Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (born 26 April 1954) is a

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of the

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. He served as auxiliary bishop of São Salvador da Bahia from 1998 till 2004, when he became archbishop of Belo Horizonte. In 2010 he also became bishop for the Brazilian

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. In May 2019, he became head of the Brazilian Bishops conference.

Biography

Born in Cocos, Oliveira de Azevedo was

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to the priesthood on 9 September 1977, serving in

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. On 21 January 1998, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of São Salvador da Bahia and

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of '' Caliabria''. Oliveira de Azevedo received his

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on the following 10 May from Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, with the archbishop of

, Clóvis Frainer, and the bishop of

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, Eurico dos Santos Veloso, serving as co-consecrators. On 28 January 2004, he was appointed Archbishop of Belo Horizonte. He was installed on the following 26 March.

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named him a member of the

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on 22 September 2009. On 28 July 2010 he also became bishop for the Brazilian

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named him a member of the

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on 19 February 2014. On 6 May 2019 he was elected president of the

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. He has held these positions in the Conference: *1999-2003 Member of the commission for the Doctrine of the Faith *Since 2003 Chairman of the commission for the Doctrine of the Faith *2007 Representative for the fifth general conference of the

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*Chairman of region ''Leste 2'' of the Brazilian Bishops conference *Since 2019 Chairman of the Brazilian Bishops conference

Principal consecrator

He was principal consecrator of the following bishops: * Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral * Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães * Luis Gonzaga Féchio *

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* João Justino de Medeiros Silva He was principal co-consecrator of the following bishops: *

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* Dominique Marie Jean Denis You * João Carlos Petrini * Josafá Menezes da Silva

Honors

*14 May 2009 honorary citizen of the state of

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*7 March 2010 honorary citizen of the city of Ribeirão das Neves *21 March 2010 honorary diploma of the city of Belo Horizonte *16 December 2010 honorary citizen of the city of Caeté
Dom Walmor é cidadão honorário de Caeté
', in: Arquidiocese de Belo Horizonte: ''Notícias'', 17 December 2010.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira de Azevedo, Walmor 1954 births 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil Living people People from Bahia Roman Catholic bishops of São Salvador da Bahia