Lucas Moreira Neves O.P. (16 September 1925 – 8 September 2002) was a Brazilian Cardinal Bishop and Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
Lucas Moreira Neves
Bishop
Lucas Moreira Neves O.P. was a Brazilian Cardinal Bishop and Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Wikipedia
Born: September 16, 1925, São João del Rei, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died: September 8, 2002 (age 76 years), Rome, Italy
Created cardinal: 28 June 1988; by Pope John Paul II
He was ordained a priest on 9 July 1950. Returning to his country in January 1952, he was a teacher to the novitiates and to the students, then chaplain to the ...
a priest for 52.1 years; a bishop for 35.0 years; a cardinal for 14.1 years. Ordained Priest by: Bishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral † Bishop of Uberaba.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. The eldest of ten children born to a cobbler and his wife who worked as a school teacher, Lucas Moreira Neves's ancestors from his ...
Sep 15, 2002 · Conservative Brazilian cleric whose papal aspirations were undermined by his careerist reputation.
Sep 10, 2002 · An erudite presence in Brazil's cultural scene, Cardinal Neves was a prolific author of newspaper columns, theater criticism and books, efforts ...
Sep 11, 2002 · An immediate and effective synthesis of the whole life of our venerable brother, Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, to whom we are about to offer our last farewell.
Dom Frei Lucas Moreira Neves, OP GCIH (São João del-Rei, 16 de setembro de 1925 — Roma, 8 de setembro de 2002) foi um frei e cardeal brasileiro, ...
Sep 10, 2002 · Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, a former top Vatican official who once was mentioned as a possible successor to Pope John Paul II, has died.