Archdiocese of Beira

Archdiocese of Beira Archidioecesis Beirensis
Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Beira
Location
Country	Mozambique
Ecclesiastical province	Beira
Statistics
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2018) 1,809,630 1,005,480 (55.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4 September 1940
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Beira, Beira
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira (Latin : Beiren(sis)) 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 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Sebastião Soares de Resende (21 April 1943 – 25 January 1967)
  • Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral (3 July 1967 – 1 July 1971)
  • Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana (1972 – 27 February 1973)
  • Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves Costa, O.F.M. (23 December 1974 – 3 December 1976)
  • Bishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (3 December 1976 – 4 June 1984 see below)
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Beira (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (see below 4 June 1984 – 14 January 2012)
  • Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (29 June 2012 – present); formerly, Vicar General of the Dehonians

Coadjutor Bishop

• Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (1975-1976)

Auxiliary Bishop

• Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. (1988-1990), appointed Bishop of Chimoio

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Francisco Nunes Teixeira, appointed Bishop of Quelimane in 1955

Suffragan dioceses

• Chimoio
• Quelimane
• Tete
• Caia ^[1]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Mozambique
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mozambique

References

1. "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2026-01-03.

Sources

• GCatholic.org

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• Arquidiocese da Beira. Resenha Histórica, Beira: Archdiocese of Beira, 1988