Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Maputo in Mozambique.
History
- 21 January 1612: Established as a prelature nullius from the Diocese of Goa
- 1783: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Mozambique
- 4 September 1940: Promoted as Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques
- 18 September 1976: Renamed Archdiocese of Maputo
Cathedral
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Maputo.Bishops
Ordinaries
Prelates Nullius of Mozambique
- Domingos Torrado, O.S.A., auxiliary bishop of Goa, named by Pope Paul VI but died in Goa before leaving for Africa
Prelates of Mozambique
- Amaro José de São Tomás, OP
- Vasco José a Domina Nostra de Bona Morte Lobo, CRSA
- Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, OFM Ref, appointed Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
- Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya, OCD
- Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro, appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
- Henrique José Reed da Silva, appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
- Antonio Dias Ferreira, appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
- António José de Sousa Barroso, appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
- Sebastião José Pereira
- Antonio José Gomes Cardoso
- António Moutinho, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
- Francisco Ferreira da Silva
- Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, OFM, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
- Teodósio de Gouveia ; future Cardinal
Archbishops of Maputo
Until 1976, the Archbishop of Maputo was titled the Archbishop of Lourenço Marques.- Teodósio de Gouveia
- Custódio Alvim Pereira
- Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, OFM
- Francisco Chimoio, OFM Cap
- João Carlos Hatoa Nunes
Auxiliary Bishops
- António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo
- João Carlos Hatoa Nunes, appointed Bishop of Chimoio
- Adriano Langa, O.F.M., appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane
- Custódio Alvim Pereira, appointed Archbishop here
- Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C., appointed Bishop of Quelimane on 25 July 2025.
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Ernesto Maguengue, appointed Bishop of Pemba in 2004
- Lucio Andrice Muandula, appointed Bishop of Xai-Xai in 2004