Júlio Duarte Cardinal Langa †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Xai-Xai, Mozambique

Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele dell’Addolorata

Motto: In Finem Dilexit Eos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Oct 1927		Born
9 Jun 1957	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
31 May 1976	48.5	Appointed	Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
24 Oct 1976	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
12 Jul 2004	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
14 Feb 2015	87.2	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Feb 2015	87.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele dell’Addolorata
10 May 2015	87.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele dell’Addolorata
3 Aug 2026	98.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Xai-Xai, Mozambique

MicroData Summary
Júlio Duarte Langa
Júlio Duarte Cardinal Langa
(born 27 Oct 1927, died 3 Aug 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Xai-Xai

Consistory - 2015: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)
Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Mangunze, Territorial Prelature of Mozambico
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Lourenço Marques, Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques
Ordained Bishop Mangunze, Diocese of Xai-Xai
Death Place Central, Hospital, Maputo, Archdiocese of Maputo

a priest for 69.1 years
a bishop for 49.7 years
a cardinal for 11.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Teodosio Clemente Cardinal de Gouveia †
Archbishop of Lourenço Marques
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Maputo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno †
Titular Archbishop of Truentum
Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe
Bishop of Pemba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. † (1975)
Archbishop of Maputo
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Germano Grachane, C.M. (1990)
Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (1998)
Bishop Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. (2003)
Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula (2004)
Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (2004)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1715702

Source(s):

c: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2015
ab: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2015
i: Bollettino, 4 May 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 38, Number 2,383
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 249, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1/bpd: CB, 31 Dec 2025
d: CB, 3 Aug 2026

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