| His Eminence Raymundo Damasceno Assis |
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| Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida | |
| Diocese | Aparecida |
| See | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida |
| Enthroned | 25 March 2004 |
| Predecessor | Aloísio Leo Arlindo Cardinal Lorscheider |
| Successor | incubent |
| Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (1986-2004) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 March 1969 |
| Consecration | 15 September 1986 |
| Created Cardinal | 20 November 2010 |
| Rank | cardinal-priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 15, 1937 Capela Nova, Brazil |
Raymundo Damasceno Assis(born 15 February 1937) is an Brazilan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was auxiliary bishop of Brasilla. He is current archbishop of Aparecida.
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Damasceno Assis was born 15 February 1937 in Capela Nova. In 1948, he entered the Juvenato São José of the Marist Brothers, in the city of Mendes where he completed his basic elementary education; then he discerned that his vocation was for the priesthood and returned home to Conselheiro Lafaiete, archdiocese of Mariana, where the family had moved. 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. In 1960, Archbishop Oscar de Oliveira, of Mariana, sent him to the newly established archdiocese of Brasília, as a help to that new local church, inaugurated on 21 April of that same year. In 1961, Brasilia's archbishop, sent him to Rome to study theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he obtained a licentiate; he resided at Colegio Pío Brasileño 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 Mina 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. He also served as chancellor and was co-founder and professor of the Major Seminary Nossa Senhora de Fatima and at the sane tine professor in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Brasília.
Was appointed Titular Bishop of Nova Petra and auxiliary bishop of Brasília on 18 June 1986. Promoted metropolitan archbishop of Aparecida 28 January 2004.
| Styles of Raymundo Damasceno Assis |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Aparecida |
Benedict XVI created him Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino in the consistory of 20 November 2010.