Background
CORREIA, Francisco de Aquino was born on April 2, 1885 in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
CORREIA, Francisco de Aquino was born on April 2, 1885 in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Educated Liceu Salesiano, 1904. Ph.D., Academy, of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 1907. Doctor of Theology, Gregorian University, 1908.
Director, Liceu Salesiano, 1911-1914. Titular bishop and assistant, to archbishop of Cuiabá, 1915. President, state of Mato Grosso, 1918-1922.
Archbishop of Cuiabá, since 1922. Assistant, to pontifical throne, 1919.
Member: Institute Histórico de Mato Grosso (permanent president), Academy Matogrossense de Letras (honorary president), Academy Brasileira de Letras, Institute Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro. Honor: Palatine count and assistant, to pontifical throne, 1919.
