Virgilio Cardinal do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.

Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno

Motto: Ad Deum Patrem Oomnipotentem

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1967		Born
31 May 1990	22.5	First Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
19 Mar 1997	29.3	Perpetual Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
18 Dec 1998	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
30 Jan 2016	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
19 Mar 2016	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
11 Sep 2019	51.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
27 Aug 2022	54.7	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Aug 2022	54.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno
7 May 2023	55.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno

MicroData Summary
Virgilio do Carmo da Silva
Virgilio Cardinal do Carmo da Silva S.D.B.
(born 27 Nov 1967)
Archbishop of Díli

Consistory - 2022: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Venilale, Diocese of Díli
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Tasi Tolu, Dili, Diocese of Díli

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Díli.

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

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino
Titular Archbishop of Natchitoches
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Basílio do Nascimento †
Bishop of Baucau
Bishop Norberto do Amaral
Bishop of Maliana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino (2008)
Titular Archbishop of Natchitoches
Jean-Louis Pierre Cardinal Tauran † (1991)
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Leandro Maria Alves (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Venilale, Diocese of Díli
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Tasi Tolu, Dili, Diocese of Díli

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q22670371

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 30 Jan 2016
ob: CB, 1 Feb 2016
c2+: CB, 18 Mar 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Number 18,867
card: Bollettino, 29 May 2022
ab: Bollettino, 27 Aug 2022
i: Bollettino, 2 May 2023

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