Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira

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Archdiocese of Beira Archidioecesis Beirensis
Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Beira
Location
Country	Mozambique
Ecclesiastical province
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2018) 1,809,630 1,005,480 (55.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4 September 1940
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Beira, Beira
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I.

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 (3 July 1967 – 1 July 1971)
  • Bishop (1972 – 27 February 1973)
  • Bishop , 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[]

• , 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[]

• Chimoio
• Quelimane
• Tete

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Mozambique
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mozambique

Sources[]

• GCatholic.org

Coordinates: 19°50′S 34°51′E / 19.833°S 34.850°E / -19.833; 34.850

• Arquidiocese da Beira. Resenha Histórica, Beira: Archdiocese of Beira, 1988