Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C.

Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 May 1972		Born
17 Jun 2001	29.1	Solemn Vows	Member of Consolata Missionaries
3 Nov 2002	30.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries
2017²	44.6	Appointed	Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
21 Sep 2023	51.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
21 Sep 2023	51.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia
28 Jan 2024	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia
25 Jul 2025	53.2	Appointed	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique
31 Aug 2025	53.3	Installed	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Osório Citora Afonso
Bishop Osório Citora Afonso I.M.C.
(born 6 May 1972)
Bishop of Quelimane

Event Place
Birth Place Ribaue, Diocese of Nampula
Ordained Bishop Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula, Archdiocese of Nampula

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a priest for years
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Principal Consecrator:
Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal Tagle
Cardinal-Bishop of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Inácio Saúre, I.M.C.
Archbishop of Nampula
Archbishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes
Archbishop of Maputo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal Tagle (2001)
Cardinal-Bishop of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle
Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin † (1967)
Archbishop of Manila
Bishop Antonio Floro Frondosa † (1952)
Bishop of Capiz
Archbishop José Maria Diosomito Cuenco † (1942)
Archbishop of Jaro
Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Nicosia
Giovanni Cardinal Cagliero, S.D.B. † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ribaue, Diocese of Nampula
Ordained Bishop	Pavilhão do Ferroviário, Nampula, Archdiocese of Nampula

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q122748313

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 21 Sep 2023
ob: CB, 15 Dec 2023
c2+: CB, 28 Jan 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 259, Number 21,398
ab: Bollettino, 25 Jul 2025
i: CB, 30 Jul 2025

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