Person in history
Cláudio Hummes
Cláudio Hummes, Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1934)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2022 · July 4
- Known as
- theologian, university teacher, Catholic priest, philosopher, and friar. Citizenship: Brazil
Their story
Who they were
Biography This section needs more citations . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources:   "Cláudio Hummes"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( July 2022 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Early life and education Hummes was born Auri Alfonso Hummes in the city of Montenegro [ 1 ] to Pedro Adão Hummes, a German-Brazilian , and Maria Frank,
Cláudio Hummes was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2006 to 2010, having served as Archbishop of Fortaleza from 1996 to 1998 and Archbishop of São Paulo from 1998 to 2006. A member of the Order of Friars Minor and an outspoken proponent of social justice, he was made a cardinal in 2001.
Why this date
Cláudio Hummes appears on our July 4 calendar for 2022 as a death entry.
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