Filipe Neri Ferrão

Styles of
**Filipe Neri Ferrão**
Styles of; Filipe Neri Ferrão
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

His Eminence

Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão
His Eminence; Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão
Archbishop of Goa and Daman; Patriarch of the East Indies;
	Ferrão in 2006
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Goa and Daman
Appointed	16 January 2004
Predecessor	Raul Nicolau Gonçalves
Other post(s)	President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2019–present); Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Via (2022–present);
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Vanariona (1993–2004); Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (1993–2004); Vice President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2011–2017); Second Vice President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (2014–2018);
Orders
Ordination	28 October 1979
Consecration	10 April 1994; by Raul Nicolau Gonçalves
Created cardinal	27 August 2022; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal priest
Personal details
Born	20 January 1953; Mapuçá, Goa, Portuguese India
Nationality	Portuguese; (until 1961); Indian (from 1961); ;
Motto	Tim sogllim ek zaum; (Konkani for 'That they may all be one')

Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (born 20 January 1953) is an Indian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Goa and Daman since 2004. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese from 1993 to 2004. Ferrão was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2022.

Ferrão is the sixth prelate of Goan origin to attain the rank of cardinal and the first Archbishop of Goa and Daman to be a cardinal since an episcopal see was established there in 1557.

His Eminence Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão
Archbishop of Goa and Daman Patriarch of the East Indies
Ferrão in 2006
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Goa and Daman
Appointed	16 January 2004
Predecessor	Raul Nicolau Gonçalves
Other post(s)	President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2019–present) Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Via (2022–present)
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Vanariona (1993–2004) Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (1993–2004) Vice President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2011–2017) Second Vice President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (2014–2018)
Orders
Ordination	28 October 1979
Consecration	10 April 1994 by Raul Nicolau Gonçalves
Created cardinal	27 August 2022 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal priest
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-20) 20 January 1953 Mapuçá, Goa, Portuguese India
Nationality	Portuguese (until 1961) Indian (from 1961)
Motto	Tim sogllim ek zaum (Konkani for 'That they may all be one')