Jaime Spengler
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Jaime Spengler, OFM (Gaspar, September 6, 1960), is a Franciscan friar and Brazilian Catholic prelate, current metropolitan archbishop of Porto Alegre, and president for the quadrennium 2023–2027 of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil and the Latin American Episcopal Council.
Biography[edit]
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Jaime Spengler was born on September 6, 1960, in the city of Gaspar, in the state of Santa Catarina. He is the first child among the four children of his parents.[1]
On November 10, 2010, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as titular bishop of Patara and auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.[2]
On August 15, 2012, Dom Dadeus Grings appointed him as Attorney and Treasurer of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. Pope Francis later elevated him to the dignity of archbishop of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre on September 18, 2013.[3] On March 29, 2014, Pope Francis named him a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. On June 1, 2022, Pope Francis named him a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
Episcopal Conference of Brazil[edit]
On June 25, 2011, he was announced as a member of the Episcopal Pastoral Commission for Ordained Ministries and Consecrated Life of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (CNBB).
On April 23, 2015, he was elected President of the CNBB South Regional 3 for the 2015–2019 term.[4] On April 24, 2023, during the 60th General Assembly of the CNBB, he was elected president of the entity for the 2023–2027 term.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ História Ilustrada de Gaspar [Illustrated History of Gaspar] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Secretaria de Educação de Gaspar. August 2, 2013. p. 28. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
- ^ "RINUNCE E NOMINE". Press Office of the Holy Sea (in Italian). November 10, 2010. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha nominato Arcivescovo Metropolita di Mwanza (Tanzania) S.E. Mons.
[The Holy Father Benedict XVI has appointed H.E. Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania). Mgr.] - ^ "RINUNCE E NOMINE". Press Office of the Holy See (in Italian). September 18, 2013. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "Dom Jaime Spengler, de Porto Alegre (RS), é eleito o primeiro vice-presidente da CNBB" [Dom Jaime Spengler, from Porto Alegre (RS), is elected the first vice-president of the CNBB]. Episcopal Conference of Brazil. May 6, 2019. Archived from the original on May 1, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
- ^ "Dom Jaime Spengler É Eleito Presidente Da Cnbb Para O Quadriênio 2023 – 2027" [Dom Jaime Spengler Is Elected President of Cnbb for the Quadrennial 2023 – 2027]. Episcopal Conference of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). April 24, 2023. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2024.