Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
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His Eminence Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira |
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| Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisbon | |
Cardinal Cerejeira in 1936
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| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Lisbon |
| Appointed | 1929 |
| In office | 5 August 1929 – 10 May 1971 |
| Predecessor | António Mendes Belo |
| Successor | António Ribeiro |
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| Created Cardinal | 5 August 1929 |
| Rank | Cardinal-patriarch |
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| Born |
November 29, 1888 Lousado, Vila Nova de Famalicão |
| Died | August 2, 1977 Buraca |
| Buried | Pantheon of the Patriarchs, Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Styles of Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Lisbon |
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, GCC (29 November 1888, Lousado, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal – 2 August 1977, Buraca, Amadora, Portugal) was a Portuguese cardinal who served as cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon from 1929 to 1971. He was the last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope Pius XI, and his cardinalate of forty-eight years was the longest since the fifty-eight-year cardinalate of Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart of York which lasted from 1747 to 1805. He took part in three conclaves: in 1939, 1958 and 1963. Although there were seven other cardinals elevated by Pius XI who participated in the 1963 conclave, Cerejeira was the longest-serving living cardinal from the death of Jozef-Ernest van Roey on 6 August 1961 until his own death almost exactly sixteen years later.
Cerejeira was the eldest of three sons and four daughters of Avelino Gonçalves Cerejeira (1857 – 1927), a merchant from Lugar da Serra, and his wife, Joaquina Gonçalves Rebelo (1864 – 1918). His mother had resided at the Parish of Lousado since her childhood and became a country woman (i.e., a peasant woman) upon marriage. Manuel's younger brothers were Júlio (b. 1901), a medical doctor, Joaquim, a lawyer, and António, a university employee. One of his younger sisters was a nun and one was called Carolina.
He was educated at the seminary in Braga from a young age and became a priest in 1911. Following his ordination, he became a faculty member of the University of Coimbra, during which time he became a respected and revered intellectual and religious figure. He also met António de Oliveira Salazar and the two later became leading figures in the Centro Académico de Democracia Cristã (Academic Centre for Christian Democracy), which supported the Catholic Church's social doctrine.
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