Archdiocese of Beira
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira 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
- 6 October 1954: Lost territory due to the erection of the Diocese of Quelimane
- 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
- * Bishop Sebastião Soares de Resende
- * Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral
- * Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana
- * Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves Costa, O.F.M.
- * Bishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Beira
- * Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves
- * Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. ; formerly, Vicar General of the Dehonians
Coadjutor Bishop
Auxiliary Bishop
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Francisco Nunes Teixeira, appointed Bishop of Quelimane in 1955