Teodoro Mendes Tavares
| His Excellency, The Most Reverend Teodoro Mendes Tavares | |
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| Bishop of Ponta de Pedras | |
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| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponta de Pedras |
| In office | since September 23, 2015 |
| Predecessor | Alessio Saccardo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1964 São Miguel Arcanjo parish, Santiago, Cape Verde |
Teodoro Mendes Tavares (born 7 January 1964) is a Cape Verdean Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Ponta de Pedras in Brazil since 2015.[1] He is the first and only Cape Verdean-born Catholic bishop in Brazil.
Biography
He was born in the parish of São Miguel, once in the municipality of Tarrafal, now in the municipality of São Miguel.
Teodoro Tavares studied philosophy at the High Institute of Theology (Instituto Superior de Teologia) in Braga, a campus of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Portugal from 1986 to 1987. He later studied theology at the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Portugal from 1988 to 1993.
In 1995, he obtained the title as master at Trinity College, Dublin, where he presented a dissertation "The Churches and the European Immigration Policy in the Light of the Schengen and Dublin Agreement".[2]
He was ordained priest on June 11, 1993 and went on a mission to Brazil in 1994 to the Prelate of Tefé, in Amazonas state, first he was vicar-general, from 2001 until 2011, he was parish priest in Alvarães, Carauari and Uarini.
He was ordained bishop on 8 May 2011 on his native island of Santiago by Alberto Taveira Corrêa.[1]
On September 23, 2015, he became bishop of the diocese of Ponta de Pedras in Pará.[1]
On February 16, 2026, he was appointed bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, succeeding Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado.[3]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 "Teodoro Mendes Tavares". Catholic Hierarchy.
- Back to citation Tavares, Teodoro Mendes (1995). The churches and the European immigration policy in the light of the Schengen and Dublin agreement. Ireland: Trinity College, Dublin.
- Back to citation "Resignations and Appointments, 16.02.2026". Bollettino Sala Stampa delle Santa Sede. 16 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.