Eugenio Sales: Cardinal and Longtime Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro Dies a

Cardinal Eugenio Sales was a Brazilian Catholic prelate. Born on November 8, 1920, in Acari, Rio Grande do Norte, he was ordained a priest in 1943.

He became auxiliary bishop of Natal in 1954 and Archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia in 1968. Pope Paul VI made him a cardinal in 1969. He was Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro from 1971 to 2001 and attended all sessions of the Second Vatican Council.

From 2009 he was the longest-serving living cardinal. Sales died of a heart attack in his sleep in Rio de Janeiro on July 9, 2012, at age 91.

Achievements: Cardinal (1969), Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro (1971-2001).

Birth: November 8, 1920 - Acari, Brazil.

Profession: Cardinal.

Interesting Facts: He was Cardinal Protopriest from 2009.