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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo (Latin: Maputensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Maputo in Mozambique.

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History

  • 21 January 1612: Established as a prelature nullius from the Diocese of Goa[1][2][3]
  • 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

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Prelates Nullius of Mozambique

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Prelates of Mozambique

  • Amaro José de São Tomás, 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 (30 January 1883 – 27 March 1884), appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
  • Henrique José Reed da Silva (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
  • António José de Sousa Barroso (12 February 1891 – 11 October 1897), appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
  • Sebastião José Pereira (16 November 1897 – 23 July 1900)
  • Antonio José Gomes Cardoso (Apostolic administrator; 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 (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.

  1. Teodósio de Gouveia (see above 4 September 1940 – 6 February 1962) (Cardinal in 1946; attended 1958 papal conclave)
  2. Custódio Alvim Pereira (3 August 1962 – 26 August 1974)
  3. Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, OFM (23 December 1974 – 22 February 2003) (Cardinal in 1988)
  4. Francisco Chimoio, OFM Cap (22 February 2003 – 5 May 2023)
  5. João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (since 5 May 2023 – …)

Auxiliary Bishops

  • António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (2018-)
  • João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (2011-2017), appointed Bishop of Chimoio
  • Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (1997-2005), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane
  • Custódio Alvim Pereira (1958-1962), appointed Archbishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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Suffragan dioceses

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References

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