Ordinaries Prelates Nullius of Mozambique •
Domingos Torrado,
O.S.A. (1612), auxiliary bishop of Goa, named by
Pope Paul VI but died in Goa before leaving for Africa ...
Prelates of Mozambique •
Amaro José de São Tomás,
OP (18 July 1783 – 18 July 1801) •
Vasco José a Domina Nostra de Bona Morte Lobo,
CRSA (26 June 1805 – 17 December 1811) •
Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu,
OFM Ref (17 December 1811 – 23 August 1819), appointed Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil •
Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya,
OCD (10 November 1819 – 1828) •
Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro (30 January 1883 – 27 March 1884), appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola •
Henrique José Reed da Silva (27 March 1884 – 14 March 1887), appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India •
Antonio Dias Ferreira (14 March 1887 – 1 June 1891), appointed Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola •
António José de Sousa Barroso (12 February 1891 – 11 October 1897), appointed Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India •
Sebastião José Pereira (16 November 1897 – 23 July 1900) •
Antonio José Gomes Cardoso (
Apostolic administrator; 17 December 1900 – 23 July 1901) •
António Moutinho (21 August 1901 – 14 November 1904), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde •
Francisco Ferreira da Silva (14 November 1904 – 8 May 1920) •
Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho,
OFM (16 December 1920 – 15 November 1935), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde •
Teodósio de Gouveia (18 May 1936 – 4 September 1940
see below); future Cardinal
Archbishops of Maputo Until 1976, the Archbishop of Maputo was titled the Archbishop of Lourenço Marques. •
Teodósio de Gouveia (
see above 4 September 1940 – 6 February 1962) (Cardinal in 1946; attended
1958 papal conclave) •
Custódio Alvim Pereira (3 August 1962 – 26 August 1974) •
Alexandre José Maria dos Santos,
OFM (23 December 1974 – 22 February 2003) (Cardinal in 1988) •
Francisco Chimoio,
OFM Cap (22 February 2003 – 5 May 2023) •
João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (since 5 May 2023 – ...)
Auxiliary Bishops •
António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (2018-) •
João Carlos Hatoa Nunes (2011–2017), appointed Bishop of Chimoio •
Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (1997–2005), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane •
Custódio Alvim Pereira (1958–1962), appointed Archbishop here •
Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C., appointed Bishop of Quelimane on 25 July 2025.
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops •
Ernesto Maguengue, appointed Bishop of Pemba in 2004 •
Lucio Andrice Muandula, appointed Bishop of Xai-Xai in 2004 ==Suffragan dioceses==