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{{Short description|Brazilian prelate}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Cardinal
| honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]]
| name = Orani João Tempesta
| honorific-suffix = [[Cistercians|O.Cist.]]
| title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro|Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro]]
| image = File:Formatura das primeiras mulheres fuzileiros navais - 2024 (53838900768)-edit.jpg
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| caption = Cardinal Tempesta in 2024
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro|São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro]]
| province =
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| diocese =
| see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro|São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro]]
| appointed = 27 February 2009
| enthroned = 19 April 2009
| term = 
| predecessor = [[Eusébio Scheid|Eusébio Oscar Scheid]] [[Dehonians|S.C.J.]]
| successor =
| other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde (2014–)
| previous_post = {{unbulleted list| [[Abbot]] of the Monastery of São Bernardo (1996–1997)| [[Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto|Bishop of Rio Preto]] (1997–2004)|[[Apostolic Administrator]] of the [[Territorial Abbey]] of [[Claraval]] (1999–2002)|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará|Archbishop of Belém do Pará]] (2004–2009)}}

| ordination = 7 December 1974
| ordained_by = Tomás Vaquero
| consecration = 25 April 1997
| consecrated_by = José de Aquino Pereira
| cardinal = 22 February 2014
| created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]]
| rank = [[Cardinal Priest]]

| birth_name = Orani João Tempesta
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|6|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[São José do Rio Pardo]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
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| religion = [[Catholicism]]
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| motto = {{lang|la|Ut omnes unum sint}} (That all might be one)
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| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Orani João Tempesta.svg
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| date of priestly ordination = 7 December 1974
| place of priestly ordination =
| consecrated by = [[Jose de Aquino Pereira]]
| co-consecrators = [[Dadeus Grings]] [[Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini]]
| date of consecration = 25 April 1997
| elevated by = [[Pope Francis]]
| date of elevation = 22 February 2014
| bishop 1 = [[Edmilson Amador Caetano]], O. Cist.
| consecration date 1 = 28 March 2008
| bishop 2 = [[Pedro Cunha Cruz]]
| consecration date 2 = 5 February 2011
| bishop 3 = [[Nelson Francelino Ferreira]]
| consecration date 3 = 5 February 2011
| bishop 4 = [[Paulo Cezar Costa]]
| consecration date 4 = 5 February 2011
| bishop 5 = [[Luiz Enrique da Silva Brito]]
| consecration date 5 = 12 May 2012
| bishop 6 = [[Roque Costa Souza]]
| consecration date 6 = 23 June 2012
}}
{{Infobox cardinal styles
| name = Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.
| image = Coat of arms of Orani João Tempesta.svg
| image_size = 200px
| dipstyle = [[His Eminence]]
| offstyle = [[His Eminence|Your Eminence]]
| rel style = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]]
| deathstyle = None
}}

'''Orani João Tempesta''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Cistercians|O.Cist.]]}} ({{IPA|pt|oɾɐˈni ʒuˈɐ̃w tẽˈpɛʃtɐ, - ˈʒwɐ̃w -|pron}}; born 23 June 1950) is a Brazilian prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who has been archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro|Rio de Janeiro]] since 2009. He was previously bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto|São José do Rio Preto]] from 1997 to 2004 and archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará|Belém do Pará]] from 2004 to 2009.

==Early years==
Tempesta was born in [[São José do Rio Pardo]] in the [[São Paulo (state)|State of São Paulo]]. He is the youngest son of the Italian immigrant Achille Tempesta and his Brazilian wife Maria de Oliveira.<ref>Birth certificate of Orani João Tempesta - FamilySearch]</ref><ref>[http://memoria.ebc.com.br/agenciabrasil/noticia/2014-01-13/dilma-grava-mensagem-para-dom-orani-tempesta-nomeado-cardeal-da-igreja-catolica Dilma grava mensagem para dom Orani Tempesta, nomeado cardeal da Igreja Católica], [[Agência Brasil]], 13 de janeiro de 2014.</ref>

After completing his elementary and lower secondary-school studies in São José do Rio Pardo, Tempesta entered the Cistercian Monastery of São Bernardo in the same city in 1967. He studied philosophy at the [[School of Philosophy of São Bento|Monastery of São Bento]] (St. Benedict) in São Paulo, and theology at the Salesian Theological Institute of Pope Pius IX in São Paulo.

