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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Beira

Mozambique Mozambique

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Beira / Beiren(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Chimoio, Gurué, Quelimane, Tete

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.06.29 – ...):Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (64)Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (64)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.12.13 – ...):Bishop António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.J. (53)Bishop António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.J. (53)

Titular Bishop of Sutunurca

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Beira (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (64)Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (64)
(2012.06.29 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beira (Mozambique)

Born:1958.11.07 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1984.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:2012.10.07

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beira (Mozambique) (2012.06.29 – ...)

Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (55)Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (55) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.01.14 – 2012.06.29)

Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves
(1984.06.04 – 2012.01.14)

Born:1936.11.26 (Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1967.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1976.03.28
Died:2016.04.06 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Ficus (1975.12.19 – 1976.12.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1975.12.19 – 1976.12.03)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (1976 – 1986)

Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1976.12.03 – 1984.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1984.06.04 – 2012.01.14)

President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (1985 – 1992)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2002 – 2006)

Apostolic Administrator of Quelimane (Mozambique) (2007.03 – 2008.01.25)

Bishops of Beira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (later Archbishop)
(1976.12.03 – 1984.06.04)

(see above)

Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M.
(1974.12.23 – 1976.12.03)

Born:1921.08.13 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1946.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1962.12.30
Died:2002.01.07 († 80)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) (1962.10.27 – 1974.12.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) (1974 – 1974.12.23)

Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1974.12.23 – 1976.12.03)

Bishop of Faro (Portugal) (1977.04.04 – 1988.04.21)

Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana
(1972.02.19 – 1973.02.27)

Born:1915.10.19 (India)
Ordained Priest:1938.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:1955.10.23
Died:1973.02.27 († 57)

Bishop of Sá da Bandeira (Angola) (1955.07.27 – 1972.02.19)

Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1972.02.19 – 1973.02.27)

Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral
(1967.07.03 – 1971.07.01)

Born:1918.02.10 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1942.02.28
Consecrated Bishop:1965.05.25
Died:1981.12.12 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Obbi (1965.01.16 – 1967.07.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) (1965.01.16 – 1967.07.03)

Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1967.07.03 – 1971.07.01)

Titular Bishop of Dume (1972.10.21 – 1981.12.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) (1972.10.21 – 1981.12.12)

Bishop Sebastiano Soares de Resende
(1943.04.21 – 1967.01.25)

Born:1906.06.14
Ordained Priest:1928.10.21
Consecrated Bishop:1943.08.15
Died:1967.01.25 († 60)

Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1943.04.21 – 1967.01.25)

Former Prelates

Statistics

Area: 78,018 km²

Population: 1,066,000 Catholics (55.6% of 1,918,000 total) (2021)

Statistics: 46 parishes, 1 mission, 74 priests (49 diocesan, 25 religious), 2 deacons, 122 religious (53 brothers, 69 sisters), 37 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Rosário

History

Papal Visits

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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