Diocese of Chimoio, Mozambique

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Chimoio / Cimoian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beira

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Chimoio (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (55) (later Archbishop)
(2017.01.02 – 2022.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Amudarsa (2011.05.25 – 2017.01.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo (Mozambique) (2011.05.25 – 2017.01.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Beira (Mozambique) (2012.01.14 – 2012.06.29)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2015.11.10 – 2018.11.11)

Bishop of Chimoio (Mozambique) (2017.01.02 – 2022.11.15)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2021.11.12 – ...)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique) (2022.11.15 – 2023.05.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique) (2023.05.05 – ...)

Bishop Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. (81)
(1990.11.19 – 2017.01.02)

Bishop emeritus of Chimoio (Mozambique)

Titular Bishop of Musti (1988.01.18 – 1990.11.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1988.01.18 – 1990.11.19)

Bishop of Chimoio (Mozambique) (1990.11.19 – 2017.01.02)

Area: 62,272 km²

Population: 91,940 Catholics (4.0% of 2,277,140 total) (2020)

Statistics: 19 parishes, 515 missions, 42 priests (16 diocesan, 26 religious), 81 lay religious (33 brothers, 48 sisters), 21 seminarians (2020)

Patron Saint: Maria Imaculada

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 8

1990.11.19: Established as Diocese of Chimoio / Cimoian(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira and became suffragan of Beira)