Arlindo Gomes Furtado

His Eminence Arlindo Gomes Furtado
Cardinal, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde
Appointed	22 July 2009
Predecessor	Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp
Orders
Ordination	18 July 1976
Consecration	22 February 2004 by Paulino do Livramento Évora
Created Cardinal	14 February 2015
Rank	Cardinal priest of San Timoteo
Personal details
Born	15 November 1949 Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
Nationality	Cape Verde
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Bishop of Mindelo (2003-2009)
Motto	"Jesus, O Bom Pastor" ( Jesus, the Good Shepherd)
Coat of arms

Ordination history of Arlindo Gomes Furtado
Diaconal ordination
Date of ordination	9 May 1976
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination	18 July 1976
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp
Co-consecrators	Albino Mamede Cleto José Cámnate na Bissign
Date of consecration	22 February 2004
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date of elevation	14 February 2015

Styles of Arlindo Gomes Furtado
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Santiago de Cabo Verde

Arlindo Gomes Furtado (born Santa Catarina, 15 November 1949)^[1] is the Cape Verdean Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde, since 2009, and was the first bishop of the Diocese of Mindelo, from 2004 to 2009. In 2015, he was appointed as the first Cape Verdean cardinal by Pope Francis.

Ecclesiastical career

Bishop Furtado pursued his theological studies in Coimbra (Portugal), and returned to Cape Verde where he was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church on 18 July 1976.^[1] On 14 November 2003, by nomination of Pope John Paul II, he became the first bishop of the newly created diocese of Mindelo. He was consecrated on 22 February 2004,^[1] by the bishop of Cape Verde, Paulino do Livramento Évora becoming the 34th bishop of Cape Verde. The Diocese of Mindelo, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), has an area of 2,230 km², a total population of 166,000, 149,230 Catholics, 19 priests and 58 religious.

On 15 August 2009, Bishop Furtado formally took the role of bishop of the Santiago Diocese, one of the oldest Dioceses in Africa,^[1][2] after being appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 July of that year.

On 25 January 2011, VIS reported that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Father Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Flores, "fidei donum" priest, chancellor of the diocese, and pastor of the parish of São Vicente, as the second bishop of the Diocese of Mindelo. The bishop-elect was born in Sal, Cape Verde in 1962, and ordained a priest in 1992.

On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal on 14 February.^[3] Bishop Furtado became the first Cape Verdean cardinal,^[4] at the same time that others became the first cardinals from Tonga and Myanmar.^[4][5] Cape Verde and Ethiopia were two African countries with bishops appointed as new cardinals in Pope Francis' announcement.^[6] At the ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of San Timoteo.^[7]

In April 2015 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; and of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. He will hold these memberships until his 80th birthday. In addition to this he was appointed a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in October 2016.

See also

• Cardinals created by Pope Francis

References

1. "Consistório 2015: Papa reforça papel das "periferias" no Colégio Cardinalício" (in Portuguese). Agência Ecclesia. 4 January 2015.
2. Elevação a cardeal de bispo de Santiago é momento "histórico" para Cabo Verde, Africa 21 Online, 5 January 2015 (Portuguese)
3. "Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali" (in Italian). News.va. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
4. "Bispo da Diocese de Santiago Dom Arlindo Gomes Furtado será o novo cardeal do Vaticano a 14 de Fevereiro" (in Portuguese). RTC. 4 January 2015.
5. Rui Duarte Silva (4 January 2015). "Portugal tem novo cardeal: Manuel Clemente" (in Portuguese). Expresso.
6. João Matos (4 January 2015). "Caboverdeano Dom Arlindo nomeado Cardeal pelo Papa Francisco" (in Portuguese). RFI.
7. "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.