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A cultural focus for Pope Francis’ Portugese cardinal

January 7, 2015

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Pope Francisā€™ selection of Patriarch Manuel Macario do Nascimento Clemente of Lisbon as a new cardinal will bring to the College of Cardinals a churchman active in academics, culture and communications. Patriarch Clemente was born in Torres Vedras, a municipality north of Lisbon, on July 16, 1948. He was ordained a priest of the Patriarchate of Lisbon in 1979, and consecrated as an auxiliary bishop of the patriarchate in 2000. In 2007, Benedict XVI named him Bishop of Porto, the second-largest city in Portugal.

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