Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira

History

• 4 September 1940: Established as Diocese of Beira from the Territorial Prelature of Mozambique
• 4 June 1984: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira

  Special churches

Bishops

• Bishops of Beira
• * Bishop Sebastião Soares de Resende
• * Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral
• * Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana
• * Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves Costa, O.F.M.
• * Bishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Beira
• * Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves
• * Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. ; formerly, Vicar General of the Dehonians

  Coadjutor Bishop

• Jaime Pedro Gonçalves

  Auxiliary Bishop

• Francisco João Silota, M. Afr., 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