José Jorge Tavares de Pina Cabral (born 22 May 1966) is a Portuguese Anglican bishop. He has been the Bishop of the Lusitanian Church since 2013.Igreja Lusitana — Lusitanian Church New Bishop’s Consecration
(Accessed 23 December 2016) He is the nephew of

Daniel Pina Cabral Daniel Pereira dos Santos de Pina Cabral (Vila Nova de Gaia, 27 January 1924 – Porto, 23 June 2008) was a Portuguese Anglican bishop. He was the ninth Bishop of Lebombo, Mozambique, from 1968 to 1976.''Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 ...

, who was Bishop of the Diocese of Lebombo, in

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. He married Rute Serronha in 1996 and has two children.

Studies and ecclesiastical career

Born in

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, Pina Cabral gained a degree in

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and Sports Studies, from the

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, and afterward taught in high schools around Porto. He studied at the Lusitanian Center for Theological Studies and later gained a further degree in Religious Studies at the Catholic University of Porto. Pina Cabral was ordained a

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in 1995 and a

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in 1997, beginning his ministry taking responsibility for two parishes, St John the Evangelist and the Good Shepherd; he also served as the Northern Archdeacon (centred in Porto; 1998) and Vicar-General of the diocese (2007). He was elected by the 94th Synod in November 2012 to become diocesan Bishop of the Lusitanian Church. Pina Cabral was consecrated a bishop by his predecessor

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at St Paul's Cathedral in

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, on 25 April 2013. As a European bishop of a church in full communion with the

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(who is the church's

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), he is also licensed as an

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of the

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.EuroBishop — Bishop José Jorge de Pina Cabral, new Bishop of the Lusitanian Church
(Accessed 23 December 2016)

References

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