Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, CMF (born 20 March 1960) has been the

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of the

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since 1 December 2006. Mendes was ordained a

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on June 13, 1985. He succeeded Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, CSSp in the São Tomé and Príncipe see in 2007. He resigned in 2022.

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