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{{Short description|Roman Catholic archdiocese in Mozambique}}
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|denomination=[[Roman Catholic]]|rite=[[Roman Rite]]|established=21 January 1612|cathedral=[[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Maputo|Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral]]|cocathedral=|patron=|priests=
|pope={{Incumbent pope}} |bishop_title=Archbishop
|bishop= [[João Carlos Hatoa Nunes]]
|metro_archbishop=|coadjutor=
|auxiliary_bishops=[[António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo]]
|vicar_general=
|emeritus_bishops=[[Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos]], O.F.M.<br /> [[Francisco Chimoio]], OFM Cap
|map=|map_alt=|map_caption=|website=[http://www.arquidiocesedemaputo.org/ www.arquidiocesedemaputo.org]|footnotes=}}The '''Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo''' ({{langx|la|Maputensis}}) is the [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] [[Episcopal See|See]] for the [[ecclesiastical province]] of [[Maputo]] in [[Mozambique]].

==History==
* 21 January 1612: Established as a ''[[prelature nullius]]'' from the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Diocese of Goa]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kenny, O.P.|first1=Joseph|title=The Catholic Church in Tropical Africa 1445-1850|date=1982|publisher=Ibadan University Press & Dominican Publications|url=http://www.dhspriory.org/kenny/ccta/DefaultCCTA.htm|accessdate=9 September 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207035006/http://www.dhspriory.org/kenny/ccta/DefaultCCTA.htm|archivedate=7 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.scielo.org.za/pdf/she/v39n2/19.pdf|first=Júlio André |last=Vilanculos|authorlink=|title=The role played by Church and State in the democratisation process in Mozambique, 1975-2004 |pages= |publisher=Department of Church History and Church Polity, [[University of Pretoria]]|date=|isbn=|quote=The second missionary expedition in Mozambique began in January 1612 after the papal bull was issued by Pope Paulo V, who elevated Mozambique to a “Prelature Nullius”. Prelature Nullius means a certain area of Roman Catholic Church that is functioning without a Prelate/Bishop. In such a situation, the Pope chooses an Administrator to run the activities of the Church.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78xJAQAAMAAJ&dq=Apostolic+Vicariate+mozambique&pg=PA190|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1|pages=190 |publisher=Robert Appleton Company|date=1907|isbn=}}</ref>
* 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, Maputo|Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception]] (Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora da Conceição) in Maputo.

==Bishops==
===Ordinaries===
==== Prelates Nullius of Mozambique ====
* [[Domingos Torrado]], [[Order of Saint Augustine|O.S.A.]] (1612), 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]], [[Dominican Order|OP]] (18 July 1783 – 18 July 1801)
* [[Vasco José a Domina Nostra de Bona Morte Lobo]], [[Canons Regular|CRSA]] (26 June 1805 – 17 December 1811)
* [[Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu]], [[Order of Reformed Friars Minor|OFM Ref]] (17 December 1811 – 23 August 1819), appointed Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
* [[Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya]], [[Discalced Carmelites|OCD]] (10 November 1819 – 1828)
* [[Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro]] (30 January 1883 – 27 March 1884), appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
* [[Henrique José Reed da Silva]] (27 March 1884 – 14 March 1887), appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
* [[Antonio Dias Ferreira (bishop)|Antonio Dias Ferreira]] (14 March 1887 – 1 June 1891), appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
* [[António José de Sousa Barroso]] (12 February 1891 – 11 October 1897), appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
* [[Sebastião José Pereira]] (16 November 1897 – 23 July 1900)
* [[Antonio José Gomes Cardoso]] (''[[Apostolic Administrator|Apostolic administrator]]''; 17 December 1900 – 23 July 1901)
* [[António Moutinho]] (21 August 1901 – 14 November 1904), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
* [[Francisco Ferreira da Silva]] (14 November 1904 – 8 May 1920)
* [[Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho]], [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] (16 December 1920 – 15 November 1935), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
* [[Teodósio de Gouveia]] (18 May 1936 – 4 September 1940 ''see below''); future Cardinal

==== Archbishops of Maputo ====
Until 1976, the Archbishop of Maputo was titled the Archbishop of Lourenço Marques.
# [[Teodósio de Gouveia]] (''see above'' 4 September 1940 – 6 February 1962) (Cardinal in 1946; attended [[1958 papal conclave]])
# [[Custódio Alvim Pereira]] (3 August 1962 – 26 August 1974)
# [[Alexandre José Maria dos Santos]], [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] (23 December 1974 – 22 February 2003) (Cardinal in 1988)
# [[Francisco Chimoio]], [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|OFM Cap]] (22 February 2003 – 5 May 2023)
# [[João Carlos Hatoa Nunes]] (since 5 May 2023 – …)

===Auxiliary Bishops===
*[[António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo]] (2018-)
*[[João Carlos Hatoa Nunes]] (2011-2017), appointed Bishop of Chimoio
*[[Adriano Langa]], O.F.M. (1997-2005), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane
*[[Custódio Alvim Pereira]] (1958-1962), appointed Archbishop here

===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

==Suffragan dioceses==
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Inhambane|Inhambane]]
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Xai-Xai|Xai-Xai]]

==See also==
*[[Catholic Church in Mozambique]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/Beir1.htm GCatholic.org]

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