1. Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga GCIH was born on 5 March 1944 and is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church.
11 Facts About Jorge Ortiga
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Jorge Ortiga was Archbishop-Primate of Braga from 1999 to 2021.
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Jorge Ortiga was born in the Brufe neighborhood of Vila Nova de Famalicao Municipality, on 5 March 1944.
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Jorge Ortiga attended the seminary of the Archdiocese of Braga between 1955 and 1967.
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Jorge Ortiga was Vicar Cooperator in the parish of St Victor in Braga from 1967 to 1968.
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Jorge Ortiga graduated from the Faculty of Ecclesiastical History at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome on 10 October 1970, later attending the curriculum for the doctoral degree.
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Jorge Ortiga received his episcopal ordination in the Crypt of the Basilica Sameiro on 3 January 1988.
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Jorge Ortiga was responsible for the Archdiocesan Secretariat for Vocations and President of the Institute of History and Religious Art.
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Jorge Ortiga chaired the General Secretariat of the 40th Diocesan Synod and coordinated the Diocesan Pastoral Secretariat.
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Jorge Ortiga is Chairman of the Board of the Diocesan Office of Clergy Support.
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Jorge Ortiga was President of the CEP from 2005 to 2011.