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Odilo Scherer

His Eminence
Odilo Pedro Scherer
Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo
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See São Paulo
Appointed 21 March 2007
Installed 29 April 2007
Predecessor Cláudio Cardinal Hummes OFM
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale
Orders
Ordination 7 December 1976
by Armando Círio
Consecration 2 February 2002
by Cláudio Cardinal Hummes OFM
Created Cardinal 24 November 2007
by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name Odilo Pedro Scherer
Born (1949-09-21) 21 September 1949 (age 67)
Cerro Largo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post
  • Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (2001–2007)
  • Titular Bishop of Novi (2001–2007)
Motto In meam commemorationem (In the memory of me)
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Odilo Scherer
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Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Odilo Pedro Scherer (Brazilian Portuguese: [oˈdʒilu ˈpedɾu ˈʃɛɾeɾ]; born September 21, 1949) is a Brazilian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of São Paulo, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. In the international media, he was mentioned as a possible contender to succeed Benedict XVI, who resigned in 2013. Currently, he also holds the position of Grand-Chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), one of the largest and most prestigious universities of Brazil.

Scherer is German Brazilian and was born in Cerro Largo, Rio Grande do Sul to Edwino and Francisca (née Steffens) Scherer. He is a nephew of the late Cardinal Archbishop of Porto Alegre Alfredo Scherer. The family of his father originated from the town of Tholey in the Saarland in Germany. His mother also descended from immigrants from Saarland.

After attending the minor and major seminaries in Curitiba, Scherer studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná and the Pontifical Gregorian University (from where he obtained his Doctorate of Sacred Theology in 1991) in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Armando Círio, OSI, on December 7, 1976.


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