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Rui Valério

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In thisPortuguese name,the first or maternalfamily nameisSousaand the second or paternal family name isValério.
His Most Reverend ExcellencyDom

Rui I[1]

SMM
Patriarch of Lisbon
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseLisbon
MetropolisLisbon
SeeLisbon
Appointed10 August 2023
Installed2 September 2023
PredecessorManuel III
Previous post(s)Military Ordinary of Portugal(2018–23)
Orders
Ordination23 March 1991
by Alberto Cosme do Amaral
Consecration25 November 2018
byManuel Clemente
Personal details
Born
Rui Manuel Sousa Valério

(1964-12-24)24 December 1964(age 59)
Urqueira,Ourém,Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Alma mater
MottoIn manibus Tuis
( "Into Your hands" )
Coat of arms

Rui Manuel Sousa Valério,SMM(born 24 December 1964), officiallyDomRui I,[2]is a Portuguese prelate of theCatholic Churchand a member of theMissionaries of the Company of Mary(Monfortans) who has been thePatriarch of Lisbonsince September 2023. He has been a bishop since 2018 and headed theMilitary Ordinariate of Portugalfrom 2018 to 2023.

Biography

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Rui Manuel Sousa Valério was born on 24 December 1964 inUrqueira,Ourem,Portugal.[3][4]He first learned of Fatima from his grandmother, who witnessed the apparition of 13 October 1917.[5]He entered the Monfortan Seminary in Fatima at the age of 11, became a novice in 1984 inSanteramo in Colle,Bari,Italy, and took his first vows on 6 September 1985. He studied at thePontifical Lateran Universityand earned a licentiate in theology with a specialty in dogmatic theology from thePontifical Gregorian Universityin 1992.[6]He took his vows as a Monfortan on 6 October 1990 and was ordained a priest for that order on 23 March 1991[3]in theCova da Irianeighborhood of Fátima by BishopAlberto Cosme do Amaral.[5]

He continued his studies while a priest, participating in a study on the writings of Saint Louis Marie Grignon de Monfort and on Morfortian spirituality in 1995–96 at the Monfort International Center in Leuven, Belgium. He also undertook doctoral studies in theology at theCatholic University of Portugalin 1997.[6]

He served at the parish ofCastelverde di Lunghezzain Rome in 1991–92; military chaplain at the Navy Hospital in Lisbon in 1992–93; parish vicar in Castro Verde in theDiocese of Bejafrom 1993 to 1995; parish vicar in Póvoa de Santo Adrião in Lisbon; and chaplain at the Naval School inAlfaiatesfrom 2008 to 2011; and vicar of the deanery of Loures-Odivelas in Lisbon in 2014.[3]

Within his order he was formator of postulants from 2007 to 2011, counsellor to the Major Superior for the Delegation, and local superior.[3]

On 27 October 2018,Pope Francisappointed him the ordinary of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal.[3]He received hisepiscopal consecrationon the following 25 November,[7]and he was installed on 11 December at theIgreja da Memória,the Cathedral of the Diocese of the Armed and Security Forces.[8]He was the first Portuguese Monfortan to become a bishop.[6]

On 10 August 2023,Pope Francisappointed him thePatriarch of Lisbon.[9][10][11]He was installed on 2 September.[12]

References

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  1. ^"Patriarca de Lisboa vai ter um encontro com os padres".Patriarchate of Lisbon(in Portuguese). 13 October 2023.Retrieved15 October2023.O Patriarca de Lisboa, D. Rui Valério... D. Rui Valério
  2. ^Expresso - Explicador: Porque é que se chama Patriarca ao bispo de Lisboa?
  3. ^abcde"Resignations and Appointments, 27.10.2018"(Press release). Holy See Press Office. 27 October 2018.Retrieved12 August2023.
  4. ^Monteiro, Liliana (10 August 2023)."D. Rui Valério é o novo patriarca de Lisboa".Renascença(in Portuguese).Retrieved12 August2023.
  5. ^abSilva, Maria Anabela (10 August 2023)."Natural de Ourém, Rui Valério é o novo patriarca de Lisboa".Jornal de Leiria(in Portuguese).Retrieved13 August2023.
  6. ^abc"Quem é Rui Valério, o novo patriarca de Lisboa que foi o primeiro monfortino português bispo?"(in Portuguese).TSF.10 August 2023.Retrieved12 August2023.
  7. ^"Bispo Rui Valério é o novo Patriarca de Lisboa".CNN Portugal(in Portuguese). 10 August 2023.Retrieved12 August2023.
  8. ^"Bispo".Ordinariato Castrense(in Portuguese). 24 January 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 29 March 2023.Retrieved14 August2023.
  9. ^"Resignations and Appointments, 10.08.2023"(Press release). Holy See Press Office. 10 August 2023.Retrieved12 August2023.
  10. ^O'Connell, Gerard (10 August 2023)."Pope Francis makes surprise appointment of missionary as Lisbon Patriarch".America.Retrieved12 August2023.
  11. ^"Pope Francis names Montfort Missionary as new Patriarch of Lisbon".Vatican News.10 August 2023.Retrieved12 August2023.
  12. ^"Novo Patriarca de Lisboa saúda vítimas" de todo o tipo de abusos "".Diário de Notícias(in Portuguese). 2 September 2023.Retrieved3 September2023.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Patriarch of Lisbon
2 September 2023 – present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Military Ordinary of Portugal
11 December 2018 – 10 August 2023 		Vacant
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