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Alexandre José Maria dos Santos

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Alexandre José Maria dos Santos

Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseMaputo
SeeMaputo
Appointed18 September 1976[1]
Retired22 February 2003
PredecessorCustódio Alvim Pereira
SuccessorFrancisco Chimoio
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021)
Previous post(s)Archbishop of Laurençco Marques (1974–76)[2]
Orders
Ordination25 June 1953
by Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
Consecration9 March 1975
by Agnelo Rossi
Created cardinal28 June 1988
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Alexandre José Maria dos Santos

(1924-03-18)18 March 1924
Died29 September 2021(2021-09-29) (aged 97)
Maputo, Mozambique
MottoServir e não ser servido ("To serve, not to be served")
Coat of armsAlexandre José Maria dos Santos's coat of arms

Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (18 March 1924 – 29 September 2021) was a Mozambican Roman Catholic cardinal. He was the first native cardinal of Mozambique.

The Coat of arms of Alexandre Jose Maria dos Santos, who was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Ecclesiastical career

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Dos Santos was born in Zavala, Mozambique. He studied in Nyasaland and Lisbon before being ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1953, becoming the first black Mozambican to receive the distinction.[3] In 1973 he became the first African to run a seminary in Mozambique.[4] He was archbishop of Maputo, between 1975 and 2003. On 26 June 1988, he was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II, and given the titular church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali.[5] He was instrumental in the peace process surrounding the end of the Mozambican Civil War.[3] He did not participate in the conclaves of 2005 and 2013, because he was over the age limit by then.

References

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  1. ^ As the Archbishop of Maputo after it was renamed.
  2. ^ The Archdiocese became the Maputo archdiocese but it held as a different position.
  3. ^ a b Darch, Colin (2018). Historical Dictionary of Mozambique. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-5381-1135-2. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. ^ Morier-Genoud, Éric (2019). Catholicism and the Making of Politics in Central Mozambique, 1940-1986. Boydell & Brewer. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-58046-941-8. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. ^ Cardinal Title S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali GCatholic.org
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Maputo
23 December 1974 – 22 February 2003
Succeeded by
Titular church created Cardinal Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali
28 June 1988 – 29 September 2021
Succeeded by