The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo ( la, Maputensis) is the

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for the

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Maputo Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, 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 popul ...

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

History

* 21 January 1612: Established as a ''

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'' from the

Diocese of Goa The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman ( la, Archidioecesis Goanae et Damanensis, gom, Gõy ani Damanv Mha-Dhormprant, pt, Arquidiocese de Goa e Damão) encompasses the Goa state and the Damaon territory in the Konkan r ...

* 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 Domingos Torrado, O.S.A. (1555–1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was named as Titular Bishop of ''Fisicula'' (1605–1612). ''(in Latin)'' He is also known as Domingos Terrado or Domingos da Trinidade. Biography Domingos Torrado da Trin ...

, 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 Amaro José de São Tomás O.P. (15 January 1747 – 18 July 1801) was a Portuguese clergyman, who was Prelate of Mozambico, Mozambique from 18 July 1783 and Titular Bishop of Pentacomia ''Pentacomia'' is a genus of beetles in the family ...

, 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 Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

(30 January 1883 – 27 March 1884), appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola *

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(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 *

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(16 November 1897 – 23 July 1900) *

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(''

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''; 17 December 1900 – 23 July 1901) * António Moutinho (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 Theodósio Clemente de Gouveia GCC GCIH (13 May 1889 - 6 February 1962) was a Portuguese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Lourenço Marques in Mozambique from 1940 until his death, and was elevated to the car ...

(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. #

(''see above'' 4 September 1940 – 6 February 1962) (Cardinal in 1946) #

Custódio Alvim Pereira Custódio Alvim Pereira (6 February 1915 – 12 November 2006) was a Portuguese clergyman, who was Archbishop of Lourenço Marques in Mozambique in the 1960s and early 1970s. Born in São João do Monte, Portugal, he was ordained on 18 December 193 ...

(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. He studied in Nya ...

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

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(since 22 February 2003)

Auxiliary Bishops

António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

(2018-) *

João Carlos Hatoa Nunes João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (born 8 March 1968 in Beira) is a Mozambican priest and Bishop of Chimoio. Nunes received his ordination to the priesthood on 17 July 1995. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as an auxiliary bishop of Maputo and as the Ti ...

(2011-2017), appointed Bishop of Chimoio *

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, O.F.M. (1997-2005), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane *

(1958-1962), appointed Archbishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Ernesto Maguengue, appointed Bishop of Pemba in 2004 *

Lucio Andrice Muandula Lucio Andrice Muandula (born 9 October 1959) is a Mozambican prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Xai-Xai since 2004. He was president of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique from 2009 to 2015 and from 2018 to 2021 and president ...

, 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 census ...

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 e ...

Notes

References

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