Eugênio Sales
Male, Deceased Person
1920 – 2012
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Who was Eugênio Sales?
Eugênio de Araújo Sales 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.
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- Born
- Nov 8, 1920
Brazil - Religion
- Catholicism
- Died
- Jul 9, 2012
Rio de Janeiro
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on July 23, 2013
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