Manuel Franklin da Costa

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Archbishop Manuel Franklin da Costa (31 August 1921 - 17 July 2003) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huambo then Lubango, Angola.

Appointed priest in 1948, da Costa was appointed Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho (now the Diocese of Saurimo) in 1975, just months before Angola achieved recognized independence. In February 1977, da Costa became the Archbishop of Huambo and in 1986, Archbishop of Lubango, where he would stay until his retirement in 1997.

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NAME Manuel Franklin da Costa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Late Archbishop of Huambo, Angola and Lubango, Angola
DATE OF BIRTH 31 August, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 17 July, 2003
PLACE OF DEATH