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Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Lousado, Santa Marinha, 1888 - Buraca 1977
Cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon from 1929 to 1971. Initiator for the construction of the statue of Cristo Rei.
(Wikipedia)
artist unknown
2009

Almada /  Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira   Almada /  Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

Description

Half figure of Cardinal Cerejeira looking into the sky (not to the statue of Cristo Rei), holding in his hands the plans for the statue of Cristo Rei, with the dates connected to this statue, from 1934 (the idea) to 1959 (the inaugauration) and the names of the ones involved in the construction:
arquitecto antónio lino
eng. d. francisco de mello e castro (galveias)
esc. francisco franco

On the side of the pedestal is a portrait of Sebastião Pinto.

Almada - Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

The monument is controversial, since Cerejeira was a close friend of dictator Salazar and one of the ideologists of Salazar's Estado Novo. This is obviously the reason that in September 2011 red paint was thrown over the monument (and it was not cleaned six years later).

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Inscription(s)

D. MANUEL GONÇALVES
CEREJEIRA
(ideólogo do projecto)

na pessoa de sua eminencia
o santuário presta homenagem ao episcopado portugues que
a 20 de abril de 1940,
junto a imagem de nossa senhora de fátima
fezzo voto de erguer um monumento a cristo
pelo centro de todos os coracoes
se portugal fosse prupado(?) a ii guerra mundial

"foi deus quem nos fez.
e em jesus cristo fomos criados
para as boas obras
que deus já havia preparado
a fim de que nos ocupássemos com elas"

Ef. 2,10.

22 de novembro de 2009

prelados qui fizeram o voto
de erigir o monumento a cristo rei

D. MANUEL GONÇALVES CEREJEIRA, cardeal patriarca de lisboa
D. JOSÉ DO PATROCINIO DIAS, bispo de beja
D. MARCELINO FRANCO, bispo de faro
D. JOSÉ MATOSO, bispo da guarda
D. JOÃO EVANGELISTA, arcebispo-bispo de aveiro
D. MANUEL DA CONCEIÇÃO SANTOS, arcebispo de Évora
D. ERNESTO DE OLIVEIRA, arcebispo de mitiline
D. ANTÓNIO ANTUNES, bispo de coimbra
D. JOSÉ CORRETA DA SILVA, bispo de leiria
D. MANUEL DA SILVA, bispo de gurza
D. JOÃO DE MATOS, bispo de aureliopolis
D. ANTÓNIO DA FONSECA, bispo de vila real
D. AGÓSTINGHO DE SOUSA, bispo de lamego
D. ANTÓNIO MEIRELES, bispo do porto
D. DOMINGOS FRUTUOSO, bispo de portalegre
D. JOSÉ MOREIRA PINTO, bispo de viseu
D. CARLOS FRAGOSO, bispo de pitani
D. JOAQUIM DA ASSUNÇÃO, bispo de cabo verde
D. ABILIO DAS NEVES, bispo de bragança-miranda
D. JOSÉ MARTINS, bispo emerito de de cabo verde

nao estiveram presentes
mas addinaram a pastoral na qual e referido o voto.

D. ANTÓNIO MARTINS JUNIOR, arcebispo prima de braga
D. ANTÓNIO RIBEIRO, bispo do funchal
D. GUILHERME GUIMARAES, bispo de angra

(portrait)

PADRE SEBASTIÃO PINTO, S.J.
(apostolo do monumento)

grande dinamizadordo projecto,
director nacional do apostola do da oração,
movimento responsável pela campanha
de angariação de fundos

na sua pessoa o santuário presta homenagem
a todos os que contribuiram
para a construção do monumento.

D. MANUEL GONÇALVES
CEREJEIRA
(ideologue of the project)

In the person of his eminence
the shrine pays homage to the Portuguese episcopate who
on 20 April 1940,
together with the image of Our Lady of Fatima
made a vow to erect a monument to Christ
by the center of all hearts
of Portugal were to become World War II

"For we are God's handiwork,
created in Christ Jesus
to do good works,
which God prepared
in advance for us to do."

Ephesians 2,10.

22 November 2009

Prelates who took the vote
to erect the monument to Christ the King

D. Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon
D. José do Patrocinio Dias, Bishop of Beja
D. Marcelino Franco, Bishop of Faro
D. José Matoso, Bishop of Guarda
D. João Evangelista, Archbishop-Bishop of Aveiro
D. Manuel da Conceição Santos, Archbishop of Évora
D. Ernesto de Oliveira, Archbishop of Mitylene
D. António Antunes, Bishop of Coimbra
D. José Correta Da Silva, Bishop of Leiria
D. Manuel da Silva, Bishop of Gurza
D. João de Matos, Bishop of Aureliopolis
D. António da Fonseca, Bishop of Vila Real
D. Agóstingho de Sousa, Bishop of Lamego
D. António Meireles, Bispo of Porto
D. Domingos Frutuoso, Bishop of Portalegre
D. José Moreira Pinto, Bishop of Viseu
D. Carlos Fragoso, Bishop of Pitanae
D. Joaquim Da Assunção, Bishop of Cape Verde
D. Abilio Das Neves, Bishop of Bragança-Miranda
D. José Martins, Emeritus bishop of Cape Verde

Not present were,
but added the pastoral in which the vote was referred:

D. António Martins Junior, First Archbishop of Braga
D. António Ribeiro, Bishop of Funchal
D. Guilherme Guimaraes, Bishop of Angra

FATHER SEBASTIÃO PINTO, S.J.
(apostle of the monument)

Great dynamizer of the project,
national director of the apostle of the prayer,
the movement responsible for the fundraising
campaign

In his person the sanctuary pays homage
to all who contributed
to the construction of the monument.

Sculptor

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