Paulo Mandlate
S.S.S. (4 February 1934 – 21 August 2019) was a
Mozambican prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who served as the
Bishop of Tete from 1976 to 2009.
He was born in
Gaza Province
Gaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km2 and a population of 1,422,460 (2017 census), which is the least populous of all the provinces of Mozambique.
Xai-Xai is the capital of the province. Inhambane Province is to t ...
on 4 February 1934.
[
He was ordained a priest of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament on 6 January 1968. ]Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
named Mandlate Bishop of Tete on 31 May 1976, and he was ordained a bishop on 26 September of that year.[
He retired as bishop on 18 April 2009.][
He died in ]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 ...
on 21 August 2019 at the age of 85.
References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S.
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21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mozambique
1934 births
2019 deaths
People from Gaza Province
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mozambique
Roman Catholic bishops of Tete
Mozambican Roman Catholic bishops