Arlindo Gomes Furtado | |
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| Cardinal Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde | |
 Furtado in 2015 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Santiago de Cabo Verde |
| See | Santiago de Cabo Verde |
| Appointed | 22 July 2009 |
| Installed | 15 August 2009 |
| Predecessor | Paulino do Livramento ÉvoraC.S.Sp |
| Other post | Cardinal-Priest ofSan Timoteo (2015-) |
| Previous post | Bishop of Mindelo (2003–09) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 July 1976 |
| Consecration | 22 February 2004 by Paulino do Livramento Évora |
| Created cardinal | 14 February 2015 byPope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arlindo Gomes Furtado (1949-11-15)15 November 1949 (age 76) |
| Nationality | Cape Verde |
| Motto | Jesus, O Bom Pastor (Jesus, the Good Shepherd) |
| Coat of arms |  |
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| Styles of Arlindo Gomes Furtado | |
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| 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 aCape Verdean Catholic prelate who has served asBishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde since 2009. He was the firstBishop of Mindelo from 2004 to 2009.
He studied for several years inCoimbra, Portugal, while preparing for his ordination, and several more as a professor there after becoming a priest. He is a member of theRedemptorists.Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2015, the first fromCape Verde.
Arlindo Gomes Furtado was born in 15 November 1949[1] inFigueira das Naus, a village of themunicipality of Santa Catarina, to Ernesto Robaldo Gomes and Maria Furtado; he was baptized in August 1951. He studied at a primary school in nearbyAchada Lem and by October 1962 completed his secondary education at the Seminary of São José inPraia. From 1971 to 1976, Furtado studied theology inCoimbra, Portugal.[2]
He returned to Cape Verde and was ordained a deacon on 9 May 1976 byPaulino do Livramento Évora, Bishop of Santiago. He worked at theNossa 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 thePontifical Biblical Institute.
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]
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 theSantiago 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 thetitular church ofSan Timoteo.[9]
On 13 April 2015 he was named a member of theCongregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and of thePontifical Council Cor Unum.[10] On 28 October 2016, he was made a member of theCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.[11]
He participated as acardinal elector in the2025 papal conclave that electedPope Leo XIV.[12]
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by diocese established | Bishop of Mindelo 2004–2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde 2009 – present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by titular church established | Cardinal Priest ofChurch of Saint Timothy 2015–present | |
