Aloísio Lorscheider

Styles of
**Aloísio Lorscheider**
Styles of; Aloísio Lorscheider
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

His Eminence

Aloísio Lorscheider

O.F.M.
His Eminence; Aloísio Lorscheider; O.F.M.
Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida
	Cdl. Aloísio Lorscheider.
Archdiocese	Aparecida
See	Aparecida
Appointed	12 July 1995
Term ended	28 July 2004
Predecessor	Geraldo Penido
Successor	Raymundo Damasceno
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1976–2007)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Santo Ângelo (1962–1973); First Vice-President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (1972–1975); Archbishop of Fortaleza (1973–1995); President of Caritas Internationalis (1974–1975); President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (1975–1979);
Orders
Ordination	22 August 1948
Consecration	20 May 1962; by Alfredo Scherer
Created cardinal	24 May 1976; by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider; 8 October 1924; Estrela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died	23 December 2007 (aged 83); Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Denomination	Catholic
Motto	In cruce salus et vita

Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. (8 October 1924 – 23 December 2007) was a Brazilian Catholic cardinal during the 1970s and 1980s. He was known as an advocate of liberation theology in the 1970s and was seen by some observers as a serious candidate for the papacy in the two conclaves of 1978.