Tempesta made his religious profession as a monk on 2 February 1969 and was ordained a priest on 7 December 1974. He was appointed [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|prior]] of the monastery in 1984, while also acting as parish priest of the Parish of São Roque, as Diocesan Coordinator of Communications and Pastoral Care, and as professor at the Coração de Maria institute in São João da Boa Vista. In September 1996, when the Monastery of São Bernardo was raised to the status of an [[abbey]], he was elected its first [[abbot]].

==Bishop==
On 26 February 1997, Tempesta was appointed Bishop of São José do Rio Preto and received episcopal consecration on 25 April of that year. In addition he was Apostolic Administrator of the [[territorial abbot|territorial abbacy]] of Claraval from 1999 until it was united with the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaxupé|Diocese of Guaxupé]] on 11 December 2002.

On 13 October 2004 Tempesta was appointed the Archbishop of Belém do Pará, and in 2007 he was a delegate to the Fifth General Conference of the [[Latin American Episcopal Conference|Bishops of Latin American and the Caribbean]].

On 27 February 2009 Tempesta was named Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro. He took possession of the see on 19 April 2009. Tempesta received the [[pallium]] from Pope Benedict on 29 June 2009.

Tempesta is the Grand Prior of the Rio de Janeiro Lieutenancy of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic)|Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/oessh/luogotenenze_en.html|title=The Lieutenancies of the World Lieutenants and Grand Priors|access-date=2025-05-26}}</ref>

==Cardinal==
Pope Francis announced in January 2014 that he would make Tempesta a cardinal on 22 February 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.news.va/en/news/166955 | title=Annuncio di Concistoro per la Creazione di Nuovi Cardinali | publisher=[[The Vatican Today]] | date=12 January 2014 | access-date=12 January 2014 | language=it | archive-date=14 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214043451/http://www.news.va/en/news/166955 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was made a cardinal priest and assigned the titular church of {{ill| Santa Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde|it|Chiesa di Santa Maria Madre della Provvidenza}}.

In September 2014, he was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]],<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 18 March 2021 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/09/13/0632/01406.html | date = 13 September 2014 | title = Rinunce e nomine, 13.09.2014 }}</ref> and later of the [[Congregation for Catholic Education]], and the [[Pontifical Council for the Laity]].

In 2016, Cardinal Tempesta had to shelter behind his car during a gun battle between police and armed bandits. He was on his way to the airport when shooting forced his car to stop. "When [the firing] subsided a bit, we reversed and took another street," Cardinal Tempesta told blog Sim, sou Católico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.simsoucatolico.com.br/2016/06/cardeal-tempesta-fica-preso-em-tiroteio-no-rio-de-janeiro.html|title=Cardeal Tempesta fica preso em tiroteio no Rio de Janeiro}}</ref> "I could see there with me, so many good people with the desire to live in peace in a more peaceful and fraternal world. Many were going to work, and suddenly needed to guard against any possible stray bullet," Cardinal Tempesta said later.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalpulsemagazine.com/news/brazilian-cardinal-caught-in-shoot-out/3357 |title=Brazilian cardinal caught in shoot out - Global Pulse Magazine |access-date=14 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617134647/http://www.globalpulsemagazine.com/news/brazilian-cardinal-caught-in-shoot-out/3357 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tempesta participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Cardinals created by Francis]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web| access-date = 23 November 2017| title= Tempesta Card. Orani João, O. Cist. |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_tempesta_oj.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904062535/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_tempesta_oj.html }}
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btempesta.html Orani João Tempesta]

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