His Most Reverend Excellency

José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.J.
Bishop of Leiria-Fátima
José Ornelas Carvalho in 2023
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
MetropolisPatriarchate of Lisbon
DioceseLeiria-Fátima
Appointed28 January 2022
Installed13 March 2022
PredecessorAntónio Marto
Orders
Ordination9 August 1981
Consecration25 October 2015
by Manuel Clemente
Personal details
Born (1954-01-05) 5 January 1954
Porto da Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Previous post(s)
Motto"O Filho do Homem veio para servir e dar a vida" ("The Son of Man came to serve and to give his life", Mk 10:45)
Coat of armsJosé Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.J.'s coat of arms

José Ornelas Carvalho, SCJ (born 5 January 1954) is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Leiria-Fátima since 2022. He was the bishop of Setúbal from 2015 to 2022. He was the Superior-General of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart from 2003 to 2015.

He was elected to a three-year term as President of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference in 2020.[1]

Early life

José Ornelas Carvalho was born in 1954 in the parish of Porto da Cruz, in Machico, Madeira, the son of António Tomás Carvalho and Benvinda de Ornelas. He studied at the Diocesan Minor Seminary of Funchal from 1964 to 1967. Wishing to become a missionary, he joined the Missionary College of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in Funchal (1967-1969), and then studied at the Congregation's Missionary Institute in Coimbra (1969-1971).[2]

On 29 September 1972 he made his temporary vows in Aveiro and, after two years of studies in philosophy, he spent two years as a missionary in Mozambique, from 1974 to 1976. Back in Lisbon, he concluded his degree in theology from the Catholic University of Portugal, in 1979.[2]

Ordained ministry

Priesthood

He was ordained priest on 9 August 1981, in his hometown of Porto da Cruz, in a ceremony presided by Maurílio de Gouveia,[3] then Titular Archbishop of Mitylene. In 1983, he started teaching at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Portugal; he interrupted his teaching activities to prepare his doctorate in Biblical Theology in Rome and Germany, which he concluded on 14 July 1997. He also taught at the Major Seminary of Our Lady of Fátima, in Alfragide.[2]

José Ornelas Carvalho was elected Superior General of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart on 27 May 2003, after having served as the Provincial Superior of the Dehonian Portuguese Province. He was in the position until 6 June 2015.[2]

Episcopate

He was appointed Bishop of Setúbal on 24 August 2015, by Pope Francis, succeeding Gilberto Canavarro dos Reis; he received his episcopal consecration on 25 October 2015 from the Patriarch of Lisbon Manuel Clemente in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, in Setúbal.[2][4]

Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Leiria-Fátima on 28 January 2022.[5] He was installed there on 13 March.[6]

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  1. ↑ "Bispo de Setúbal é o novo presidente da Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa" [Bishop of Setúbal is the new President of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "D. José Ornelas" (in Portuguese). Diocese de Setúbal. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bispo de Setúbal lembra D. Maurílio de Gouveia como uma das figuras que "deram um novo rosto ao catolicismo em Portugal"" [Bishop of Setúbal remembers Archbishop Maurílio de Gouveia as one of the figures who «gave Catholicism a fresh face in Portugal»]. Agência Ecclesia (in Portuguese). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "D. José Ornelas Carvalho é o novo bispo de Setúbal" [José Ornelas Carvalho is the new Bishop of Setúbal]. Observador (in Portuguese). 26 October 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 28.01.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "D. José Ornelas tomou posse como bispo de Leiria-Fátima sem agenda, mas com «um sonho»". Voz Potucalense (in Portuguese). 14 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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