- Lucas Moreira Neves
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See=Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (suburbicarian see )|Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves O.P. (
16 September 1925 -8 September 2002 ) was aBrazil ianCardinal Bishop and former Prefect of theCongregation for Bishops .Neves was born in
São João del Rei , inMinas Gerais state,Brazil . He was ordained a priest on9 July 1950 . He was appointedAuxiliary Bishop ofSão Paulo byPope Paul VI on9 June 1967 with thetitular see ofFeradi Maius .On
15 October 1979 he was appointed Secretary of theCongregation for Bishops within theRoman Curia byPope John Paul II . Cardinal Moreira Neves left the Curia to take up the position ofArchbishop of São Salvador da Bahia on9 July 1987 .He was created
Cardinal-Priest with the titular of "Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio " on28 June 1988 .Cardinal Moreira Neves once again left Brazil for
Rome to take up his position as Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops when he was appointed to the position on25 June 1998 and that same day he was elevated to the rank ofCardinal Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto . He resigned his position as Prefect on the16 September 2000 as a result of his failing health.
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