José Tolentino de Mendonça
José Tolentino de Mendonça | |
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| Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education | |
Mendonça on 6 October 2019 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 26 September 2022 |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto (2019-) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 28 July 1990 by Teodoro de Faria |
| Consecration | 28 July 2018 by Manuel III, Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon |
| Created cardinal | 5 October 2019 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça 15 December 1965 |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Occupation | Writer, academic, administrator |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Considerate lilia agri (Consider the lilies of the field), Mt 6:28 |
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José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça TOSD, ComSE, ComIH (born 15 December 1965) is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. A theologian and university professor, he is also regarded as one of the most original voices of modern Portuguese literature and a Catholic intellectual. His work includes poetry, essays and plays that he signs José Tolentino Mendonça.
He was appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education and Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology in September 2022. An archbishop since July 2018, he was Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from 2018 to 2022. Pope Francis created him cardinal on 5 October 2019. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.