Background
Falcão, José Cardinal Freire was born on October 23, 1925 in Ereré, Ceará, Brazil.
Falcão, José Cardinal Freire was born on October 23, 1925 in Ereré, Ceará, Brazil.
Licensed in Philosophy, Seminary, Fortaleza, Brazil, 1945; licensed in Theology, Seminary, Fortaleza, Brazil, 1949.
Priest, Limoeiro do Norte, 1949-1967; bishop, Limoeiro do Norte, 1967-1971; archbishop, Teresina, 1971-1984; archbishop, Brasíla, since 1984; cardinal, Brasíla, since 1988.
Son of Otávio Freire de Andrade and Maria Falcão Freire.