Francisco Chimoio

Infobox bishopbiog


name = Francisco Chimoio
| religion = Roman Catholic Church
See = Archdiocese of Maputo
Title = Archbishop of Maputo
Period = 2003 -
Predecessor = Cardinal Alexandre José María dos Santos
Successor =
ordination = 1979
bishops = Diocese of Pemba
post = Bishop
date of birth = 6 December 1947
place of birth = Búzi-Sofala, Mozambique
date of death =
place of death =

Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. (6 December 1947 - ) has been the Roman Catholic archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique, since 2003.

Life

Francisco Chimoio was born in Búzi-Sofala, Mozambique on 6 December 1947. On 9 December 1979 he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest. Pope John Paul II appointed Francisco Chimoio to the position of bishop of Pemba on 5 December 2000. The bishop's consecration took place on 25 February 2001. On 22 February 2003 John Paul elevated him to the position of archbishop of Maputo.

In 2007, Chimoio claimed that some condoms and anti-retroviral medication made in Europe have been deliberately infected with HIV "in order to finish quickly the African people". [cite web | title = Shock at archbishop condom claim | publisher = BBC | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7014335.stm | accessdate=2007-09-26]

References

External links

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchimoio.html Francisco Chimoio page at Catholic Hierarchy]