Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Brazilian cardinal (died 1930)

Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti

Brazilian Catholic cardinal

Cardinal Dom Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro from 1897 to 1930. He was made a cardinal in 1905, the first cardinal born in Latin America.