Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap.

Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Dec 1947		Born
9 Dec 1979	32.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
5 Dec 2000	52.9	Appointed	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
25 Feb 2001	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
22 Feb 2003	55.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique
5 May 2023	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique

MicroData Summary
Francisco Chimoio
Archbishop Francisco Chimoio O.F.M. Cap.
(born 6 Dec 1947)
Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo

Ad Limina - May 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Búzi-Sofala
Ordained Bishop Quelimane

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Maputo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves †
Archbishop of Beira
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.
Archbishop of Nampula
Bishop Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Quelimane

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves † (1976)
Archbishop of Beira
Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe (1975)
Bishop of Porto Amélia
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I. (2009)
Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (2011)
Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. (2003)
Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula (2004)
Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (2004)
Bishop Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. † (2010)
Archbishop Inácio Saúre, I.M.C. (2011)
Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (2012)
Bishop Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M. (2015)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1441931

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,920
r: Bollettino, 5 May 2023

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