Manuel Vieira Pinto
Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto | |
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| Archbishop of Roman Catholic Church | |
| See | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula |
| In office | 1967 - 2000 |
| Predecessor | Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro |
| Successor | Tomé Makhweliha |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 7 August 1949 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1923 São Pedro de Aboim, Amarante, Portugal |
| Died | 30 April 2020 (aged 96) Porto, Portugal |
| Previous post(s) | Prelate |
Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto (8 December 1923 – 30 April 2020) was a Portuguese-born Prelate of the Catholic Church in Mozambique.
Pinto was born in São Pedro de Aboim, Amarante - Portugal and was ordained a priest on 7 August 1949. He was appointed bishop (later Archbishop) of the
After the beginning of the activities of the FRELIMO liberation movement, in 1964, the times of terror of the Portuguese army started and Silva Vieira Pinto publicly protested against the government. His pious colleagues branded him as 'the Traitor of Nampula' and he was expelled from Mozambique. However, after a year he returned to a new Mozambique, now a socialist republic, and was welcomed with immense jubilation by his diocese.[2]
References
- ^ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula
- ^ B. SUNDKLER, C. STEED, A History of the Church in Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 986.
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