Metropolitan see Maputo, Mozambique
Archdiocese of Maputo
Maputen(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Maputo is the metropolitan Latin Rite see of southern Mozambique, raised to an archdiocese in 1940 as Lourenco Marques and renamed Maputo in 1976. It is led by Archbishop Joao Carlos Hatoa Nunes since 2023, with suffragans Inhambane and Xai-Xai.
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- Established
- 1612
- Catholics
- 1,134,000
- Priests
- 149
- Territory
- 26,358 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- João Carlos Hatoa Nunes
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Maputo stands in Maputo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Mozambique's ecclesiastical province of Maputo has as its metropolitan see the Archdiocese of Maputo (Latin: Maputensis).
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Stories that name this see
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- Be “men of the road, mission and charity”: New Priests and Deacons in Mozambique Told
- Mozambique Bishops call for clarity on Bishop Osório Citora Afonso's death
- Mozambican Catholic Bishop Laid to Rest, Remembered as “man of joy”
- Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe dies at 92
- Archbishop Nunes honors Cardinal Langa at Requiem Mass
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