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Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Beira
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira (Latin: Beiren(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Beira in Mozambique.
History
- 4 September 1940: Established as Diocese of Beira from the Territorial Prelature of Mozambique
- 4 June 1984: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora de Rosario (Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Rosary) in Beira.
Bishops
- Bishops of Beira (Roman rite)
- Bishop Sebastião Soares de Resende (21 April 1943 – 25 January 1967)
- Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral (3 July 1967 – 1 July 1971)
- Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana (1972 – 27 February 1973)
- Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves Costa, O.F.M. (23 December 1974 – 3 December 1976)
- Bishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (3 December 1976 – 4 June 1984 see below)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Beira (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (see below 4 June 1984 – 14 January 2012)
- Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (29 June 2012 – present); formerly, Vicar General of the Dehonians
Coadjutor Bishop
- Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (1975-1976)
Auxiliary Bishop
- Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. (1988-1990), appointed Bishop of Chimoio
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Francisco Nunes Teixeira, appointed Bishop of Quelimane in 1955
Suffragan dioceses
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Mozambique
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mozambique
Sources
- Arquidiocese da Beira. Resenha Histórica, Beira: Archdiocese of Beira, 1988