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for the

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of Beira in

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History

* 4 September 1940: Established as Diocese of Beira from the

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* 4 June 1984: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora de Rosario (Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Rosary) in Beira.

Bishops

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s of Beira (Roman rite) ** Bishop

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(21 April 1943 – 25 January 1967) ** Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral (3 July 1967 – 1 July 1971) ** Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana (1972 – 27 February 1973) ** Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves Costa, O.F.M. (23 December 1974 – 3 December 1976) ** Bishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (3 December 1976 – 4 June 1984 ''see below'') * Metropolitan Archbishops of Beira (Roman rite) ** Archbishop

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(''see below'' 4 June 1984 – 14 January 2012) ** Archbishop

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(29 June 2012 – present); formerly,

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of the

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Coadjutor Bishop

(1975-1976)

Auxiliary Bishop

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, M. Afr. (1988-1990), appointed Bishop of Chimoio

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Francisco Nunes Teixeira, appointed Bishop of Quelimane in 1955

Suffragan dioceses

* Chimoio * Quelimane *

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Sources

GCatholic.org
* ''Arquidiocese da Beira. Resenha Histórica'', Beira: Archdiocese of Beira, 1988 {{DEFAULTSORT:Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Beira Beira Beira, Mozambique 1940 establishments in Mozambique A