Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes
Bishop of Mindelo
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Mindelo
See:Mindelo
Appointed:25 January 2011
Term Start:10 April 2011
Predecessor:Arlindo Gomes Furtado
Ordination:29 November 1992
Consecration:3 April 2011
Consecrated By:José da Cruz Policarpo
Birth Name:Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes
Birth Date:13 December 1964
Birth Place:Sal, Cape Verde
Motto:Nas tuas mãos
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes.svg

Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes (born 13 December 1964) is a Cape Verdean clergyman and the second and current bishop of Mindelo.[1]

Biography

He was born in the island of Sal in Cape Verde, at the time under Portuguese rule.

dos Santos Lopes Fortes received his priestly ordination on 29 November 1992. On 25 January 2011, he was nominated as bishop of Mindelo. The diocese covering the Barlavento Islands was vacant from August 2009 as the last bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado became bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde later that time. On 10 April, he became the second and present bishop of Mindelo.

The Patriarch of Lisbon, José da Cruz Cardinal Policarpo conferred upon him episcopal consecration on April 3 that year. The principal co-consecrators included Arlindo Gomes Furtado, bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde and Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, Bishop of Porto.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes. Catholic Hierarchy.