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Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated:4 June 1984
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country:Mozambique
Square Kilometers: 78,018 (30,134 Square Miles)
Mailing Address: Curia Arquiepiscopal, Rua Correia de Brito 613, C.P. 544, Beira, Mocambique
Telephone: 23.322.313
Fax: 23.327.639

Historical Details

Diocese of Beira
- Latin Name:Beirensis
- Erected:4 September 1940
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese ofMaputo
- Country:Mozambique

SebastiãoSoares de Resende † (21 Apr1943 Appointed - 25 Jan1967 Died)
ManuelFerreira Cabral † (3 Jul1967 Appointed - 1 Jul1971 Resigned)
AltinoRibeiro de Santana † (19 Feb1972 Appointed - 27 Feb1973 Died)
ErnestoGonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. † (23 Dec1974 Appointed - 3 Dec1976 Resigned)
Jaime PedroGonçalves † (3 Dec1976 Succeeded - 14 Jan2012 Retired)
ClaudioDalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (29 Jun 2012 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Beira
4 September 1940	Erected	Territorial Prelature ofMozambico (Zambézia (Beira, Tete, and Quelimane))	Diocese of Beira (erected)
6 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Beira (Zambesia)	Diocese ofQuelimane (erected)
6 May 1962	Territory Lost	Diocese of Beira (Civil district of Tete)	Diocese ofTete (erected)
Archdiocese of Beira
4 June 1984	Elevated	Diocese of Beira	Archdiocese of Beira
19 November 1990	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Beira (Manicana)	Diocese ofChimoio (erected)

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Beira
1950	47,752	1,922,596	2.5%	10	65	75	636		29	65		ap1951
1958	90,473	1,105,060	8.2%	7	81	88	1,028				33	ap1960
1970	127,768	940,789	13.6%	11	73	84	1,521		106	173	16	ap1971
1980	90,000	924,000	9.7%	1	28	29	3,103		34	53	32	ap1981
Archdiocese of Beira
1988	96,800	1,826,000	5.3%	3	22	25	3,872		28	78	33	ap1991
1999	169,621	1,317,000	12.9%	6	36	42	4,038		54	114	19	ap2000
2000	262,236	1,346,000	19.5%	10	32	42	6,243		48	112	23	ap2001
2001	702,960	1,289,390	54.5%	12	32	44	15,976		48	102	23	ap2002
2002	794,890	1,289,390	61.6%	16	35	51	15,586		47	93	22	ap2003
2003	778,746	1,328,604	58.6%	16	44	60	12,979		58	100	26	ap2004
2004	755,300	1,289,390	58.6%	22	47	69	10,946		61	102	26	ap2005
2006	783,000	1,336,000	58.6%	21	48	69	11,347		64	99	33	ap2007
2012	847,000	1,525,000	55.5%	34	33	67	12,641		58	73	46	ap2013
2015	904,000	1,627,000	55.6%	38	27	65	13,907		39	71	46	ap2016
2018	979,350	1,762,600	55.6%	44	33	77	12,718		46	75	46	ap2019
2020	1,014,380	1,825,645	55.6%	49	36	85	11,933	2	75	88	46	ap2021
2022	1,066,000	1,918,000	55.6%	49	25	74	14,405	2	53	69	46	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

ManuelChuanguira Machado † (Priest: 13 Dec1981 to 6 Dec1993)
ManuelFerreira Cabral † (Bishop: 3 Jul1967 to 1 Jul1971)
Jaime PedroGonçalves † (Priest: 17 Dec1967;Coadjutor Bishop: 19 Dec1975;Bishop: 3 Dec1976;Archbishop: 4 Jun1984 to 14 Jan2012)
ErnestoGonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 23 Dec1974 to 3 Dec1976)
FranciscoNunes Teixeira † (Priest: 6 Aug1933 to 6 Feb1955)
AltinoRibeiro de Santana † (Bishop: 19 Feb1972 to 27 Feb1973)
SebastiãoSoares de Resende † (Bishop: 21 Apr1943 to 25 Jan1967)

Diocese of Beira
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 33, Page 14, to Page 18
Archdiocese of Beira
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 835, and Page 836