Augusto Da Silva

Augusto Da Silva

Augusto Álvaro da Silva (April 8, 1876 – August 14, 1968) was a Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia from 1924 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.

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