Alfredo Vicente Scherer was a German-Brazilian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Brazil from 1946 to 1996, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969. Wikipedia
Born: February 5, 1903, Bom Princípio, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died: March 9, 1996 (age 93 years), Aparecida, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Created cardinal: 28 April 1969; by Pope Paul VI