José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva
José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva (born January 6, 1901 in Araxá , Minas Gerais , † August 27, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of São Paulo .
Life
José Gaspar d'Afonseca studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was ordained a priest on August 12, 1923 . In 1927 he became professor and vice rector of the seminary of São Paulo. In 1934 he became rector of the seminary in Ipiranga.
Pope Pius XI appointed him on February 23, 1935 titular bishop of Barca and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of São Paulo. He was ordained episcopal by the Archbishop of São Paulo, Leopoldo Duarte e Silva , on April 28, 1935. Co- consecrators were Antonio Colturato , Bishop of Uberaba , and Gastão Liberal Pinto , Coadjutor Bishop of São Carlos . With the office of auxiliary bishop, he was also in charge of the Catholic Action . On July 29, 1939, Pius XII appointed the only 38-year-old as the new Archbishop of São Paulo.
Afonseca restructured the archbishopric and subdivided it into deaneries, which he visited repeatedly. Another concern was the strengthening of pastoral work. To this end, he wrote numerous pastoral letters. Afonseca also tried to enforce Christian moral theology in family law. In 1942 he took part in the fourth Eucharistic Congress in Brazil, in the preparation of which he was also involved.
He was honored with an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of São Bento in March 1941 . In 1943 he became an honorary member of the Brazilian Institute for History and Geography.
death
José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva planned a trip to Rio de Janeiro in the summer of 1943. His plane crashed on August 27 while attempting to land there, and the journalist Cásper Libero was also killed. Afonseca's remains were transferred to São Paulo and buried in the cathedral's crypt.
Web links
- Biography on the website of the Archdiocese of São Paulo (Portuguese)
- Entry for José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Leopoldo Duarte e Silva |
Archbishop of São Paulo 1939–1943 |
Carlos Carmelo Cardinal de Vasconcelos Motta |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Afonseca e Silva, José Gaspar d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of São Paulo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Araxá , Minas Gerais |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1943 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |