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

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

His Eminence

Arlindo Gomes Furtado

CSSp
His Eminence; Arlindo Gomes Furtado; CSSp
Cardinal; Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	Furtado in 2015
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Santiago de Cabo Verde
See	Santiago de Cabo Verde
Appointed	22 July 2009
Installed	15 August 2009
Predecessor	Paulino do Livramento Évora C.S.Sp
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Timoteo (2015-)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Mindelo (2003–09)
Orders
Ordination	18 July 1976
Consecration	22 February 2004; by Paulino do Livramento Évora
Created cardinal	14 February 2015; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Arlindo Gomes Furtado; 15 November 1949 (age 75); Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
Nationality	Cape Verde
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Jesus, O Bom Pastor; (Jesus, the Good Shepherd)
Coat of arms

Styles of Arlindo Gomes Furtado

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Santiago de Cabo Verde

Arlindo Gomes Furtado, CSSp (born 15 November 1949) is a Cape Verdean Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde since 2009. He was the first Bishop of Mindelo from 2004 to 2009.

He studied for several years in Coimbra, Portugal, while preparing for his ordination, and several more as a professor there after becoming a priest. He is a member of the Redemptorists. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2015, the first from Cape Verde.

Early life and education

Arlindo Gomes Furtado was born in 15 November 1949^[1] in Figueira das Naus, a village of the municipality of Santa Catarina, to Ernesto Robaldo Gomes and Maria Furtado; he was baptized in August 1951. He studied at a primary school in nearby Achada Lem and by October 1962 completed his secondary education at the Seminary of São José in Praia. From 1971 to 1976, Furtado studied theology in Coimbra, Portugal.^[2]

He returned to Cape Verde and was ordained a deacon on 9 May 1976 by Paulino do Livramento Évora, Bishop of Santiago. He worked at the Nossa Senhora da Graça until Bishop Evora ordained him a priest on 18 July 1976 and made him parish vicar there. From 1978 to 1986 he was rector of the Seminary of São José. From 1986 to 1990 he studied in Rome, earning a licentiate in biblical science at the Pontifical Biblical Institute.

Early priesthood

Returning to Cape Verde for a year, he worked for a year in the Lém-Cachorro and Achada São Filipe areas and then taught English at Liceu Domingos Ramos. Back in Coimbra from 1991 to 1995, he taught Greek, Hebrew, History and Biblical Geography at the Theological Studies Institute in Coimbra. He worked on translations of books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and published some scholarly articles and reviews. He was also a parish administrator during these years. In 1995 he returned to Cape Verde where he led the parish of Nossa Senhora da Graça once more. He became a member of the National Education Council, taught at the Police Training School, and served as vicar general of the Diocese of Santiago.^[2]

Episcopacy

On 11 December 2003, Pope John Paul II named him the first bishop of the newly created diocese of Mindelo.^[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 22 February 2004^[3] from Bishop Evora.

On 22 July 2009, Pope Benedict XVI named Furtado bishop of the Santiago Diocese,^[4] one of the oldest dioceses in Africa, and he was installed there on 15 August.^[5]

On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal on 14 February.^[6]^[3] Furtado became the first Cape Verdean cardinal,^[7]^[8] At the ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of San Timoteo.^[9]

On 13 April 2015 he was named a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.^[10] On 28 October 2016, he was made a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.12.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Sua Eminência Reverendíssima, Cardeal Dom Arlindo Gomes Furtado". Diocese de Santiago, Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Consistório 2015: Papa reforça papel das "periferias" no Colégio Cardinalício" (in Portuguese). Agência Ecclesia. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.07.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ "Elevação a cardeal de bispo de Santiago é momento "histórico" para Cabo Verde" (in Portuguese). Africa 21 Online. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ "Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali" (in Italian). Vatican News. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "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.
^ João Matos (4 January 2015). "Caboverdeano Dom Arlindo nomeado Cardeal pelo Papa Francisco" (in Portuguese). RFI.
^ "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.04.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.10.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

External links

"Furtado Card. Arlindo Gomes". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by diocese established	Bishop of Mindelo 2004–2009	Succeeded by Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes
Preceded by Paulino do Livramento Évora	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde 2009 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by titular church established	Cardinal Priest of Church of Saint Timothy 2015–present	Incumbent