{{Short description|Franciscan friar and Brazilian Catholic prelate}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Jaime Spengler | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre|Archbishop of Porto Alegre]] | image = Cardeal Dom Jaime Spengler - 2024-12-17 (cortada).jpg | caption = Spengler in 2024 | church = [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = Porto Alegre | see = Porto Alegre | appointed = 18 September 2013 | term_start = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | enthroned = 15 November 2013 | began = 15 November 2013 | predecessor = [[Dadeus Grings]] | other_post = [[Episcopal Conference of Brazil|President of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference]] (2023–)<br>[[San Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova|Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova]] (2024–) | ordination = 17 November 1990 | consecration = 5 February 2011 | consecrated_by = [[Lorenzo Baldisseri]] | cardinal = 7 December 2024 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] | birth_name = Jaime Spengler | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|09|6}} | birth_place = [[Gaspar, Santa Catarina]] | previous_post = [[Titular bishop]] of [[Patara, Lycia|Patara]] (2010–13)<br>Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]] (2010–13) | motto = ''In Cruce Gloriari'' | coat_of_arms = [[File:Coat of arms of Jaime Spengler (cardinal).svg|140px]] | ordained_by = Quirino Adolfo Schmitz | honorific_suffix = OFM }}{{Ordination | ordained priest by = Quirino Adolfo Schmitz | date of priestly ordination = 17 November 1990 | place of priestly ordination = São Pedro Apóstolo Church, Gaspar | consecrated by = [[Lorenzo Baldisseri]] | co-consecrators = [[Dadeus Grings]], [[Leonardo Ulrich Steiner]] | date of consecration = 5 February 2011 | place of consecration = São Pedro Apóstolo Church, Gaspar | bishop 1 = [[Leomar Antônio Brustolin]] | consecration date 1 = 2015 | bishop 2 = [[Aparecido Donizete de Souza]] | consecration date 2 = 2016 | bishop 3 = [[Silvio Guterres Dutra]] | consecration date 3 = 2018 | bishop 4 = [[Darley José Kummer]] | consecration date 4 = 2019 | bishop 5 = [[Maurício da Silva Jardim]] | consecration date 5 = 2022 | bishop 6 = [[Juarez Albino Destro]] | consecration date 6 = 2023 | bishop 7 = [[Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos]] | consecration date 7 = 2023 }} '''Jaime Spengler''', [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] (born 6 September 1960), is a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] [[College of Cardinals|cardinal]] of the [[Catholic Church]] who has been the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre|Archbishop of Porto Alegre]] since 2013. He has also served as president of the [[Episcopal Conference of Brazil|National Conference of Bishops of Brazil]] and the [[Episcopal Conference of Latin America|Latin American Episcopal Council]] (CELAM) since 2023. He is a member of the [[Order of Friars Minor]]. He was created a cardinal by [[Pope Francis]] on 7 December 2024.
== Biography == Jaime Spengler was born on 6 September 1960, in the city of [[Gaspar, Santa Catarina|Gaspar]], in the state of Santa Catarina, the eldest of his parents' four children.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://issuu.com/p1design/docs/hist__ria_ilustrada_de_gaspar_low |title=História Ilustrada de Gaspar |publisher=Secretaria de Educação de Gaspar |date=2 August 2013 |page=28 |language=pt-BR |trans-title=Illustrated History of Gaspar |access-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614021804/https://issuu.com/p1design/docs/hist__ria_ilustrada_de_gaspar_low |archive-date=14 June 2024 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He later joined the [[Order of Friars Minor]] and was ordained a Catholic priest on 17 November 1990.
On 10 November 2010, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] named him [[titular bishop]] of Patara and auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre|Archdiocese of Porto Alegre]].<ref>{{Cite press release |date=November 10, 2010 |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 10.11.2010 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/11/10/0691/01580.html |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509225649/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/11/10/0691/01580.html |archive-date=9 May 2024 |access-date=10 May 2024 |website=Holy See Press Office |language=it }}</ref>
On 15 August 2012, Archbishop [[Dadeus Grings]] appointed him Attorney and Treasurer of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. [[Pope Francis]] appointed him archbishop of Porto Alegre on 18 September 2013.<ref>{{Cite press release |date=18 September 2013 |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 15.08.2012 |url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/09/18/0583/01292.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510173653/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/09/18/0583/01292.html |archive-date=10 May 2024 |access-date=10 May 2024|website=Holy See Press Office|language=it }}</ref> On 29 March 2014, Pope Francis named him a member of the [[Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life|Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life]]. On 1 June 2022, Pope Francis named him a member of the [[Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments|Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]].
=== Episcopal Conference of Brazil === On 25 June 2011, he became a member of the Episcopal Pastoral Commission for Ordained Ministries and Consecrated Life of the [[Episcopal Conference of Brazil]] (CNBB).
On 23 April 2015, he was elected President of the CNBB South Regional 3 for the 2015–2019 term.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2019 |title=Dom Jaime Spengler, de Porto Alegre (RS), é eleito o primeiro vice-presidente da CNBB |trans-title=Dom Jaime Spengler, from Porto Alegre (RS), is elected the first vice-president of the CNBB |url=https://cnbbs2.org.br/2019/05/dom-jaime-spengler-de-porto-alegre-rs-e-eleito-o-primeiro-vice-presidente-da-cnbb/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501002759/https://cnbbs2.org.br/2019/05/dom-jaime-spengler-de-porto-alegre-rs-e-eleito-o-primeiro-vice-presidente-da-cnbb/?fbclid=IwAR0L9j1MW5dTKlC-RH5HUVmGs4z5f7pnoOgAeDn3-ozov1JJSEpYCiS40NI |archive-date=1 May 2023 |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=Episcopal Conference of Brazil}}</ref> On 24 April 2023, during the 60th General Assembly of the CNBB, he was elected president for the 2023–2027 term.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2023 |title=Dom Jaime Spengler É Eleito Presidente Da Cnbb Para O Quadriênio 2023 – 2027 |trans-title=Dom Jaime Spengler Is Elected President of Cnbb for the Quadrennial 2023 – 2027 |url=https://www.cnbb.org.br/dom-jaime-spengler-eleito-presidente-cnbb/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519051756/https://www.cnbb.org.br/dom-jaime-spengler-eleito-presidente-cnbb/ |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=10 May 2024|website=Episcopal Conference of Brazil |language=pt-BR }}</ref>
=== Cardinal === On 6 October 2024, Pope Francis announced that he planned to make Spengler a cardinal on 8 December,<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 6 October 2024 | date = 6 October 2024 | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/10/06/0774/01532.html | title = Annuncio di Concistoro l'8 dicembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 06.10.2024 }}</ref> a date that was later changed to 7 December.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 12 October 2024 | url = https://www.ncregister.com/cna/vatican-shares-pope-francis-schedule-for-december-consistory-to-create-cardinals?amp | first = Hannah | last = Brockhaus | date = 12 October 2024 | title = Vatican Shares Pope Francis' Schedule for December Consistory to Create Cardinals | work = National Catholic Register }}</ref>
On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made him a cardinal, assigning him as a member of the order of cardinal priests the title of [[San Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 8 December 2024 | date = 7 December 2024 | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/12/07/0975/01948.html | title = Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali, 07.12.2024 }}</ref>
He participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Catholic Church in Brazil]] * [[Cardinals created by Pope Francis]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite news | url = https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2024/10/new-brazilian-cardinal-shuns-being-another-loudmouth-in-a-divided-age | work = Crux | date = 14 October 2024 | title = New Brazilian cardinal shuns being another 'loudmouth' in a divided age| first = Eduardo |last=Campos Lima }}
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