Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo {Latin: Maputen(sis)} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Maputo in Mozambique.

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[edit] History

  • 1612.01.21: Established as Apostolic Administration of Mozambique from the Diocese of Tomé in Sao Tome and Principe
  • 1783: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Mozambique
  • 1940.09.04: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques
  • 1976.09.18: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maputo

[edit] Special Churches

The seat of the archbishop is Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora de Conceicao in Maputo.

[edit] Leadership

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Maputo (Roman rite)
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Lourenço Marques (Roman rite)
  • Prelates of Mozambique (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. (1920.12.16 – 1935.11.15)
    • Bishop Francisco Ferreira da Silva (1904.11.14 – 1920.05.08)
    • Bishop António Moutinho (1901.08.18 – 1904.11.14)
  • Apostolic Administrators of Mozambique (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Antonio Giuseppe Gomes Cardoso (1900.12.17 – ?)
  • Prelates of Mozambique (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Sebastião José Pereira (1897.11.07 – 1900.07.17)
    • Bishop António José de Souza Barroso (1891.06.01 – 1897.09.15)
    • Bishop Antonio Dias Ferreira (1887.03.14 – 1891.06.01)
    • Archbishop Enrico Giuseppe Reed da Silva (1884.03.27 – 1887.03.14)
    • Bishop Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya, O.C.D. (1819.11.10 – 1828)
    • Bishop Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, O.F.M. (1811.12.17 – 1819.08.23)
    • Bishop Vasco José a Domina Nostra de Bona Morte Lobo, C.R.S.A. (1805.06.26 – 1811.12.17)

[edit] Suffragan Dioceses

[edit] See also

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