Background
SCHERER, H.E. Cardinal Alfredo Vicente was born on February 5, 1903 in Bom Principio, Rio Grande do Sul. Son of Pedro and Ana Oppermann Scherer.
SCHERER, H.E. Cardinal Alfredo Vicente was born on February 5, 1903 in Bom Principio, Rio Grande do Sul. Son of Pedro and Ana Oppermann Scherer.
Primary school, Seminario Central de Sao Leopoldo and Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
Ordained priest in Rome 1926. Pvt. Secretary to Archbishop of Porto Alegre 1927-1933. Organizer of Parishes of Tapes and Barra do Ribeiro 1933-1935: Parish Priest Sao Geraldo, Porto Alegre 46.
Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre 1946. Archbishop of Porto Alegre 1946-1982, Archbishop Emeritus since 1982. Cr. Cardinal 1969.