Murilo Sebastião Ramos warrior

Archbishop Krieger (2008)

Archbishop's coat of arms by Murilo Sebastião Ramos warrior

Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger SCI (born September 19, 1943 in Brusque ) is a Brazilian religious , emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia and Primate of Brazil.

Life

Murilo Ramos Krieger joined the Congregation of the Dehonians in, laid in 1964, the profession , and the Archbishop of Florianópolis , Alfonso Niehues , ordained him on December 7, 1969 priests .

Pope John Paul II appointed him on February 16, 1985 auxiliary bishop in Florianópolis and titular bishop of Lysinia . The Archbishop of Florianópolis, Alfonso Niehues, donated him episcopal ordination on April 28 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Honorato Piazera SCI, Bishop of Lages , and Eusébio Scheid SCI, Bishop of São José dos Campos . He chose DEUS CARITAS EST as the motto .

He was appointed Bishop of Ponta Grossa on May 8, 1991, and was introduced to the office on July 22 of the same year. On May 7, 1997 he was appointed Archbishop of Maringá and on July 11 of the same year he was introduced to the office. On February 20, 2002 he was appointed Archbishop of Florianópolis.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia on January 12, 2011, and he was inducted into office on March 25 of the same year. On March 11, 2020, Pope Francis accepted Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger's resignation due to reasons of age.

Web links

Entry on Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 11, 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda CP	Bishop of Ponta Grossa 1991–1997	João Braz de Aviz
Jaime Luiz Coelho	Archbishop of Maringá 1997–2002	João Braz de Aviz
Eusébio Scheid SCI	Archbishop of Florianópolis 2002–2011	Wilson Tadeu Jönck SCI
Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia 2011–2020	Sérgio Cardinal da Rocha

personal data
SURNAME	Warrior, Murilo Sebastião Ramos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Warrior, Murilo; Ramos warrior, Murilo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia and Primate of Brazil
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brusque

[1] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 11, 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 (Italian).