Orani João Tempesta


Orani João Tempesta

Cardinal
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Cardinal Tempesta in 2024
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
SeeSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Appointed27 February 2009
Installed19 April 2009
PredecessorEusébio Oscar Scheid S.C.J.
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde (2014–)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination7 December 1974
by Tomás Vaquero
Consecration25 April 1997
by José de Aquino Pereira
Created cardinal22 February 2014
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal Priest
Personal details
Born
Orani João Tempesta

(1950-06-23) 23 June 1950
DenominationCatholicism
MottoUt omnes unum sint
(That all might be one)
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Orani João Tempesta
History
Priestly ordination
Date7 December 1974
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJose de Aquino Pereira
Co-consecratorsDadeus Grings
Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini
Date25 April 1997
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date22 February 2014
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Orani João Tempesta as principal consecrator
Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.28 March 2008
Pedro Cunha Cruz5 February 2011
Nelson Francelino Ferreira5 February 2011
Paulo Cezar Costa5 February 2011
Luiz Enrique da Silva Brito12 May 2012
Roque Costa Souza23 June 2012
Styles of
Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Orani João Tempesta O.Cist. (pronounced [oɾɐˈni ʒuˈɐ̃w tẽˈpɛʃtɐ, - ˈʒwɐ̃w -]; born 23 June 1950) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been archbishop of Rio de Janeiro since 2009. He was previously bishop of São José do Rio Preto from 1997 to 2004 and archbishop of Belém do Pará from 2004 to 2009.