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Orani João Tempesta

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Orani João Tempesta

Cardinal
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Tempesta in 2006
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
SeeSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Appointed27 February 2009
Installed19 April 2009
PredecessorEusébio Oscar Scheid S.C.J.
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde (2014–)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination7 December 1974
by Tomás Vaquero
Consecration25 April 1997
by José de Aquino Pereira
Created cardinal22 February 2014
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal Priest
Personal details
Born
Orani João Tempesta

(1950-06-23) 23 June 1950 (age 74)
DenominationCatholicism
MottoUt omnes unum sint
(That all might be one)
Coat of armsOrani João Tempesta's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Orani João Tempesta
History
Priestly ordination
Date7 December 1974
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJose de Aquino Pereira
Co-consecratorsDadeus Grings
Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini
Date25 April 1997
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date22 February 2014
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Orani João Tempesta as principal consecrator
Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.28 March 2008
Pedro Cunha Cruz5 February 2011
Nelson Francelino Ferreira5 February 2011
Paulo Cezar Costa5 February 2011
Luiz Enrique da Silva Brito12 May 2012
Roque Costa Souza23 June 2012
Styles of
Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

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

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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

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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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Birth certificate of Orani João Tempesta - FamilySearch]
  2. ^ Dilma grava mensagem para dom Orani Tempesta, nomeado cardeal da Igreja Católica, Agência Brasil, 13 de janeiro de 2014.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 13.09.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Cardeal Tempesta fica preso em tiroteio no Rio de Janeiro".
  6. ^ "Brazilian cardinal caught in shoot out - Global Pulse Magazine". Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of São José do Rio Preto
27 February 1997 – 11 December 2002
Succeeded by
Paulo Mendes Peixoto
Preceded by Archbishop of Belém do Pará
13 October 2004 – 19 April 2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro
27 February 2009 –
Incumbent
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde
22 February 2014 –
Order of precedence
Preceded byas Vice President of Brazil Brazilian order of precedence
3rd in line
as Brazilian cardinal
Followed by
Foreign ambassadors