Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão
Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (born January 20, 1953 in Aldona , India ) is Patriarch of the East Indies and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão .
Life
He was ordained a priest on October 28, 1979 .
On December 20, 1994, he was appointed auxiliary bishop in Goa e Damão and titular bishop of Vanariona . On December 12, 2003, Pope John Paul II named him patriarch and archbishop of this diocese with the Bull Inter Gravissimas . The appointment was only announced after the resignation of his predecessor, Raul Nicolau Gonsalves , on January 16, 2004. The installation took place on March 21st. The episcopal ordination received his Archbishop Raul Nicolau Gonsalves, Archbishop of Goa e Damão; Co- consecrators were Aleixo das Neves Dias , SFX, Bishop of Port Blair , and Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca , Auxiliary Bishop in Bombay .
Web links
- Biography on the website of the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão (English)
- Entry for Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão on catholic-hierarchy.org
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Raul Nicolau Gonsalves |
Patriarch of the East Indies since 2004 |
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Raul Nicolau Gonsalves |
Archbishop of Goa e Damão since 2004 |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rosário Ferrão, Filipe Neri António Sebastião do |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian clergyman, patriarch and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aldona , India |