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Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
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| Archbishop of Belo Horizonte | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Belo Horizonte |
| See | Belo Horizonte |
| Appointed | 28 January 2004 |
| Installed | 26 March 2004 |
| Predecessor | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo |
| Other post(s) | Ordinary of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (2010-) President of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference (2019-) |
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| Ordination | 9 September 1977 |
| Consecration | 10 May 1998 by Lucas Moreira Neves |
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| Born | Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (1954-04-26) 26 April 1954 (age 70) |
| Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Caliábria (1998-2004) Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (1998-2004) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Biblical Institute Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Ut mederer contritis corde |
Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (born 26 April 1954) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishopofSão Salvador da Bahia from 1998 till 2004, when he became archbishop of Belo Horizonte. In 2010 he also became bishop for the Brazilian ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite. In May 2019, he became head of the Brazilian Bishops conference.
Born in Cocos, Oliveira de Azevedo was ordained to the priesthood on 9 September 1977, serving in Juiz de Fora.
On 21 January 1998, he was appointed auxiliary bishopofSão Salvador da Bahia and titular bishopofCaliabria. Oliveira de Azevedo received his episcopal consecration on the following 10 May from Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, with the archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Clóvis Frainer, and the bishop of Luz, Eurico dos Santos Veloso, serving as co-consecrators.
On 28 January 2004, he was appointed Archbishop of Belo Horizonte.[1] He was installed on the following 26 March. Pope Benedict XVI named him a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 22 September 2009.[2] On 28 July 2010 he also became bishop for the Brazilian ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite.[3]
Pope Francis named him a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 19 February 2014.[4]
On 6 May 2019 he was elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.[5]
He has held these positions in the Conference:
He was principal consecrator of the following bishops:
He was principal co-consecrator of the following bishops:
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