Background
Damasceno Assis was born 15 February 1937 in Capela Nova.
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Damasceno Assis was born 15 February 1937 in Capela Nova.
In 1955, he entered the Minor Seminary of the archdiocese of Mariana, where he did his secondary studies. And then the Major Seminary, where he studied philosophy.
He was auxiliary bishop of Brasília. He is current archbishop of Aparecida. Early life and ordination
In 1961, Brasília"s archbishop, sent him to Rome to study theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he obtained a licentiate.
He resided at Colegio Pio Brasileiro during those years, the Second Vatican Council was occurring.
In 1965, he was sent to Germany, where he concluded his formation at the Superior Institute of Catechesis in Münich. He returned to Brazil in 1968.
He did post graduate studies in the philosophy of science at the University of Brasília and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. He was ordained a priest on 19 March 1968, in Conselheiro Lafaiete, by José Newton de Almeida Baptista, archbishop of Brasília.
In the archdiocese of Brasília, he served as coordinator of catechesis.
Pastor of the parish of Santíssimo Sacramento. Bishop
Was appointed Titular Bishop of Nova Petra and auxiliary bishop of Brasília on 18 June 1986. Promoted metropolitan archbishop of Aparecida 28 January 2004.
In 2007 elected president of the Episcopal Council of Latin America (Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano), his presidency ended in 2011.
Cardinal
Benedict XVI created him Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino in the consistory of 20 November 2010. In 2011 was elected president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Confêrencia Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil) for a quadrennium.
He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that selected Pope Francis.