On August 24, the Vatican announced that Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho, SCJ, former superior general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, has been named bishop of Setúbal, Portugal (approximately 25 miles south of Lisbon).
Fr. Ornelas was born on January 5, 1954, in Porto da Cruz, Madeira. He made his his first profession in 1972 and was ordained a priest in Porto da Cruz on August 9, 1981.
From 1979 to 1983 he studied for a Licentiate at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. From 1993 to 1996 he prepared for his Doctorate at the Jesuit University in Frankfurt Germany and in 1997 he received a Doctorate in Biblical Studies from the Catholic University of Lisbon. For many years he was professor of Sacred Scripture in Lisbon.
After serving the Portuguese Province as Provincial Secretary and Provincial Councilor from from 2001 to 2003, he was appointed Provincial Superior. He was elected superior general at the 21st General Chapter in 2003 and elected to a second term in 2009.
He completed his second term in June of this year.
The episcopal ordination of Father Jose Ornelas will take place Sunday, October 25 in Setúbal.
Click here to read an interview with Fr. Ornelas done earlier this year.
