Eugênio Sales
Catholic cardinal
Born on: November 8, 1920Died on: July 9, 2012
Aged: 91 years 244 days (1100 months)
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Eugênio de Araújo Sales was a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, having been elevated by Pope Paul VI on 28 April 1969.
He served as archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro for thirty years until his resignation was accepted in 2001, when he had already passed the maximum age for voting in a papal conclave.
He was the Cardinal Protopriest of the Holy Roman Church and also the longest-serving living Cardinal of the Catholic Church from 16 February 2009 until his death.
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