Background
Hummes, Cláudio Cardinal was born on August 8, 1934 in Montenegro, Brazil.
Hummes, Cláudio Cardinal was born on August 8, 1934 in Montenegro, Brazil.
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Antonianum, Rome. Graduate, Ecumenical Institute of Bossey, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ordained priest, 1958. Ordained bishop, 1975. Coadjutor bishop Diocese of Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, 1975, bishop, 1975—1996.
Archbishop Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Brazil, 1996—1998, Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil, 1998—2006. Elevated to cardinal, 2001. Cardinal-priest St. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana, since 2001.
Prefect Congregation for the Clergy, Rome, 2006—2010, prefect emeritus, since 2010. Former professor philosophy Franciscan seminary, Garibaldi, Major Seminary, Viamão, Pontifical Catholic University, Porto Alegre. Advisor ecumenical affairs National Bishops Conference of Brazil, 1972—1975.
Former president Union of Latin American Conferences of Franciscans. Member Congregation for Divine Worship and Sacraments, Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith, Congregation for Bishops, Pontifical Council for Laity, Pontifical Council for the Family, Pontifical Council Cor Unum, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Pontifical Council for Culture, Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, Council Cardinals for Study of Organizational and Economic Affairs of the Holy See.