Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Maputo

Mozambique Mozambique

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Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Maputo / Maputen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Inhambane, Xai-Xai

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.05.05 – ...):Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (56)Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (56)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique

Auxiliary Bishop (2023.03.01 – ...):Bishop Tonito Francisco Xavier Muananoua (52)Bishop Tonito Francisco Xavier Muananoua (52)

Titular Bishop of Œscus

Auxiliary Bishop (2023.09.21 – ...):Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C. (52)Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C. (52)

Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Maputo (Roman Rite)

Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (56)Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (56)
(2023.05.05 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique

Born:1968.03.08 (Beira, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1995.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:2011.07.10

Priest of Maputo (Mozambique) (1995.07.17 – 2011.05.25)

Titular Bishop of Amudarsa (2011.05.25 – 2017.01.02)

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

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2012 – 2015)

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 – ...)

Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. (76)Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. (76)
(2003.02.22 – 2023.05.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maputo (Mozambique)

Born:1947.12.06 (Búzi-Sofala, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1979.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:2001.02.25

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (2000.12.05 – 2003.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique) (2003.02.22 – 2023.05.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Pemba (Mozambique) (2003.04.23 – 2004.06.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2009 – 2015.11.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2015.11.10 – 2018.11.11)

Cardinal Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.
(1976.09.18 – 2003.02.22)

Servir e não ser servido

Born:1924.03.18 (Zavala, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1953.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1975.03.09
Created Cardinal:1988.06.28
Died:2021.09.29 (Maputo, Mozambique † 97)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) (1974.12.23 – 1976.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique) (1976.09.18 – 2003.02.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988.06.28 – 2021.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lourenço Marques (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. (later Cardinal)
(1974.12.23 – 1976.09.18)

(see above)

Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1974 – 1974.12.23)

Archbishop Custódio Alvim Pereira
(1962.08.03 – 1974.08.26)

Born:1915.02.06 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1937.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1959.03.08
Died:2006.11.12 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Nepte (1958.12.20 – 1962.08.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) (1958.12.20 – 1962.08.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) (1962.08.03 – 1974.08.26)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (1967 – 1969)

Cardinal Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia
(1940.09.04 – 1962.02.06)

Factus omnia omnibus

Born:1889.05.13 (São Jorge, Madeira, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1919.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:1936.07.09
Created Cardinal:1946.02.18
Died:1962.02.06 (Lourenço Marques, Portugal † 72)

Titular Bishop of Leuce (1936.05.18 – 1940.09.04)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1936.05.18 – 1940.09.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) (1940.09.04 – 1962.02.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1946.02.22 – 1962.02.06)

Prelates of Mozambique (Roman Rite)

Bishop Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia (later Cardinal)
(1936.05.18 – 1940.09.04)

(see above)

Bishop Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M.
(1920.12.16 – 1935.11.15)

Born:1874.08.08 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1897.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1921.05.31
Died:1959.11.22 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Augusta (1920.12.16 – 1935.11.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1920.12.16 – 1935.11.15)

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (1935.11.15 – 1940.05.05)

Titular Bishop of Limyra (1940.05.05 – 1959.11.22)

Bishop Francisco Ferreira da Silva
(1904.11.14 – 1920.05.08)

Born:1852.01.26 (Mozambique)
Consecrated Bishop:1905.06.29
Died:1920.05.08 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Syene (1904.11.14 – 1920.05.08)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1904.11.14 – 1920.05.08)

Bishop António Moutinho
(1901.08.18 – 1904.11.14)

Born:1862.12.27 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1885.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1902.01.06
Died:1915.05.18 († 52)

Titular Bishop of Argos (1901.08.18 – 1904.11.14)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1901.08.18 – 1904.11.14)

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (1904.11.14 – 1909.03.04)

Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1909.03.04 – 1915.05.18)

Bishop Antonio José Gomes Cardoso
(1900.12.17 – 1901.06.21)

Born:1855.11.30 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1879.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1901.03.25
Died:1904.08.12 († 48)

Titular Bishop of Arethusus (1900.12.17 – 1901.06.21)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1900.12.17 – 1901.06.21)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1901.06.21 – 1904.08.12)

Bishop Sebastião José Pereira
(1897.11.07 – 1900.07.17)

Born:1857.10.04
Ordained Priest:1880.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1898.01.09
Died:1925.08.04 († 67)

Titular Bishop of Epiphania (1897.11.07 – 1900.07.17)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1897.11.07 – 1900.07.17)

Bishop of Daman (India) (1900.07.17 – 1925.08.04)

Bishop António José de Souza Barroso
(1891.06.01 – 1897.09.15)

Born:1854.11.04
Ordained Priest:1879.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1891.07.05
Died:1918.08.31 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Himeria (1891.06.01 – 1897.09.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1891.06.01 – 1897.09.15)

Bishop of Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1897.09.15 – 1899.05.20)

Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1899.05.20 – 1918.08.31)

Bishop Antonio Dias Ferreira
(1887.03.14 – 1891.06.01)

Born:1840.04.01
Ordained Priest:1862.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1887.04.24
Died:1902.02.09 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Thermopylæ (1887.03.14 – 1891.06.01)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1887.03.14 – 1891.06.01)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1891.06.01 – 1901.03.07)

Bishop Enrico Giuseppe Reed da Silva (later Archbishop)
(1884.03.27 – 1887.03.14)

Born:1854.01.19 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1879.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1884.05.04
Died:1930.10.04 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia (1884.03.17 – 1887.03.14)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1884.03.27 – 1887.03.14)

Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India) (1887.03.14 – 1897.09.15)

Titular Archbishop of Trajanopolis (1898.03.24 – 1930.10.04)

Bishop Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro
(1883.01.30 – 1884.03.27)

Born:1848.06.09 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1872.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1883.12.08
Died:1901.12.03 († 53)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1883.01.30 – 1884.03.27)

Titular Bishop of Lycopolis (1883.05.08 – 1884.03.27)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1884.03.27 – 1891.06.01)

Titular Bishop of Echinus (1891.06.01 – 1895.12.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1891.06.01 – 1895.12.06)

Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1895.12.06 – 1901.12.03)

Bishop Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya, O.C.D.
(1819.11.10 – 1828)

Born:1764.08.08 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1788.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:1816.10.28
Died:1828 († 64)

Bishop of Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1816.03.08 – 1819.11.10)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1819.11.10 – 1828)

Bishop Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, O.F.M.
(1811.12.17 – 1819.08.23)

Born:1776.11.12 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1816.11.03
Died:1851.08.31 († 74)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1811.12.17 – 1819.08.23)

Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia (1815.09.04 – 1819.08.23)

Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1819.08.23 – 1824.05.03)

Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1824.05.03 – 1851.08.31)

Bishop Vasco José a Domina Nostra de Bona Morte Lobo, C.R.S.A.
(1805.06.26 – 1811.12.17)

Born:1757.05.31 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1782.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1806.04.27
Died:1822.06.01 († 65)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1805.06.26 – 1811.12.17)

Titular Bishop of Olba (1805.06.26 – 1822.06.01)

Bishop Maria José a Santo Tomas, O.P.
(1783.07.18 – 1801.07.18)

Born:1747.01.15 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1785.10.28
Died:1801.07.18 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Pentacomia (1783.07.18 – 1801.07.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1783.07.18 – 1801.07.18)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Manzini (↙), Witbank (←), Xai-Xai (↗), Ingwavuma (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,358 km²

Population: 1,482,700 Catholics (42.1% of 3,520,992 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 149 priests (44 diocesan, 105 religious), 700 religious (265 brothers, 435 sisters), 28 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

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