Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (C.N.B.B.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (English)

Country: Brazil

Address: C.P. 02067, St. de Embaixadas Sul Quadra 801, Conjunto B, 70200-014 Brasília, D.F., Brazil

Phone: (061)2103-8300

Websites:

History

1952.10.14: Established as Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (C.N.B.B.) (Português) / National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (English)

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Present Officials

President (2023.04.24 – ...):	Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (63) Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) President of Latin American Episcopal Council
Vice-President (2023.04.24 – ...):	Archbishop João Justino de Medeiros Silva (57) Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil)
Second Vice-President (2023.04.24 – ...):	Archbishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (54) Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)
General Secretary (2023.04.24 – ...):	Bishop Ricardo Hoepers (53) Titular Bishop of Thysdrus Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (69) (2019.05.06 – 2023.04.24)
President: Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha (64) (2015.04.20 – 2019.05.06)
President: Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis (87) (2011.05.10 – 2015.04.20)
President: Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (2007.05 – 2011.05.10)
President: Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo (2003.05 – 2007.05)
President: Bishop Jayme Henrique Chemello (91) (1998 – 2003)
President: Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. (1995 – 1998)
President: Archbishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. (1987 – 1995)
President: Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter (1979 – 1987)
President: Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (1971 – 1979)
President: Cardinal Alfredo Vicente Scherer (1970 – 1971)
President: Cardinal Agnelo Rossi (1964 – 1970)
President: Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara (1958 – 1964)
President: Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (1952 – 1958)
Vice-President: Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (63) (2019.05.06 – 2023.04.24)
Vice-President: Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (80) (2015.04.20 – 2019.05.06)
Vice-President: Archbishop José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (78) (2011.05.10 – 2015.04.20)
Vice-President: Archbishop Luiz Soares Vieira (86) (2007 – 2011.05.10)
Vice-President: Bishop Antônio Celso Queiroz (2003 – 2007)
Vice-President: Archbishop Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira (1998 – 2003)
Vice-President: Bishop Jayme Henrique Chemello (91) (1995 – 1998)
Vice-President: Archbishop Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (later Cardinal) (1991 – 1995)
Vice-President: Archbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (1987 – 1991)
Vice-President: Archbishop Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira (1983 – 1987)
Vice-President: Bishop Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B. (1979 – 1983)
Vice-President: Archbishop Geraldo Fernandes Bijos, C.M.F. (1974 – 1979)
Vice-President: Cardinal Avelar Brandão Vilela (1971 – 1974)
Vice-President: Cardinal Alfredo Vicente Scherer (1968 – 1970)
Vice-President: Archbishop Avelar Brandão Vilela (later Cardinal) (1964 – 1968)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva (57) (2019.05.06 – 2023.04.24)
General Secretary: Bishop Joel Portella Amado (69) (2019.05.06 – 2023.04.24)
General Secretary: Bishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (73) (later Cardinal) (2011.05.10 – 2019.05.06)
General Secretary: Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa (68) (2007 – 2011.05.10)
General Secretary: Bishop Odilo Pedro Scherer (74) (later Cardinal) (2003 – 2007)
General Secretary: Bishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis (87) (later Cardinal) (1995 – 2003)
General Secretary: Bishop Antônio Celso Queiroz (1987 – 1995)
General Secretary: Bishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. (later Archbishop) (1979 – 1987)
General Secretary: Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter (1971 – 1979)
General Secretary: Bishop Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (later Cardinal) (1968 – 1971)
General Secretary: Bishop José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop) (1964 – 1968)
General Secretary: Archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara (1952 – 1964)

Last updated on 2024.04.06