Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira

Archdiocese of Beira

*Archidioecesis Beirensis*
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	Francis
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 edit

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

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