The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (

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: Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil, CNBB) brings together the

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Bishops of

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, as the Code of Canon Law, "jointly exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf of the faithful of their territory in order to promote greater well that the Church gives to men, especially in the forms and methods of apostolate adapted to the circumstances of time and place, according to the law "(can. 447). All diocesan bishops in

belong to CNBB along with coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular Bishops who exercise in the same territory a special charge, entrusted by the Apostolic See or by the Conference of Bishops. (Cf. Can. 450) The CNBB was founded on October 14, 1952, in

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. The headquarters moved to

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in 1977.

Organization of CNBB

The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has the following groups: *General Assembly *Regional Councils *Permanent Council *Episcopal Commissions *Presidency CNBB *Economic and Fiscal Councils *CONSEP *Bound Bodies *General Secretariat *National Advisors

Presidents of CNBB

* Cardinal

Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta (16 July 1890 – 18 September 1982) was a long-serving cardinal. Until Eugênio de Araújo Sales surpassed him in 2005, he was the longest-serving Brazilian cardinal, and during his cardinalate the Church in Br ...

1952 - 1958 * Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara 1958 - 1964 * Cardinal Agnelo Rossi 1964 - 1971 * Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider 1971 - 1979 *

Ivo Lorscheiter José Ivo Lorscheiter (7 December 1927 – 5 March 2007) was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was a bishop from 1965 to his retirement in 2004. He was a leading proponent of liberation theology and denounced abuses of human rights by ...

1979 - 1987 * Luciano Mendes de Almeida 1987 - 1995 * Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves OP 1995 - 1998 * Jayme Henrique Chemello 1998 - 2003 * Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo 2003 - 2007 * Geraldo Lyrio Rocha 2007 - 2011 * Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis 2011-2015 * Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha 2015-2019 * Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo 2019-present

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Catholic Church in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1952 1952 in Christianity 1952 establishments in Brazil

Organization of CNBB

Presidents of CNBB

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