Orlando Brandes

Orlando Brandes (born 13 April 1946) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Aparecida from 2017 to 2026. He was Bishop of Joinville from 1994 to 2006 and Archbishop of Londrina from 2006 to 2016.

Early life Brandes was born on 13 April 1946 in Urubici, Brazil. He completed his primary and secondary studies in Urubici and Lages. He studied Philosophy in Curitiba, then did his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He did post-graduate studies in moral theology in Rome. by bishops João Oneres Marchiori, Eusebio Oscar Scheid, SCI and Gregório Warmeling. He was secretary of the south region of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil.

On 10 May 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Brandes as Archbishop of Londrina. where he was installed on 23 July. he was installed on 21 January 2017.

On October 12, 2019, during the Amazon Synod, he drew national attention for giving a sermon in Aparecida in a Morning Mass condemning what he saw as a "violent" and "unjust" right wing ideology, a "dragon of traditionialism" which he saw as "firing on the Pope [Francis], on the [Amazon] Synod, and the Second Vatican Council" a few hours later, the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, known for being of the political right, went to Mass in the National Shrine of Aparecida at 4 pm and read the biblical text as Reader.