Orani João Cardinal Tempesta, O. Cist.

Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde

Motto: Ut Omnes Unum Sint

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jun 1950		Born
1 Feb 1968	17.6	Entered	Member of Order of Cistercians
2 Feb 1969	18.6	Simple Vows	Member of Order of Cistercians
2 Feb 1972	21.6	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Cistercians
25 Mar 1973	22.7	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Cistercians
7 Dec 1974	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Cistercians
26 Feb 1997	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Apr 1997	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1 May 1997	46.8	Installed	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Mar 1999	48.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11 Dec 2002	52.4	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Oct 2004	54.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
8 Dec 2004	54.4	Installed	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
27 Feb 2009	58.6	Appointed	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 Apr 2009	58.8	Installed	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22 Feb 2014	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 2014	63.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde
12 Apr 2014	63.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde

MicroData Summary
Orani João Tempesta
Orani João Cardinal Tempesta O. Cist.
(born 23 Jun 1950)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Ad Limina - September 2010: Bishop
Consistory - 2014: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place São José do Rio Pardo, Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo
Ordained Deacon São Roque, Church, São José do Rio Pardo, Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo
Ordained Priest São Roque, Church, São José do Rio Pardo, Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo
Ordained Bishop São José do Rio Pardo, Diocese of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Tomás Vaquero †
Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Tomás Vaquero †
Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José de Aquino Pereira †
Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dadeus Grings
Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo
Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini †
Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José de Aquino Pereira † (1958)
Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo
Bishop Ruy Serra † (1948)
Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist. (2008)
Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz (2011)
Bishop Nelson Francelino Ferreira (2011)
Paulo Cezar Cardinal Costa (2011)
Bishop Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito (2012)
Bishop Roque Costa Souza (2012)
Bishop Joel Portella Amado (2017)
Bishop Paulo Alves Romão (2017)
Bishop Juarez Delorto Secco (2017)
Bishop Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento (2018)
Bishop Zdzisław Stanisław Błaszczyk (2020)
Bishop Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho (2020)
Bishop Antônio Luiz Catelan Ferreira (2022)
Bishop José Maria Pereira (2025)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira (2005)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315721802
WikiData: Q554428

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 27 Feb 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Number 12,953
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Additions/Corrections (front)
c: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2014
cp: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2014
i: Bollettino, 4 Apr 2014
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 22 Feb 2014

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