Lucas Moreira Neves O.P. (16 September 1925 – 8 September 2002) was a Brazilian

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and Prefect of the

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Biography

Moreira Neves was born in

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, in

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state,

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. He was ordained a priest on 9 July 1950. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of

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on 9 June 1967 with the

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. On 15 October 1979 he was appointed secretary of the

within the Roman Curia by

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. Moreira Neves left the Curia to take up the position of

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of São Salvador da Bahia on 9 July 1987. He was created

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of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio on 28 June 1988. Moreira Neves once again left Brazil for Rome to take up the position of prefect of the Congregation for Bishops to which he was appointed on 25 June 1998, when he was also elevated to the rank of Cardinal Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto. He resigned his position as prefect on 16 September 2000 as a result of his failing health.

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