Jaime de Barros Câmara

Jaime de Barros Câmara (July 3, 1894 – February 18, 1971) was a Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro from 1943 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.


Jaime de Barros Câmara
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
The then-archbishop pictured in 1943.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
SeeSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Appointed3 July 1943
Installed15 September 1943
Term ended18 February 1971
PredecessorSebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra
SuccessorEugênio de Araújo Sales
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio (1946-71)
Ordinary of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (1951-71)
Orders
Ordination1 January 1920
by Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira
Consecration2 February 1936
by Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira
Created cardinal18 February 1946
by Pope Pius XII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Jaime de Barros Câmara

3 July 1894
São José, Brazil
Died18 February 1971(1971-02-18) (aged 76)
Palácio Paulino, Aparecida, Brazil
BuriedRio de Janeiro Cathedral
ParentsJoaquim Xavier de Oliveira Cãmara
Anna de Carvalho Barros
Previous post(s)Bishop of Mossoró (1935-41)
Archbishop of Belém do Pará (1941-43)
Military Vicar of Brazil (1950-63)
President of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference (1958-64)
MottoIgnem veni mittere
Coat of arms
Styles of
Jaime de Barros Câmara
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
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