Alfredo Scherer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfredo Scherer

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1903

Place of Birth: Bom Princípio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1996

Profession: Catholic priest, theologian

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alfredo Vicente Scherer (February 5, 1903–March 9, 1996) 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.