Filipe Neri Ferrão
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Archdiocese | Goa and Daman |
Appointed | 16 January 2004 |
Predecessor | Raul Nicolau Gonçalves |
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Ordination | 28 October 1979 |
Consecration | 10 April 1994 by Raul Nicolau Gonçalves |
Created cardinal | 27 August 2022 by (now Mapusa, India) |
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Motto | Tim sogllim ek zaum (Konkani for 'That they may all be one') |
Styles of Filipe Neri Ferrão | |
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Your Eminence | |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Biography
Early life and education
Ferrão was born on 20 January 1953 in Mapusa, Goa, to Agostinho Lourenço Tomé Ferrão and Maria Palmira Eugênia Gertrudes da Conceição Nazaré; he is the youngest of their three children.[3][a] After completing the Preparatory Course at the Minor Seminary of Our Lady, Saligao-Pilerne, Goa, he went to study philosophy and theology at the Papal Seminary, Pune. Ferrão was ordained a priest on 28 October 1979.[4] His pastoral assignments were: Parochial Vicar at Salvador do Mundo in 1979 and in Chinchinim from 1981 to 1984; Prefect of Discipline at the Minor Seminary of Our Lady, Saligão-Pilerne, from 1984 to 1986, where he was also Director of the Vocation Commission for Diocesan Clergy.[5]
Ferrão then studied at the
Returning to Goa, he was the first director of the Diocesan Centre for Lay Apostolate from 1991 to 1994.[5] There he launched the publication of booklets of daily scriptural reflections for the faithful: Daily Flash and Jivitacho Prokas.[citation needed] His other assignments included Convenor of the Team for Transfers of Priests from 1992 to 1997; Ecclesiastical Advisor to St. Luke's Medical Guild, Goa, from 1992 to 1994, and Episcopal Vicar for the North Zone of the Archdiocese, from 1993 to 1994.[5]
He is fluent in
Bishop and archbishop
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Goa and Daman and titular bishop of Vanariona on 25 January 1994. He received his episcopal consecration on 10 April 1994 from Archbishop Raul Nicolau Gonçalves in the Se Cathedral in Old Goa, with bishops Aleixo das Neves Dias and Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca as co-consecrators.
On 16 January 2004, Pope John Paul named him Archbishop of Goa and Daman with the honorary title of Patriarch of the East Indies.[6] He was installed as archbishop on 21 March 2004.[7]
On 25 November 2006, the
Cardinal
On 29 May 2022, Pope Francis announced that he planned to make Ferrão a cardinal.
Ferrão, on February, 2024 was elected President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences replacing Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar.[11]
See also
- Cardinals created by Pope Francis
- List of current cardinals
- List of titular churches
Notes
References
- ^ "Pope makes Archbishops Filipe Neri, Anthony Poola cardinals". Matters India. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Filipe Neri Ferrao: After 465 years, archdiocese of Goa gets its first cardinal". Times of India. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b Raposo, Caetano Francisco (20 August 2022). "From a miracle to Cardinal: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrâo". Herald (Goa). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Annuncio di Concistoro il 27 agosto per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 29.05.2022" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Most Rev. Filipe Neri Ferrão". Archdiocese of Goa and Daman. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.01.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Ferrao installed Archbishop of Goa and Daman". 21 March 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.11.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 November 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Annuncio di Concistoro il 27 agosto per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 29.05.2022" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali" [Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals]. The Holy See (in Italian). Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Carvalho, Nirmala (24 February 2024). "Asia elects new leaders for continental Bishops' Conference". Crux (online newspaper). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
External links
- About the Archbishop Patriarch http://archgoadaman.com/about-the-archbishop-patriarch/ as on 3 March 2023
- "Ferrão Card. Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022.
- Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018.self-published