Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva

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Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva is a Timorese Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the leading archbishop of Dili and was the first cardinal in the history of Timor-Leste.

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Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic archbishop
Roman Catholic cardinal
Salesian of Don Bosco
human
appointedArchbishopDate 2019-09-11
appointedBishopDate 2015-01-30
appointedBy Pope Francis
birthDate 1967-11-27
birthPlace Portuguese Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste
Venilale
consecratedBy Leopoldo Girelli
consecrationDate 2016-03-19
continentOfBirth Asia
countryOfCitizenship East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste
createdCardinalBy Pope Francis
createdCardinalDate 2022-08-27
diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dili
educatedAt Salesian Pontifical University
institutions of the Salesians of Don Bosco
ethnicGroup Timorese
familyName da Silva
fullName Virgílio do Carmo da Silva
givenName Virgílio
linked to: Virgilio
hasTitle Cardinal-Priest
Metropolitan Archbishop
honorificPrefix Archbishop
Cardinal
languageSpoken Portuguese
Tetum
memberOf Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Salesians of Don Bosco
nationality Timorese
notableFor being the first Timorese cardinal
being the first cardinal in the history of Timor-Leste
occupation Catholic priest
archbishop
cardinal
ordainedBy Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
ordinationDate 1998-12-18
partOf College of Cardinals
positionHeld Archbishop of Dili
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio di Padova in Via Merulana
Metropolitan Archbishop of Dili
linked to: Archbishop of Dili
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholicism
residence Dili
see Dili

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dili currentMetropolitanArchbishopTitle Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva