Orlando Brandes (born 13 April 1946) is a Brazilian

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of the

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who was appointed Archbishop of Aparecida in 2017. He was Bishop of Joinville from 1994 to 2006 and Archbishop of Londrina from 2006 to 2016.

Early life

Brandes was born on 13 April 1946 in

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, Brazil. He completed his primary and secondary studies in Urubici and

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. He studied Philosophy in

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, then did his theological studies at the

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in Rome. He did post-graduate studies in

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in Rome. Brandes was

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as a

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on 6 July 1974 in

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. As a priest, he exercised the following duties: Professor of Theology at the

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; Rector of the Major Seminary in

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; Preacher of Spiritual Retreats; Director of the Institute of Theology of Santa Catarina; Member of the Ecclesiastical Court of Florianópolis; lecturer and preacher of missions.

Bishop and archbishop

On 9 March 1994,

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appointed Brandes Bishop of Joinville. He was ordained as a bishop there on 5 June 1994 by bishops

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, Eusebio Oscar Scheid, SCI and Gregório Warmeling. He was secretary of the south region of the

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. On 10 May 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Brandes as Archbishop of

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. where he was installed on 23 July. On 16 November 2016,

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appointed him Archbishop of Aparecida; he was installed on 21 January 2017. On October 12, 2019, during the

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, he drew national attention for giving a sermon in Aparecida in a Morning

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condemning what he saw as a "violent" and "unjust" right wing ideology, a "dragon of traditionialism" which he saw as "firing on the Pope rancis on the

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Synod, and the Second Vatican Council" a few hours later, the

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, known for being of the

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, went to Mass in the National Shrine of Aparecida at 4 pm and read the biblical text as

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandes, Orlando 1944 births 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil People from Santa Catarina (state) Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Living people Roman Catholic archbishops of Aparecida Roman Catholic archbishops of Londrina Roman Catholic bishops of Joinville Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishops