bishop of Vila Cabral 1964–1972	Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva SJ