Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo

Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
The Most Reverend; Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Belo Horizonte
See	Belo Horizonte
Appointed	28 January 2004
Installed	26 March 2004
Predecessor	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo
Other posts	Ordinary of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (2010-); President of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference (2019-)
Orders
Ordination	9 September 1977
Consecration	10 May 1998; by Lucas Moreira Neves
Personal details
Birth name	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Born	26 April 1954; Cocos, Bahia, Brazil
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Caliábria (1998-2004); Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (1998-2004)
Alma mater	Pontifical Biblical Institute; Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	Ut mederer contritis corde

Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (born 26 April 1954) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. 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 ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite. In May 2019, he became head of the Brazilian Bishops conference.

Biography

Born in Cocos, Oliveira de Azevedo was ordained to the priesthood on 9 September 1977, serving in Juiz de Fora.

On 21 January 1998, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of São Salvador da Bahia and titular bishop of Caliabria. Oliveira de Azevedo received his episcopal consecration on the following 10 May from Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, with the archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Clóvis Frainer, and the bishop of Luz, Eurico dos Santos Veloso, serving as co-consecrators.

On 28 January 2004, he was appointed Archbishop of Belo Horizonte.[1] He was installed on the following 26 March. Pope Benedict XVI named him a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 22 September 2009.[2] On 28 July 2010 he also became bishop for the Brazilian ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite.[3]

On 6 May 2019 he was elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.[5]

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 Latin American Episcopal Conference in Aparecida
Chairman of region Leste 2 of the Brazilian Bishops conference
Since 2019 Chairman of the Brazilian Bishops conference

He was principal consecrator of the following bishops:

He was principal co-consecrator of the following bishops:

"Rinunce e Nomine, 28.01.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 22.09.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 28.07.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 19.02.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
Campos Lima, Eduardo (8 May 2019). "New president of bishops' conference aims for dialogue in polarized Brazil". Crux. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
Dom Walmor recebe título de cidadão honorário de Minas Gerais, in: JusBrasil.
Dom Walmor receberá título de cidadão honorário de Ribeirão das Neves, in: Paroquia Nossa Senhora da Neves.
Dom Walmor é cidadão honorário de Caeté, in: Arquidiocese de Belo Horizonte: Notícias, 17 December 2010.

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