Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maputo, Mozambique

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.05.05 – ...):	Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (56) Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.03.01 – ...):	Bishop Tonito Francisco Xavier Muananoua (52) Titular Bishop of Œscus
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.09.21 – ...):	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)
(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)
(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

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (56) (2022.11.15 – 2023.05.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (56) (2018.12.08 – 2022.03.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (56) (later Archbishop) (2011.05.25 – 2017.01.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (77) (1997.10.24 – 2005.04.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Custódio Alvim Pereira (later Archbishop) (1958.12.20 – 1962.08.03)