Orlando Brandes Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Orlando Brandes
Archbishop of Aparecida
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Aparecida
Province:São Paulo
Metropolis:Aparecida
See:Aparecida
Appointed:16 November 2016
Enthroned:21 January 2017
Predecessor:Raymundo Damasceno Assis
Ordination:6 July 1974
Consecration:5 June 1994
Consecrated By:João Oneres Marchiori
Rank:Archbishop
Birth Name:Orlando Brandes
Birth Date:1946 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Urubici, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Religion:Roman Catholic
Motto:Somos Operários de Deus
(We are God's workers)
Coat Of Arms:Coat_of_arms_of_Orlando_Brandes.jpg
Orlando Brandes
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Archbishop

Orlando Brandes (born 13 April 1946) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed Archbishop of Aparecida in 2017. He was Bishop of Joinville from 1994 to 2006 and Archbishop of Londrina from 2006 to 2016.

Early life

Brandes was born on 13 April 1946 in Urubici, Brazil. He completed his primary and secondary studies in Urubici and Lages. He studied Philosophy in Curitiba, then did his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He did post-graduate studies in moral theology in Rome.

Brandes was ordained as a priest on 6 July 1974 in Francisco Beltrão. As a priest, he exercised the following duties: Professor of Theology at the Institute of Theology of Santa Catarina; Rector of the Major Seminary in Florianópolis; Preacher of Spiritual Retreats; Director of the Institute of Theology of Santa Catarina; Member of the Ecclesiastical Court of Florianópolis; lecturer and preacher of missions.

Bishop and archbishop

On 9 March 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed Brandes Bishop of Joinville. He was ordained as a bishop there on 5 June 1994[1] by bishops João Oneres Marchiori, Eusebio Oscar Scheid, SCI and Gregório Warmeling. He was secretary of the south region of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil.

On 10 May 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Brandes as Archbishop of Londrina.[2] where he was installed on 23 July.[1]

On 16 November 2016, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Aparecida;[3] he was installed on 21 January 2017.[4] On October 12, 2019, during the Amazon Synod, he drew national attention for giving a sermon in Aparecida in a Morning Mass condemning what he saw as a "violent" and "unjust" right wing ideology, a "dragon of traditionialism" which he saw as "firing on the Pope [Francis], on the [Amazon] Synod, and the Second Vatican Council"[5] a few hours later, the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, known for being of the political right, went to Mass in the National Shrine of Aparecida at 4 pm and read the biblical text as Reader.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: pt . 10 April 2019. Arquidiocese – Arcebispo . 31 January 2017 . Archdiocese of Aparecida .
  2. it . Rinunce e Nomine, 10.05.2006. Resignations and nominations, 10/5/2006 . .
  3. it . Rinunce e nomine, 16.11.2016. Resignations and nominations, 16/11/2016. Holy See Press Office . 16 November 2016 . 27 November 2016.
  4. News: pt . 18 April 2019 . 21 January 2017 . Dom Orlando Brandes assume cargo de novo arcebispo de Aparecida, SP. Poliana . Lorena . G1 Vale do Paraíba e Região.
  5. News: Aparecida recebe milhares de fiéis; Arcebispo fala em "direita violenta" . 12 October 2019 . Exame . Abril . 12 October 2019.
  6. News: de Oliveira . Lourdes Aparecida. Cherque . Felipe . Bolsonaro faz leitura em missa em Aparecida presidida pelo arcebispo Dom Orlando Brandes . Blasting News . 15 October 2019 . pt.
  7. News: Jair Bolsonaro participa dos festejos da Padroeira do Brasil em Aparecida. Marília. Ribeiro. 12 October 2019. A12 . pt.