Manuel Vieira Pinto
Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Nampula | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula |
| In office | 1967 - 2000 |
| Predecessor | Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro |
| Successor | Tomé Makhweliha |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 7 August 1949 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1923 São Pedro de Aboim, Amarante, Portugal |
| Died | 30 April 2020 (aged 96) Porto, Portugal |
| Previous post(s) | Prelate |
Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto (8 December 1923 – 30 April 2020) was a Portuguese-born Prelate of Catholic Church in Mozambique.
Pinto was born in São Pedro de Aboim, Portugal and was ordained a priest on 7 August 1949. He was appointed bishop (later Archbishop) of the Archdiocese of Nampula on 21 April 1967 and consecrated on 29 June 1967, retiring on 16 November 2000. Pinto served as Apostolic Administrator to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira between 1971 and 1972 and the Diocese of Pemba from 1992 through 1998.[1]
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