Filipe Neri Ferrão

He began his religious studies in Seminary of Our Lady[1] in Saligao and then went to the Papal Seminary in Pune. He graduated in philosophy and theology and is fluent in Konkani, English, Portuguese, Italian, French and German.

Rosário Ferrão was ordained priest on 28 October 1979. He was created Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman and titular bishop of Vanariona on 20 December 1993. He was consecrated by Patriarch Raul Nicolau Gonçalves at the Se Cathedral in Old Goa, with Aleixo das Neves Dias, SFX and Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca co-consecrating. On 12 December 2003 he was created Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch of the East Indies by Pope John Paul II, upon the resignation of the sixth Patriarch, Raul Nicolau Gonçalves.

His appointment on 12 December 2003 as Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman came from Pope John Paul II, after the resignation of Archbishop Raul Nicolau Gonçalves, as Archbishop of Goa and Daman (and therefore Patriarch of the East Indies, India and Primate Archbishop Cranganore holder), and was given the solemn entry on 21 March 2004. On 25 November 2006, he was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman, by Pope Benedict XVI. The main co-consecrating bishops were Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto (Sindhudurg), Peter Machado (Belgaum), Dominic Savio Fernandes and John Rodrigues (Bombay auxiliary bishops).

• Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018.^{self-published}

• "Archbishop Patriarch". Archdiocese of Goa and Daman. 2017. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2017.