RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hélder Câmara

1909 - 1999

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Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Olinda and Recife from 1964 to 1985 during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He was declared a Servant of God in 2015. A self-identified socialist, Câmara was an advocate of liberation theology. He did social and political work for the poor and for human rights and democracy during the military regime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hélder Câmara is the 928th most popular religious figure (down from 871st in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 74th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

Hélder Câmara was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and theologian who was also a liberation theologian. He is most famous for his work in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, where he was a parish priest.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hélder Câmara ranks 928 out of 3,187. Before him are Charalambos, Guru Angad, Ravi Shankar, Angela of Foligno, Raniero Cantalamessa, and Lucian of Antioch. After him are Angelo Amato, George Alencherry, Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Reginald Lee, Al-Qurtubi, and Anastasius of Persia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Hélder Câmara ranks 45. Before him are John Fante, Leo Fender, Alain Poher, Virginia Apgar, Tokizo Ichihashi, and Jessica Tandy. After him are Yiannis Ritsos, László Rajk, Vicente Feola, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Marguerite Perey, and Otto Kumm. Among people deceased in 1999, Hélder Câmara ranks 38. Before him are Akio Morita, Mary Ainsworth, George C. Scott, Sarah Knauss, Henry Way Kendall, and João Figueiredo. After him are Desmond Llewelyn, Dennis W. Sciama, Amintore Fanfani, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, and Elliot Richardson.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Hélder Câmara ranks 75 out of 2,236. Before him are Tancredo Neves (1910), Gilberto Gil (1942), Dani Alves (1983), Sônia Braga (1950), Ernesto Geisel (1907), and João Figueiredo (1918). After him are Xuxa (1963), Rubens Barrichello (1972), Leonardo Boff (1938), Jair da Costa (1940), Careca (1960), and Zumbi (1655).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Hélder Câmara ranks 1. After him are Leonardo Boff (1938), Cláudio Hummes (1934), Odilo Scherer (1949), João Braz de Aviz (1947), Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921), Orani João Tempesta (1949), Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), José Freire Falcão (1925), Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), and Frei Galvão (1739).

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