Aloísio Lorscheider

Male, Deceased Person

1924 – 2007

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Who was Aloísio Lorscheider?

Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. was a prominent cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil during the 1970s and 1980s. He was renowned as an advocate of liberation theology in the 1970s and was seen by some observers as a serious candidate for the papacy in the two conclaves of 1978.

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Born
Oct 8, 1924
Estrela, Rio Grande do Sul
Also known as
  • Лоршейдер, Алоизиу
Religion
  • Catholicism
Lived in
  • Rio Grande do Sul
Died
Dec 23, 2007
Porto Alegre

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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