Catholic University of Salvador

The Catholic University of Salvador (Universidade Católica do Salvador, UCSal) is a private and non-profit Catholic university, located in Salvador, the first capital of Brazil, and fourth largest city of Brazil. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of Salvador.

Alumni
Notable Catholic University of Salvador alumni include:


 * Augusto Aras, current Prosecutor General of Brazil
 * Luislinda Valois, jurist, former Desembargadora of the State of Bahia, former Secretary of Promotion of Racial Equality and former Minister of Human Rights
 * Otto Alencar, Senator from Bahia
 * Ana Arraes, Vice President of the Tribunal de Contas da União
 * João Henrique Carneiro, politician and former Mayor of Salvador
 * Bruno Soares Reis, politician and current Mayor of Salvador after Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto
 * Daniel Almeida, current member of the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil representing the State of Bahia
 * Claudia Leitte, axé and pop singer
 * João José Reis, writer and one of the most important historians in Brazil, considered a world reference for the study of history and slavery in the 19th century
 * Cristiano Chaves de Farias, Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Bahia and writer
 * José Medrado, lecturer and medium, founder of Centro Espírita Cavaleiros da Luz (Knights of Light Spiritist Center)