Jaime Spengler


Jaime Spengler

OFM
Archbishop of Porto Alegre
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdiocesePorto Alegre
SeePorto Alegre
Appointed18 September 2013
Installed15 November 2013
PredecessorDadeus Grings
Other post(s)President of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference (since 2023)
Previous post(s)Titular bishop of Patara (2010-2013)
Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (2010-2013)
Orders
Ordination17 November 1990
by Quirino Adolfo Schmitz
Consecration5 February 2011
by Lorenzo Baldisseri
Personal details
Born
Jaime Spengler

(1960-09-06) 6 September 1960 (age 64)
MottoIn Cruce Gloriari
Coat of armsJaime Spengler's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Jaime Spengler
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byQuirino Adolfo Schmitz
Date17 November 1990
PlaceSão Pedro Apóstolo Church, Gaspar
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorLorenzo Baldisseri
Co-consecratorsDadeus Grings, Leonardo Ulrich Steiner
Date5 February 2011
PlaceSão Pedro Apóstolo Church, Gaspar
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Jaime Spengler as principal consecrator
Leomar Antônio Brustolin2015
Aparecido Donizete de Souza2016
Silvio Guterres Dutra2018
Darley José Kummer2019
Maurício da Silva Jardim2022
Juarez Albino Destro2023
Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos2023

Jaime Spengler, OFM (born 6 September 1960), is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Porto Alegre since 2013. He has also served as president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil and the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) since 2023. He is a member of the Order of Friars Minor.

Pope Francis plans to make him a cardinal on 7 December 2024.