Maurício Agostinho Camuto,
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(born 26 December 1963) is an
Angola
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n bishop of the
Catholic Church
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and a member of the Spiritans. He is the bishop of the
Diocese of Caxito, having been appointed to the position in 2020. He previously served as the director of Radio Ecclesia, a Catholic
commercial radio station in Angola.
Early life
Camuto was born in
Colungo Alto, in the province of
Cuanza Norte
The Cuanza Norte Province ( en, North Cuanza; umb, Konano Kwanza Volupale) is province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital and the province has an area of 24,110 km² and a population of 443,386. Manuel Pedro Pacavira was born here and ...
, on 26 December 1963. He studied theology in
Brazzaville
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,
Republic of the Congo
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, and made his first vows as a
Spiritan on 5 September 1987. On 28 July 1991, Camuto was
ordained to the Catholic priesthood. Subsequently, he undertook studies in social communication at the
Salesian Pontifical University in
Rome
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from 2000 until 2003.
Presbyteral ministry
Camuto's first pastoral assignment was to the mission at
Landana
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in the
Diocese of Cabinda, where he spent four years. He became rector of the Spiritan
preparatory seminary in the then-
Diocese of Malanje in 1995, and held that position until 1999, when he was transferred to the Spiritan Scholasticate in
Huambo and
Benguela
Benguela (; Umbundu: Luombaka) is a city in western Angola, capital of Benguela Province. Benguela is one of Angola's most populous cities with a population of 555,124 in the city and 561,775 in the municipality, at the 2014 census.
History
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Camuto served two stints as the director of Radio Ecclesia, a Catholic
commercial radio station in Angola; first from 2006 to 2010, and again from 2016 to the present.
The radio station is known in Angola as "the voice of the voiceless".
It has received criticism for shedding light on
human rights abuses in the country and uncovering mismanagement of public resources.
[ In spite of a lack of material supplies and a "huge shortage of sources of information",][
Camuto was the provincial superior of the Spiritan Fathers in Angola, serving two terms from 2010 to 2016.]
Episcopal ministry
Camuto was appointed Bishop of Caxito on 15 June 2020.
References
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1963 births
20th-century Roman Catholic priests
21st-century Roman Catholic priests
Holy Ghost Fathers
Living people
People from Cuanza Norte Province
Roman Catholic bishops of Caxito