Odilo Pedro Scherer

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Odilo Pedro Scherer (2007)
Cardinal coat of arms by Odilo Pedro Scherer

Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer , also Dom Odilo , (born September 21, 1949 in Cerro Largo (Rio Grande do Sul) , Brazil as Otto Scherer ) is a Brazilian clergyman and acting Archbishop of São Paulo , the third largest diocese with 5.2 million Catholics of the world.

family

The German-Brazilian Odilo Pedro Scherer was born as one of eleven children of Edwino Scherer and his wife Francisca. Steffens was born. His ancestors emigrated from Theley in the Saarland in the 1880s .

Scherer is a nephew of Cardinal Alfredo Vicente Scherer .

Life

Initial and continuing education

Scherer studied from 1963 to 1969 Catholic theology and philosophy at the Seminary Seminário São José in Curitiba . At the Seminário Maior Rainha dos Apóstolos in Curitiba he deepened his philosophical studies and studied from 1970 to 1975 educational sciences at the Universidade de Passo Fundo in Passo Fundo . On December 7, 1976, he received the sacrament of ordination through Archbishop Armando Círio in Quatro Pontes . After completing a postgraduate course in theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná in Curitiba, he completed a master's degree in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1994 to 1996 . As a seminarian at the Pontifical Brazilian Pius College , he graduated from 1988 to 1991 a PhD for Doctor of theology at the Gregorian Roman.

He completed various advanced training courses, such as didactic methodology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre , the German language at the Goethe Institute in Staufen im Breisgau , the French language at the University of Lyon and the English language in London .

From 1983 to 1985 he worked together with Zeno Hastenteufel and Jacinto Bergmann as a student in Rome for a time as a holiday replacement in the parish of the Transfiguration of Christ in Bad Vilbel .

University professor

Odilo Scherer was rector and professor at the seminary Seminário Diocesano São José in Cascavel (1977–1978), at the diocesan seminary Seminário Diocesano Maria Mãe da Igreja in Toledo (1979–1982, 1993) and at the Centro Interdiocesano de Teologia de Cascavel (Cintec) (1991) -1993).

Before Scherer worked as a pastor in Toledo from 1985 to 1988 , he taught philosophy at the Faculdade de Ciências Humanas Arnaldo Busatto (1980–1985) and Catholic theology at the Instituto de Filosofia e Teologia Paulo VI (IFITEPS) (1985). He then taught at the Universidade Federal do Paraná until 1994 . From 1994 to 2001 Odilo Pedro Scherer was an official in the Congregation for Bishops .

Auxiliary Bishop in São Paulo (2002-2007)

On 28 November 2001 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To auxiliary bishop in Sao Paulo and titular bishop of Novi . He was ordained bishop on February 2, 2002 by the Archbishop of São Paulo, Cláudio Cardinal Hummes ; Co- consecrators were Armando Círio OSI, Old Archbishop of Cascavel , and Anuar Battisti , Bishop of Toledo . His episcopal motto is In meam commemorationem . Odilo Pedro Scherer took up office as auxiliary bishop on March 9, 2002.

From 2003 to 2007 he was General Secretary of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference and in 2007 was Deputy General Secretary of the V General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Archbishop of São Paulo

Cardinal Scherer with Márcio França, the Governor of São Paulo (2018)

On March 21, 2007 Odilo Pedro Scherer was by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed Archbishop of São Paulo . The enthronement took place on April 29, 2007. As Archbishop of São Paulo, he is Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo ( PUC-SP ), one of the largest universities in Brazil.

On November 24, 2007, Benedict XVI took him. as a cardinal priest with the titular church Sant'Andrea al Quirinale in the college of cardinals .

Cardinal Odilo Scherer, together with the Archbishop of Bombay , Oswald Cardinal Gracias , and the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , William Joseph Cardinal Levada, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed as delegate president of the 12th Synod of Bishops (October 5th to 26th, 2008).

For the local elections in São Paulo in 2012, Scherer, as Archbishop of São Paulo, together with his auxiliary bishops published a 10-point guideline for elections (“ Nota orientando para voto consciente ” (German: “Guideline for the conscious voice”)).

Odilo Scherer is Grand Prior of the São Paulo Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

Act

Odilo Scherer is committed to social pastoral care and increasingly represents public positions on social and religious issues.

Scherer deplores a culture that is developing worldwide without solid, consistent values, full of subjectivism and total value relativism, especially with regard to ethical, anthropological and religious values. He speaks of a “culture of total subjectivism”.

