João Braz de Aviz

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Brazilian person Catholic cardinal Roman Catholic prelate cardinal curial cardinal

João Braz de Aviz is a Brazilian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church known for leading the Vatican office responsible for religious orders and institutes of consecrated life.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brazilian person → Catholic cardinal → Roman Catholic prelate → cardinal → curial cardinal →
appointedAsPrefectOfCongregationForInstitutesOfConsecratedLifeAndSocietiesOfApostolicLifeBy	Pope Benedict XVI →
birthDate	1947-04-24 →
birthPlace	Mafra, Santa Catarina, Brazil →
cardinalCreationConsistoryDate	2012-02-18 →
cardinalTitle	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina →
consecratedBy	Carmine Rocco →
consecrationDate	1994-05-31 →
countryOfCitizenship	Brazil →
createdCardinalBy	Pope Benedict XVI →
educatedAt	Major Seminary of Curitiba → Pontifical Gregorian University → Pontifical Lateran University →
endTimeAsArchbishopOfBrasília	2011 →
familyName	Braz de Aviz →
fieldOfWork	consecrated life → religious life governance →
givenName	João →
honorificPrefix	His Eminence →
knownFor	leadership of the Vatican office for religious orders and institutes of consecrated life → promoting dialogue with religious institutes →
languageSpoken	Italian → Portuguese → Spanish →
memberOf	College of Cardinals → Roman Curia →
name	João Braz de Aviz →
occupation	Catholic priest → bishop → cardinal → theologian →
ordainedBy	Clemente Isnard →
ordinationDate	1972-11-26 →
participatedIn	2013 papal conclave → 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis →
partOf	Latin Rite →
positionHeld	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life → Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life →
previousPositionHeld	Archbishop of Brasília → Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória → Bishop of Ponta Grossa → Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta Grossa →
religion	Roman Catholic Church →
startTimeAsArchbishopOfBrasília	2004 →
startTimeAsPrefectOfCongregationForInstitutesOfConsecratedLifeAndSocietiesOfApostolicLife	2011-01-04 →
title	Cardinal → Prefect of a Vatican dicastery →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life →	currentPrefect
João Braz de Aviz →	name