Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta [SEP] position held
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta (July 16, 1890 in Bom Jesus do Amparo, archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil – September 18, 1982 in Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil) was a long-serving cardinal. Until Eugênio de Araújo Sales surpassed him in 2005, he was the longest-serving Brazilian cardinal, and during his cardinalate the Church in Brazil underwent tremendous expansion, involving the development of many new movements that were to develop after he had largely disappeared from the scene.
Vasconcelos
Vasconcelos (also Vasconcellos) is a Portuguese noble family, with origins in the 12th century.
People.
- Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837–1880), Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa, India, in the 19th century.
- Ana Vasconcelos (born 1981), Brazilian water polo player.
- António-Pedro Vasconcelos (born 1939), Portuguese film director.
- Augusto de Vasconcelos (1867–1951), Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat.
- Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta (