Eugênio Sales
Eugênio de Araújo Sales (8 November 1920 – 9 July 2012) was a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, having been elevated by Pope Paul VI on 28 April 1969. He served as archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro for thirty years until his resignation was accepted in 2001, when he had already passed the maximum age for voting in a papal conclave. He was the Cardinal Protopriest of the Holy Roman Church and also the longest-serving living Cardinal of the Catholic Church from 16 February 2009 until his death.
Eugênio Sales | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rio de Janeiro | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
| See | São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
| Appointed | 13 March 1971 |
| Term ended | 25 July 2001 |
| Predecessor | Jaime de Barros Câmara |
| Successor | Eusébio Scheid |
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| Ordination | 21 November 1943 by Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas |
| Consecration | 15 August 1954 by José de Medeiros Delgado |
| Created cardinal | 28 April 1969 by Pope Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-priest |
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| Born | Eugênio de Araújo Sales 8 November 1920 |
| Died | 9 July 2012 (aged 91) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Buried | Rio de Janeiro Cathedral |
| Parents | Celso Dantas Sales Josefa de Araujo Sales |
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| Motto | Impendam et superimpendar |
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