” “Card. Cláudio Hummes, of the Order of Friars Minor and so far the archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil), is the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy. He was appointed today by Benedict XVI who granted, in observance of can. 354 of the Canon Law, the renunciation submitted by card. Dario Castrillón Hoyos. Born in Montenegro (archdiocese of Porto Alegre) in 1934, card. Hummes was appointed archbishop of São Paulo in 1998 and ordained cardinal by John Paul II at the Consistory of February 21st 2001. ” “
