The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo () is the

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Maputo Maputo () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 (as of 2017) distributed ov ...

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History

* 21 January 1612: Established as a '' prelature nullius'' from the

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* 1783: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Mozambique * 4 September 1940: Promoted as Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques * 18 September 1976: Renamed Archdiocese of Maputo

Cathedral

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora da Conceição) in Maputo.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Prelates Nullius of Mozambique

* Domingos Torrado, O.S.A. (1612), auxiliary bishop of Goa, named by

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but died in Goa before leaving for Africa ...

Prelates of Mozambique

* Amaro José de São Tomás, OP (18 July 1783 – 18 July 1801) * Vasco José a Domina Nostra de Bona Morte Lobo, CRSA (26 June 1805 – 17 December 1811) * Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, OFM Ref (17 December 1811 – 23 August 1819), appointed Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil * Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya, OCD (10 November 1819 – 1828) * Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro (30 January 1883 – 27 March 1884), appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola * Henrique José Reed da Silva (27 March 1884 – 14 March 1887), appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India * Antonio Dias Ferreira (14 March 1887 – 1 June 1891), appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola *

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(12 February 1891 – 11 October 1897), appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India * Sebastião José Pereira (16 November 1897 – 23 July 1900) * Antonio José Gomes Cardoso (''

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''; 17 December 1900 – 23 July 1901) *

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(21 August 1901 – 14 November 1904), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde * Francisco Ferreira da Silva (14 November 1904 – 8 May 1920) * Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, OFM (16 December 1920 – 15 November 1935), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde * Teodósio de Gouveia (18 May 1936 – 4 September 1940 ''see below''); future Cardinal

Archbishops of Maputo

Until 1976, the Archbishop of Maputo was titled the Archbishop of Lourenço Marques. # Teodósio de Gouveia (''see above'' 4 September 1940 – 6 February 1962) (Cardinal in 1946; attended 1958 papal conclave) # Custódio Alvim Pereira (3 August 1962 – 26 August 1974) #

Alexandre José Maria dos Santos Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (18 March 1924 – 29 September 2021) was a Mozambican Roman Catholic cardinal. He was the first native cardinal of Mozambique. Ecclesiastical career Dos Santos was born in Zavala, Mozambique, Zavala, Mozambiqu ...

, OFM (23 December 1974 – 22 February 2003) (Cardinal in 1988) # Francisco Chimoio, OFM Cap (22 February 2003 – 5 May 2023) #

João Carlos Hatoa Nunes João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (born 8 March 1968 in Beira, Mozambique, Beira) is a Mozambican priest and Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimoio, Chimoio. Nunes received his ordination to the priesthood on 17 July 1995. Pope Benedict XVI appoint ...

(since 5 May 2023 – …)

Auxiliary Bishops

* António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (2018-) *

(2011-2017), appointed Bishop of Chimoio * Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (1997-2005), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane * Custódio Alvim Pereira (1958-1962), appointed Archbishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Ernesto Maguengue Ernesto Maguengue (born 2 August 1964) is a Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, who is the Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula. He was ordained as a priest on 14 May 1989 in Maputo. On 24 June 2004 he was appointed Bishop of Pemba, which came into effect ...

, appointed Bishop of Pemba in 2004 * Lucio Andrice Muandula, appointed Bishop of Xai-Xai in 2004

Suffragan dioceses

Inhambane Inhambane (also known as Terra de Boa Gente (''Land of Good People'')) is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay, 470 km northeast of Maputo. It is the capital of the Inhambane Province and, according to the 2017 cen ...

Xai-Xai Xai-Xai () is a city in the south of Mozambique. Until 1975, the city was named João Belo. It is the capital of Gaza Province. As of 2007 it has a population of 116,343. History Portuguese rule Xai-Xai, formerly João Belo, developed in the ...

Notes

References

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