Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp.

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1964		Born
8 Sep 1986	22.6	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
11 Jul 1993	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
16 Feb 2011	47.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
16 Feb 2011	47.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Verbe
8 May 2011	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Verbe
10 Jun 2015	51.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
23 Sep 2015	51.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
16 Feb 2026	62.1	Appointed	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

MicroData Summary
Teodoro Mendes Tavares
Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares C.S.Sp.
(born 7 Jan 1964)
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Event Place
Birth Place São Miguel Arcanjo – Ilha de Santiago
Ordained Bishop Cruz do Papa – Quebra Canela, Praia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa
Archbishop of Belém do Pará
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa (1991)
Archbishop of Belém do Pará
Archbishop João Resende (Rezende) Costa, S.D.B. † (1953)
Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Carlos Carmelo Cardinal de Vasconcellos Motta † (1932)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral † (1918)
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pedro Alexandre Simões Gouveia Fernandes, C.S.Sp. (2025)

Event	Place
Birth Place	São Miguel Arcanjo – Ilha de Santiago
Ordained Bishop	Cruz do Papa – Quebra Canela, Praia

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2404000

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 16 Feb 2011
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 206, Number 17,054
ab: Bollettino, 10 Jun 2015
s: Bollettino, 23 Sep 2015
ab: Bollettino, 16 Feb 2026

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