Avelar Brandão Vilela
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Avelar Brandão Vilela was a Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia from 1971 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973. Wikipedia
Born: June 13, 1912, Viçosa, State of Alagoas, Brazil
Died: December 19, 1986 (age 74 years), Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil
Created cardinal: 5 March 1973; by Pope Paul VI