Arlindo Gomes Furtado

Cardinal coat of arms of Arlindo Gomes Furtado

Arlindo Cardinal Gomes Furtado (born November 15, 1949 in Santa Catarina ) is a Cape Verdean clergyman and bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde .

Life

Arlindo Gomes Furtado studied at the Small Seminary in São José and in Coimbra, Portugal . He was ordained a priest on July 18, 1976 . In 1978 he became rector of the São José seminary , which he remained until 1986. From 1986 to 1990 he studied in Rome , after which he stayed for another year at São José . From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a professor in Coimbra. In 1995 he returned to Cape Verde and was Vicar General of the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde until 2004 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him on November 14, 2003 as the first Bishop of Mindelo . The bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Paulino do Livramento Évora CSSp , donated him episcopal ordination on February 22 of the next year ; Co- consecrators were José Câmnate na Bissign , Bishop of Bissau , and Albino Mamede Cleto , Bishop of Coimbra .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde on July 22, 2009.

In the solemn consistory on February 14, 2015, Pope Francis accepted him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Timoteo in the college of cardinals . Gomes is the first cardinal from Cape Verde.

Memberships

Cardinal Gomes Furtado is a member of the following organizations of the Roman Curia :

Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (since 2015)
Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" (since 2015)
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments

Web links

Gomes Furtado, Arlindo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 11, 2016.
Entry on Arlindo Gomes Furtado on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ Erezione della Diocesi di Mindelo (Capo Verde) e Nomina del Primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 11, 2003, accessed January 12, 2015 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Santiago de Cabo Verde (Capo Verde) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 22, 2009, accessed January 12, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli o Diaconie. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 14, 2015, accessed February 14, 2015 (Italian).
^ Bispo da Diocese de Santiago Dom Arlindo Gomes Furtado será o novo cardeal do Vaticano a 14 de Fevereiro. Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana, January 4, 2015, accessed August 10, 2016 (Portuguese).
↑ ^a ^b Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 13, 2015, accessed April 18, 2015 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 28, 2016, accessed October 28, 2016 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
---	Bishop of Mindelo 2003-2009	Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes
Paulino do Livramento Évora CSSp	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde since 2009	---

personal data
SURNAME	Gomes Furtado, Arlindo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gomes Furtado, Cardinal Arlindo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cape Verdean clergyman, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
DATE OF BIRTH	November 15, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Santa Catarina

[1] Erezione della Diocesi di Mindelo (Capo Verde) e Nomina del Primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 11, 2003, accessed January 12, 2015 (Italian).

[2] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Santiago de Cabo Verde (Capo Verde) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 22, 2009, accessed January 12, 2015 (Italian).

[3] Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli o Diaconie. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 14, 2015, accessed February 14, 2015 (Italian).

[4] Bispo da Diocese de Santiago Dom Arlindo Gomes Furtado será o novo cardeal do Vaticano a 14 de Fevereiro. Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana, January 4, 2015, accessed August 10, 2016 (Portuguese).

[Bulletin-2015-04-13-5] Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 13, 2015, accessed April 18, 2015 (Italian).

[6] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 28, 2016, accessed October 28, 2016 (Italian).