The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira ( la, Beiren(sis)) is the Metropolitan See 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 Sebastião Soares de Resende (21 April 1943 – 25 January 1967) ** Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral (3 July 1967 – 1 July 1971) ** Bishop

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(1972 – 27 February 1973) ** Bishop

Ernesto Gonçalves Costa Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

, 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 Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (''see below'' 4 June 1984 – 14 January 2012) ** Archbishop

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, S.C.I. (29 June 2012 – present); formerly,

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of the Dehonians

Coadjutor Bishop

* Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (1975-1976)

Auxiliary Bishop

* Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. (1988-1990), appointed Bishop of Chimoio

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Francisco Nunes Teixeira Francisco Nunes Teixeira (26 January 1910 − 2 March 1999) was a Portuguese-born Mozambican Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1933, Teixeira was named bishop in February 1955. In May 1955, he was appointed bishop of the Roman ...

, appointed Bishop of Quelimane in 1955

Suffragan dioceses

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* Tete

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