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| type = Archbishop<br />
| honorific-prefix = [[His Grace]], the [[Most Reverend]]<br />
| name = Filipe Neri Ferrão<br />
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| title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman]]<br>[[Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Patriarch of the East Indies]]<br />
| image = St. Francis Xavier Feast 2017 (27058937429) (cropped).jpg<br />
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| caption = Archbishop Neri in 2017<br />
| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]<br />
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]]<br />
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| see = [[Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Goa and Daman]]<br />
| elected = 12 December 2003<br />
| appointed = 21 March 2003<br />
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| predecessor = [[Raul Nicolau Gonçalves]]<br />
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| successor = <br />
| other_post = [[Patriarch of the East Indies]]<br />
<!---------- Orders ---------->| ordination = 28 October 1979<br />
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| consecration = 10 April 1994<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Raul Nicolau Gonçalves]]<br />
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| birth_name = Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|01|20|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Aldona]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]<br />
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| residence = India<br />
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'''Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão''' (born 20 January 1953), an Indian prelate, is the seventh [[Roman Catholic]] [[Patriarch of the East Indies]] and thirty-fifth Metropolitan [[Archbishop]] (thirty-seventh [[bishop]]) of the [[Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]], India.<br />
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==Studies, languages known==<br />
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He began his religious studies in [[Seminary of Our Lady]]<ref>http://www.saligaoseminary.org/</ref> in [[Saligao]] and then went to the [[Papal Seminary]] in [[Pune]]. He graduated in philosophy and theology and is fluent in [[Konkani]], [[English language|English]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[French language|French]] and [[German language|German]].<br />
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== Clerical life ==<br />
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Rosário Ferrão was ordained priest on 28 October 1979. He was created [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of Goa and Daman and [[titular bishop]] of [[Vanariona]] on 20 December 1993. He was consecrated by Patriarch [[Raul Nicolau Gonçalves]] at the [[Se Cathedral]] in [[Old Goa]], with [[Aleixo das Neves Dias]], SFX and [[Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca]] co-consecrating. On 12 December 2003 he was created [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archbishop of Goa and Daman]] and [[Patriarch of the East Indies]] by [[Pope John Paul II]], upon the resignation of the sixth Patriarch, [[Raul Nicolau Gonçalves]].<br />
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His appointment on 12 December 2003 as Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]] came from [[Pope John Paul II]], after the resignation of Archbishop [[Raul Nicolau Gonçalves]], as Archbishop of Goa and Daman (and therefore Patriarch of the East Indies, India and Primate Archbishop Cranganore holder), and was given the solemn entry on 21 March 2004. On 25 November 2006, he was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman, by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. The main co-consecrating bishops were Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto (Sindhudurg), Peter Machado (Belgaum), Dominic Savio Fernandes and John Rodrigues (Bombay auxiliary bishops).<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archbishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão |website=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brosf.html |access-date=16 June 2018}}[[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources|{{sup|''self-published''}}]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web| year = 2017| url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130909063422/http://www.archgoadaman.org/content/archbishop-patriarch| title = Archbishop Patriarch| publisher = Archdiocese of Goa and Daman| access-date = April 27, 2017| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130909063422/http://www.archgoadaman.org/content/archbishop-patriarch| archive-date = September 9, 2013| df = mdy-all}}<br />
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