page_title: José Tolentino de Mendonça
section_title: Bishop and cardinal
hierarchical_section_title: José Tolentino de Mendonça / Biography / Bishop and cardinal
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Portrait de Mgr José Tolentino Mendonça, archevêque titulaire de Suave, archiviste et bibliothécaire du Vatican
context_page_description: Dom José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça ComSE, ComIH, more commonly known simply as José Tolentino Mendonça is a Portuguese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A theologian and university professor, he is also regarded as one of the most original voices of modern Portuguese literature and a Catholic intellectual. His work includes poetry, essays and plays.
  An archbishop since July 2018, he has been Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church since 1 September 2018. Pope Francis created him cardinal on 5 October 2019.
context_section_description: At the end of June 2018, Pope Francis named de Mendonça Vatican archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church as of September 1 and appointed him titular archbishop of Suava. On July 28, Archbishop Manuel Clemente, Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, consecrated him a bishop assisted by Cardinal António Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, and Teodoro de Faria, Bishop Emeritus of Funchal who had ordained him a priest in July 1990.
  On 5 October 2019, Pope Francis made him a Cardinal Deacon and assigned him the church of Santi Domenico e Sisto in Rome. He was made a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture on 21 February 2020.
caption: De Mendonça, July 2018
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