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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Mindelo
The Diocese of Mindelo () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Cabo Verde. Its cathedral is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz in the episcopal see of Mindelo. The diocese is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. Cáritas Diocesana do Mindelo is the social arm of the diocese. History * December 19, 2003: Established as Diocese of Mindelo from the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde Bishops *Arlindo Gomes Furtado (2004–2009), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cardinal in 2015) * Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (since January 25, 2011) See also *Roman Catholicism in Cape Verde The Catholic Church in the Cape Verde is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The country is divided into two dioceses: Mindelo and Santiago de Cabo Verde. In 2022, more than 94% of the popul ... Sources GCatholic.org Roman Catholic dioceses in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands lie between west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The List of islands of Cape Verde, Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Isles. The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese Empire, Portuguese explorers colonized the islands, establishing one of the first Age of Discovery, European settlements in the tropics. Due to its strategic position, Cape Verde became a significant location in the Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade during the 16th and 17th centuries. The islands experienced economic growth during this period, driven by their role by the rapid emergence of merchants, priva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, making it synonymous with ''diocese''. The word ''see'' is derived from Latin , which in its original or proper sense denotes the seat or chair that, in the case of a bishop, is the earliest symbol of the bishop's authority. This symbolic chair is also known as the bishop's . The church in which it is placed is for that reason called the bishop's cathedral, from Latin , meaning the 'church of the '. The word ''throne'' is also used, especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church, both for the chair and for the area of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The term ''see'' is also used of the town where the cathedral or the bishop's residence is located. Catholic Church Within Catholicism, each diocese is considered to be a see unto itself with a certain allegiance to the See of Rome. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Dioceses In Cape Verde
{{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Cape Verde is composed only of a Latin hierarchy, comprising two exempt dioceses, which depend directly on the Holy See, not partaking in any Ecclesiastical province. As this warrants no national Episcopal Conference, the episcopate of (ex-Portuguese) Cape Verde sits in the West African (francophone & lusophone) transnational ''Conférence des Evêques du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du Cap-Vert et de Guinée-Bissau'' with Senegal, Mauretania and Guinea-Bissau (all ex-French). There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other non-provincial jurisdictions. There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees. There formally is an Apostolic Nunciature (papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level) to Cape Verde, but it is vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to Senegal, in its capital Dakar. Current Latin dioceses Immediately subject to the Holy See * Roman Catholic Diocese of Mindelo * Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholicism In Cape Verde
The Catholic Church in the Cape Verde is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The country is divided into two dioceses: Mindelo and Santiago de Cabo Verde. In 2022, more than 94% of the population of Cape Verde is Christian, with almost 85% being Roman Catholic. Other figures state that 77% of the population is Catholic.International Religious Freedom Report 2022: Cape Verde United States . ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the |
Arlindo Gomes Furtado
Arlindo Gomes Furtado, CSSp (born 15 November 1949) is a Cape Verdean Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde since 2009. He was the first Bishop of Mindelo from 2004 to 2009. He studied for several years in Coimbra, Portugal, while preparing for his ordination, and several more as a professor there after becoming a priest. He is a member of the Redemptorists. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2015, the first from Cape Verde. Early life and education Arlindo Gomes Furtado was born in 15 November 1949 in Figueira das Naus, a village of the municipality of Santa Catarina, to Ernesto Robaldo Gomes and Maria Furtado; he was baptized in August 1951. He studied at a primary school in nearby Achada Lem and by October 1962 completed his secondary education at the Seminary of São José in Praia. From 1971 to 1976, Furtado studied theology in Coimbra, Portugal. He returned to Cape Verde and was ordained a deacon on 9 May 1976 by Paulino do Livrame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Santiago De Cabo Verde
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these courts was lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caritas Cape Verde
Caritas Cape Verde () is a not-for-profit social welfare organisation in Cape Verde. It is a service of the Catholic Church in Cape Verde and was established in 1976. Structure The organisation follows the structure of the Catholic Church and consists of a national office (Caritas Cape Verde) and of two diocesan structures, ''Caritas Diocesana de Santiago'' and ''Cáritas Diocesana do Mindelo''. These are in turn working through 41 local parish organisations. Caritas Cape Verde is a member of both Caritas Africa and Caritas Internationalis. Work The Caritas network in Cape Verde is active in several sectors. It provides its support to the people most vulnerable indiscriminately, regardless of their religion, nationality or political affiliation. Caritas provides a range of support services aimed at addressing both immediate needs and long-term development. This includes basic social support, such as the distribution of essential food baskets or school kits to families in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consists of several dioceses (or eparchies), one of them being the archdiocese (or archeparchy), headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all other bishops of the province. In the Greco-Roman world, ''ecclesia'' (; ) was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Septuagint), and later adopted by the Christian community to refer to the assembly of believers. In the history of Western world (sometimes more precisely as Greco-Roman world) adopted by the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindelo
Mindelo is a port cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde), Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 in the northern part of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente in Cape Verde. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and the municipality of São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente. The city is home to 93% of the entire island's population and is Cape Verde's second most populous city and largest city in Barlavento Islands. Mindelo is also considered the cultural capital of Cape Verde, known for its colourful and animated carnival celebrations, with roots in Culture of Portugal, Portuguese traditions later influenced by the Brazilian culture. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral
A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic Church, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicanism, Anglican, and some Lutheranism, Lutheran churches.''New Standard Encyclopedia'', 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c. Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastery, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exemption (Catholic Canon Law)
In the Catholic Church, an exemption is the full or partial release of an ecclesiastical person, corporation, or institution from the authority of the ecclesiastical superior next higher in rank. For example, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem are exempt, being directly subject to the Holy See. See exempt dioceses for a list of exempt entities. Background Originally, according to canon law, all the residents of a diocese, as well as all diocesan institutions, were under the authority of the local bishop. Following complaints by monasteries that bishops treated them oppressively, they were taken under the protection of synods, princes and popes. Papal protection often evolved later into exemption from episcopal authority. From the 11th century onward, papal activity in the matter of Church reform has often been the source of exemptions. Extent and scope of exemption Eventually, not only individual monasteries, but also en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabo Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands lie between west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Isles. The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese explorers colonized the islands, establishing one of the first European settlements in the tropics. Due to its strategic position, Cape Verde became a significant location in the transatlantic slave trade during the 16th and 17th centuries. The islands experienced economic growth during this period, driven by their role by the rapid emergence of merchants, privateers, and pirates. It declined economically in the 19th century, and many of its inhabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
