Background
VASCONCELOS MOTA, Carlos Carmelo de was born on July 16, 1890 in Bom Jesus do Amaro, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
VASCONCELOS MOTA, Carlos Carmelo de was born on July 16, 1890 in Bom Jesus do Amaro, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Educated Seminario de Mariana.
Assistant, bishop of Diamantina, 1932. Archbishop of Maranháo, 1936-1944, of Sao Paulo, since 1944. Became cardinal, 1946.