Archdiocese of Maputo
| Archdiocese of Maputo | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Mozambique |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco Chimoio OFMCap |
| Auxiliary bishop | António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos OFM |
| surface | 25,238 km² |
| Parishes | 40 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 3,850,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 675,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 17.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 59 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,438 |
| Friars | 115 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 214 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
| Website | http://www.arquidiocesedemaputo.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Inhambane Diocese of Xai-Xai |
The Erzbistum Maputo ( lat. : Archidioecesis Maputensis ) is in Mozambique preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Maputo .
history
The Archdiocese of Maputo was established on January 21, 1612 by Pope Paul V with the Apostolic Constitution In supereminenti from cession of territory from the Diocese of Goa as the Apostolic Administration of Mozambique . The Apostolic Administration Mozambique was in 1783 by Pope Pius VI. elevated to a territorial prelature . On September 4, 1940, the Territorial Prelature gave Mozambique parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Beira and Nampula .
The Territorial Prelature Mozambique was on September 4, 1940 by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Sollemnibus Conventionibus raised to the Archdiocese and renamed the Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques . The Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques gave up on August 3, 1962 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Inhambane . Another cession took place on June 19, 1970 to found the Diocese of João Belo . On September 18, 1976, the Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques was renamed the Archdiocese of Maputo .
Ordinaries
Mozambique Prelates
- Maria José a Santo Tomas OP , 1783-1801
- Vasco José a Domina Nostra de Bona Morte Lobo CRSA , 1805-1811
- Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu OFM , 1811–1819, then Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão
- Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya OCD , 1819–1828
- Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro , 1883–1884, then Bishop of Angola and Congo
- Henrique José Reed da Silva , 1884–1887, then Bishop of São Tomé and Meliapore
- Antonio Dias Ferreira , 1887–1891, then Bishop of Angola and Congo
- António José de Souza Barroso , 1891–1897, then Bishop of São Tomé and Meliapore
- Sebastião José Pereira , 1897–1900, then Bishop of Damão
- Antonio José Gomes Cardoso , 1900–1901, then Bishop of Angola and Congo
- António Moutinho , 1901–1904, then Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
- Francisco Ferreira da Silva , 1904–1920
- Joaquim Rafael Maria d'Assunçâo Pitinho, OFM, 1920–1935, then Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
- Teodósio Clemente de Gouveia , 1936–1940
Archbishops of Lourenço Marques
- Teodósio Clemente Cardinal de Gouveia, 1940–1962
- Custódio Alvim Pereira , 1962–1974
- Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, OFM, 1974–1976
Archbishops of Maputo
- Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos OFM, 1976-2003
- Francisco Chimoio OFMCap , since 2003
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Maputo on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- Entry on Giga-Catholic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph Kenny, OP: The Catholic Church in Tropical Africa 1445-1850 . Ibadan University Press & Dominican Publications, 1982. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016 Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed September 9, 2015).
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Sollemnibus Conventionibus , AAS 33 (1941), n.1, p. 14ff.
