Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra
Sebastião Cardinal Leme da Silveira Cintra (born January 20, 1882 in Spirito Santo do Pinhal , Brazil , † October 17, 1942 in Rio de Janeiro ) was Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro .
Life
Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra studied Catholic theology and philosophy in São Paulo and Rome . He received on 28 October 1904, the sacrament of Holy Orders , and then held a number of activities as a church pastor, seminary teacher and journalist in the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo true. From 1909 to 1911 he was Pro- Vicar General of the Archdiocese.
On March 24, 1911 appointed him Pope Pius X to the titular bishop of Orthosias and ordered him to auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro. The Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti , donated him episcopal ordination on June 4th of the same year . Co- consecrators were the Old Bishop of Belém do Pará , Archbishop Francisco do Rêgo Maia , and the Bishop of La Plata , Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada .
Pope Benedict XV appointed him on April 29, 1916 Archbishop of Olinda . After the archbishopric was renamed on July 26, 1918, he was Archbishop of Olinda e Recife. On March 15, 1921, the Pope appointed him titular Archbishop of Pharsalus and Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. With the death of Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcantis on April 18, 1930 he succeeded him as Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro.
Pope Pius XI took him on June 30, 1930 as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio in the College of Cardinals . After the Pope's death, he took part in the 1939 conclave in which Pius XII. was chosen.
He died on October 17, 1942 at the age of 60 at his bishopric.
Act
As Bishop of Olinda, he wrote a highly regarded pastoral letter in 1916, in which he denounced the secular politics and the lack of representation of Catholic interests in the political life of the predominantly Catholic country. This letter brought about the conversion of the well-known intellectual Jackson de Figueiredo and the emergence of political Catholicism. To this end, he supported the establishment in 1922 by de Figueiredo of the Centro Dom Vital , which developed into a cadre forge for the education of young Catholic personalities. His work as archbishop falls in an ideologically, politically and economically extremely turbulent and crisis-ridden time (presidency of Getúlio Vargas , world economic crisis ). He started a lay movement to give a voice to the political interests of the Catholic population and promoted the establishment in 1932 of the Liga Electoral Católica - LEC (Catholic Electoral League) as the Catholic representation for the Constituent Assembly (sessions begin on November 15th 1933). Cardinal Leme da Silveira gave precise instructions to the LEC as it worked. She was able to introduce important concerns of the Catholic electorate in the new constitution, which came into force on July 15, 1934. On July 4, 1937, Catholic Action was launched in his archbishopric . The impetus for this came from a letter from Pope Pius XI. to Cardinal Leme and the Brazilian Bishops of October 27, 1935.
Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra founded the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in 1941 .
literature
- Margaret Todaro Williams: The Politicization of the Brazilian Catholic Church: The Catholic Electoral League . Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Aug. 1974).
- Margaret Todaro Williams: Church and State in Vargas's Brazil: The Politics of Cooperation , Journal of Church and State No. 18 (3, Fall 1976). Pages 443-62.
Web links
- Leme da Silveira Cintra, Sebastião. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 23, 2015.
- Entry on Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti |
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro 1930–1942 |
Jaime de Barros Câmara |
| Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito |
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife 1916–1921 |
Miguel de Lima Valverde |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leme da Silveira Cintra, Sebastião |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leme da Silveira Cintra, Cardinal Sebastião |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro and Cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spirito Santo de Pinhol, Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1942 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |