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History
History
Priestly ordination
Date	7 December 1974
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Jose de Aquino Pereira
Co-consecrators	Dadeus Grings ; Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini
Date	25 April 1997
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	22 February 2014

History
Ordination history of; Orani João Tempesta
Date
History
Priestly ordination
Date	7 December 1974
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Jose de Aquino Pereira
Co-consecrators	Dadeus Grings ; Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini
Date	25 April 1997
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	22 February 2014
Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Orani João Tempesta as principal consecrator
Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.	28 March 2008
Pedro Cunha Cruz	5 February 2011
Nelson Francelino Ferreira	5 February 2011
Paulo Cezar Costa	5 February 2011
Luiz Enrique da Silva Brito	12 May 2012
Roque Costa Souza	23 June 2012

His Eminence

Orani João Tempesta

O.Cist.
His Eminence; Orani João Tempesta; O.Cist.
Cardinal; Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
	Tempesta in 2006
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
See	São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Appointed	27 February 2009
Installed	19 April 2009
Predecessor	Eusébio Oscar Scheid S.C.J.
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde (2014–)
Previous post(s)	Abbot of the Monastery of São Bernardo (1996–1997); Bishop of Rio Preto (1997–2004); Apostolic Administrator of the Territorial Abbey of Claraval (1999–2002); Archbishop of Belém do Pará (2004–2009);
Orders
Ordination	7 December 1974; by Tomás Vaquero
Consecration	25 April 1997; by José de Aquino Pereira
Created cardinal	22 February 2014; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born	Orani João Tempesta; 23 June 1950 (age 74); São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brazil
Denomination	Catholicism
Motto	Ut omnes unum sint; (That all might be one)
Coat of arms

Styles of Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Orani João Tempesta O.Cist. (pronounced [oɾɐˈni ʒuˈɐ̃w tẽˈpɛʃtɐ, - ˈʒwɐ̃w -]; born 23 June 1950) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been archbishop of Rio de Janeiro since 2009. He was previously bishop of São José do Rio Preto from 1997 to 2004 and archbishop of Belém do Pará from 2004 to 2009.

Early years

Tempesta was born in São José do Rio Pardo in the State of São Paulo. He is the youngest son of the Italian immigrant Achille Tempesta and his Brazilian wife Maria de Oliveira.^[1]^[2]

After completing his elementary and lower secondary-school studies in São José do Rio Pardo, Tempesta entered the Cistercian Monastery of São Bernardo in the same city in 1967. He studied philosophy at the Monastery of São Bento (St. Benedict) in São Paulo, and theology at the Salesian Theological Institute of Pope Pius IX in São Paulo.

Tempesta made his religious profession as a monk on 2 February 1969 and was ordained a priest on 7 December 1974. He was appointed prior of the monastery in 1984, while also acting as parish priest of the Parish of São Roque, as Diocesan Coordinator of Communications and Pastoral Care, and as professor at the Coração de Maria institute in São João da Boa Vista. In September 1996, when the Monastery of São Bernardo was raised to the status of an abbey, he was elected its first abbot.

Bishop

On 26 February 1997, Tempesta was appointed Bishop of São José do Rio Preto and received episcopal consecration on 25 April of that year. In addition he was Apostolic Administrator of the territorial abbacy of Claraval from 1999 until it was united with the Diocese of Guaxupé on 11 December 2002.

On 13 October 2004 Tempesta was appointed the Archbishop of Belém do Pará, and in 2007 he was a delegate to the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin American and the Caribbean.

On 27 February 2009 Tempesta was named Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro. He took possession of the see on 19 April 2009. Tempesta received the pallium from Pope Benedict on 29 June 2009.

Cardinal

Pope Francis announced in January 2014 that he would make Tempesta a cardinal on 22 February 2014.^[3] He was made a cardinal priest and assigned the titular church of Santa Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde.

In September 2014 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples,^[4] and later of the Congregation for Catholic Education, and the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

In 2016 Cardinal Tempesta had to shelter behind his car during a gun battle between police and armed bandits. He was on his way to the airport when shooting forced his car to stop. "When [the firing] subsided a bit, we reversed and took another street," Cardinal Tempesta told blog Sim, sou Católico.^[5] "I could see there with me, so many good people with the desire to live in peace in a more peaceful and fraternal world. Many were going to work, and suddenly needed to guard against any possible stray bullet," Cardinal Tempesta said later.^[6]

References

^ Birth certificate of Orani João Tempesta - FamilySearch]
^ Dilma grava mensagem para dom Orani Tempesta, nomeado cardeal da Igreja Católica, Agência Brasil, 13 de janeiro de 2014.
^ "Annuncio di Concistoro per la Creazione di Nuovi Cardinali" (in Italian). The Vatican Today. 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 13.09.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "Cardeal Tempesta fica preso em tiroteio no Rio de Janeiro".
^ "Brazilian cardinal caught in shoot out - Global Pulse Magazine". Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

External links

"Tempesta Card. Orani João, O. Cist". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
Orani João Tempesta

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by José de Aquino Pereira	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto 27 February 1997 – 11 December 2002	Succeeded by Paulo Mendes Peixoto
Preceded by Vicente Joaquim Zico	Archbishop of Belém do Pará 13 October 2004 – 19 April 2009	Succeeded by Alberto Taveira Corrêa
Preceded by Eusébio Scheid	Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro 27 February 2009 –	Incumbent
Preceded by Luis Aponte Martinez	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde 22 February 2014 –	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Geraldo Alckmin as Vice President of Brazil	Brazilian order of precedence 3rd in line as Brazilian cardinal	Followed by Foreign ambassadors