He advocates an “economy in community” based on Catholic social teaching .

In February 2008 Benedict XVI called Scherer joined the cardinal supervisory body of the Vatican Bank Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), which is in a serious crisis due to money laundering in the service of the Mafia, blocking of corruption investigations, bribery affairs and secret numbered accounts.

In addition to his native Portuguese , Scherer speaks fluent English , Italian and German .

After Pope Benedict XVI's announcement of his resignation. he was traded as papabile .

Memberships

Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer is a member of the following institutions of the Roman Curia :

Fonts

  • Justo sofredor: uma interpretação do caminho de Jesus e do discípulo . Ed. Loyola, 1995

literature

Web links

Commons : Odilo Scherer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cardeal Dom Odilo Pedro Scherer Arcebispo Metropolitano de São Paulo Biografia. Archdiocese of São Paulo, accessed March 1, 2013 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ a b c Dom Odilo Pedro Scherer becomes cardinal. (PDF, 322 kB) Neunkirchen-Nahe, October 27, 2007, accessed on December 28, 2014 (excerpt from the Saarbrücker Zeitung).
  3. ^ Hannes G. Mathias: A Pope from Heilsberg? Frankfurter Neue Presse, February 15, 2013, archived from the original on December 28, 2014 ; accessed on December 28, 2014 .
  4. ^ Nomina di Ausiliari di São Paulo (Brazil). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 28, 2001, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  5. ^ Nominees for the Quinta Conferencea dell'Episcopato Latino-Americano. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 12, 2006, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  6. ^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di São Paulo (Brazil). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 21, 2007, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  7. ^ Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo: Administração. In: PUC-SP. Retrieved December 16, 2016 .
  8. ^ Promising Growth of the Order in Brazil. (PDF, 218 kB) In: Newsletter. Grand Magisterium of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, December 2012, p. VI , accessed December 28, 2014 .
  9. ↑ CNBB: Dom Odilo Scherer condena Violência em Sp. Radio Vatican, May 13, 2010, accessed on December 28, 2014 (Portuguese).
  10. ^ Dom Odilo Scherer, visita o II Congresso Direito e Fraternidade. DeF Direito e Fraternidade - Movimento dos Focolares, January 27, 2013, accessed December 28, 2014 (Portuguese).
  11. ↑ "Papable" brasileño: No importa tanto la nacionalidad del sucesor de Benedicto XVI. El Nacional, February 13, 2013, archived from the original on December 28, 2014 ; Retrieved December 28, 2014 (Spanish).
  12. ^ Juan Arias: El nuevo Papa deberá enfrentarse al relativismo de los valores. El Pais, February 14, 2013, accessed December 28, 2014 (Spanish).
  13. ↑ Cardinal Scherer: speak aloud about the economy in community! Focolare Movement , May 27, 2011, accessed December 28, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Vatican: Change in the IOR. Vatican Radio, February 24, 2008, accessed December 28, 2014 .
  15. ↑ Martina Fietz: Was that what the new Pope said ? Focus Online, March 10, 2013, accessed December 28, 2014 .
  16. ^ Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 12, 2008, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  17. ↑ nouns di Membri e nella conferme Congregation for the Clergy. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 9, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014 (Italian).
  18. ^ Nomina nel Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 30, 2009, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  19. ^ Nomine nella Pontificia Commissione per l'America Latina. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 28, 2009, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  20. ^ Conferme e Nomina nella Pontificia Commissione per l'America Latina. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 15, 2014, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  21. ^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione della Nuova Evangelizzazione. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 5, 2011, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  22. ↑ Cardinals Commission for IOR renewed. Vatican Radio, February 13, 2013, accessed December 28, 2014 .
  23. ^ Nomina di Membri del Consiglio di Cardinali per lo Studio dei Problemi Organizzativi ed Economici della Santa Sede. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 9, 2009, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  24. ↑ Conferma del Prefetto e del Segretario della Congregazione per l'Educazione Cattolica e Nomine e Conferme d Membri nel medesimo Dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 30, 2013, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Cláudio Cardinal Hummes OFM Archbishop of São Paulo
since 2007 		---
--- Croix de l Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre.svg Grand Prior of the São Paulo Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
since 2010 		---
personal data
SURNAME Scherer, Odilo Pedro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scherer, Cardinal Odilo Pedro (full name); Odilo, cathedral; Scherer, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian clergyman and acting Archbishop of São Paulo
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Cerro Largo (Rio Grande do Sul) , Brazil