| Type: | Cardinal |
| Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
| Lucas Moreira Neves | |
| Honorific Suffix: | O.P. |
| Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed: | 25 June 1998 |
| Term End: | 16 September 2000 |
| Predecessor: | Bernardin Gantin |
| Successor: | Giovanni Battista Re |
| Ordination: | 9 July 1950 |
| Ordained By: | Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral |
| Consecration: | 26 August 1967 |
| Consecrated By: | Agnelo Rossi |
| Cardinal: | 28 June 1988 |
| Created Cardinal By: | Pope John Paul II |
| Rank: | Cardinal-Priest (1988–98) Cardinal-Bishop (1998–2002) |
| Birth Name: | Lucas Moreira Neves |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1925 |
| Birth Place: | São João del Rei, Brazil |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Motto: | De luce vigilo |
| Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Lucas Moreira Neves.svg |
| Cardinal Name: | Lucas Moreira Neves |
| Dipstyle: | His Eminence |
| Offstyle: | Your Eminence |
| See: | Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (suburbicarian see) |
Lucas Moreira Neves, OP (16 September 1925 – 8 September 2002) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops from 1998 to 2000. He previously served as Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia from 1987 to 1998. He was made a cardinal in 1988 and was a member of the Dominican Order.
Moreira Neves was born in São João del Rei, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. He was descended from Africans through his maternal grandfather.[1]
He was ordained a priest on 9 July 1950. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo by Pope Paul VI on 9 June 1967 with the titular see of Feradi Maius.
On 15 October 1979 he was appointed secretary of the Congregation for Bishops within the Roman Curia by Pope John Paul II. Moreira Neves left the Curia to take up the position of Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia on 9 July 1987.
He was created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio on 28 June 1988.
Moreira Neves once again left Brazil for Rome to take up the position of prefect of the Congregation for Bishops to which he was appointed on 25 June 1998, when he was also elevated to the rank of Cardinal Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto.[2] He resigned his position as prefect on 16 September 2000 as a result of his failing health.
