Pope Francis chose two Brazilians among the 21 new cardinals of the Catholic Church. They are Dom Paulo Cezar Costa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília and Dom Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus.
The clerics will be named Roman Catholic cardinals in a ceremony known as a consistory on August 27.
Cardinal electors under 80 will be able to enter a conclave to elect the next pope after Francis dies or retires.
Meet Dom Paulo Cezar Costa
Archbishop of Brasília, Dom Paulo Cezar Costa, 54, was born in the city of Valença, in Rio de Janeiro. He was ordained a priest in 1992 in the Diocese of Valença. He was parish priest, rector of the seminary and professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio (PUC).
The religious holds a degree in theology from the Higher Institute of Theology of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro (1991), a Master’s in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (1998) and a PhD in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (2001).
He was appointed Archbishop of Brasilia by Pope Francis in 2020, having taken office on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe, on December 12.
About Dom Leonardo Ulrich Steiner
From the Order of Friars Minor congregation, Dom Leonardo Ulrich Steiner 71, was born in Forquilhinha, Santa Catarina.
The religious studied philosophy and theology at the Franciscans of Petrópolis. Graduated in philosophy and pedagogy at the Salesian College of Lorena, he was ordained a priest in 1978.
In 2019, he was appointed by Pope Francis as Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus.
See the list of new cardinals
1. Archbishop Arthur Roche (British) – Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
2. Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik (South Korean) – Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy
3. Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (Spanish) – President of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City and President of the Governorate for the State of Vatican City
4. Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline – Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille, France
5. Bishop Peter Okpaleke – Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria
6. Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner – Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus, Brazil
7. Bishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião di Rosário Ferrão – Archbishop of Goa and Daman, India
8. Bishop Robert Walter McElroy – Bishop of San Diego, California, United States
9. Bishop Virgílio Do Carmo da Silva – Archbishop of Dili, East Timor
10. Archbishop Oscar Cantoni – Bishop of Como, Italy
11. Archbishop Anthony Poola – Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
12. Bishop Paulo Cezar Costa – Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília, Brazil
13. Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr – Bishop of Wa, Ghana
14. Archbishop William Goh Seng Chye – Archbishop of Singapore
15. Archbishop Adalberto Martínez Flores – Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
16. Monsignor Giorgio Marengo (Italian) – Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
New cardinals over 80:
1. Bishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal – Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
2. Archbishop Lucas Van Looy – Archbishop Emeritus of Ghent, Belgium
3. Archbishop Arrigo Miglio – Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
4. Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ – Professor of Theology
5. Mgr. Fortunato Frezza – Canon of Saint Peter’s Basilica
(*With information from Reuters)
Source: CNN Brasil
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