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- Civil Name; Dr. Mário Manuel Lopes Ribeiro
- Born at Cepoes – Viseu – Portugal, on -------- 10/05/1965
- Entrance in the Ortodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, as Aspirant on ---- 12/04/1982
- Ordinated Subdeacon on ----- 09/05/1982
- Received as Novice – Rasophore on --------18/06/1982
- Ordinated Deacon on ---- 14/07/1984
- Exaltated Archdeacon on -------- 28/09/1986
- Received as Monakos – Perpetual Vows on ------- 25/05/1991
- Ordinated Priest – Hieromonk on ----------- 26/05/1991
- Exaltated as Archimandrite on ----- 26/05/1991
- Elected Abbot of the Monastery of Transfiguration on - 26/05/1991
- Consecrated Bishop on 14/12/1991
- Exaltated as Archbishop on --- 12/07/1993
- Appointed Metropolitan Vicar on ------ 07/02/1994
- Monk of Great Schema – Great Monk on .------------. 21/06/1995
- Election as Metropolitan Primate of Portugal on .---. 08/06/1997
- Enthroned Metropolitan Primate of the Orthodox Catholic Church of Portugal on - 15/06/1997
(BY ACLAMATION OF THE COUNCIL)
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ACADEMICAL FORMATION
* Dogmatic Theology
----1- Doctorate by the Orthodox Theological Academy of Saint Martin of Dume
------Lisbon – Portugal.
----2- Doctorate by the Leonium Orthodoxum Institutum – Paris.
------(Ortodoxo Superior Theological Institut of Saint Lion the Great) - France.
----3- Licence by the Prawoslawne Seminarium Duchowne w Warszawie – Warsaw – Poland. (Orthodox --------------Theological Academy of Warsaw) – Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Poland.
*History of the Church
----1- Doctorate by the Orthodox Theological Academy of Saint Martin of Dume
------Lisbon – Portugal.
* Superior Institute of Navy History– Dom Luis I
----1- Member of Honour – for life – with the Right to All Insignia
------Lisbon – Portugal.
* Scripturistic Exegesis
- Doctorate by the Orthodox Theological Academy of Saint Martin of Dume
Lisbon – Portugal.
- Doctorate by the Prawoslawne Seminarium Duchowne w Warszawie – Warsaw – Poland. (Orthodox Theological Academy of Warsaw) – Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Poland.
(HONORIS CAUSA)
* Philosophy
- Doctorate by the University of Global Religious Studies - Massachussets – U.S.A.
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CHARGES IN CHURCH
- President of the Christian Culture Department.
- Rector of the Orthodox Theological Academy of Saint Martin of Dume.
- President of the External Relations Department.
- President of the National Portuguese Orthodox Youth Counsel.
- Representative of the Portuguese Orthodox Youth before Syndesmos.
- Metropolitan Vicar.
- Professor of Dogmatic Theology in the Academy of Saint Martin of Dume.
- Professor de History of the Church in the Academy of Saint Martin of Dume.
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LANGUAGES
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Italian
- French
- English
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DISTINCTIONS OF HONOUR
- Great – Master of the Order of Saint Martin of Dume - Lisbon – Portugal.
- Great – Master of the Order of Saint Paul – Lisbon – Portugal.
- Great – Collar of the Order of Saint Martin of Dume – Lisbon – Portugal.
- Great – Collar of the Order of Saint Paul – Lisbon – Portugal.
- Great – Cross of the Order of Saint Mary Magdalene – Warsaw – Poland.
- Great – Cross of the Order of Saint John – Jerusalem – Israel.
- Great – Cross of the Order of Saint Constantin and Saint Helena – Imperial House of Constantinople – U.S.A.
- Great – Cross of the Order of Saint Lazar – Milan – Italy.
- Great – Cross of the South Star – Royal House of Araucania – Paris – France.
- Great – Cross of the Steel Crown - Royal House of Araucania – Paris – France.
- Cross of Religious Merit– Diocese de Oropus - Fili – Greece.
- Golden Cross of Metropolitan Merit– Lisbon – Portugal.
- Great – Cross of the Holy Order of Saint Constantin the Great – Milan – Italy.
- Golden Cross of Saint Ambrose of Milan – France.
- Benefactor Partner of the Unione Cavalleria Cristiana Internazionale (U.C.C.I.), Legione di Cristo – Italy.
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