He served as the second and final Bishop of the Diocese of Nova Lisboa, before its promotion and renaming as the Archdiocese of Huambo.
Born on 6 October 1923 in Portugal,[1] Américo Henriques was ordained a priest on 19 July 1947[2] in the Diocese of Lamego.
He was consecrated to the episcopacy by Archbishop Maximilien de Furstenberg, who was later elevated to cardinal.
[2] He served in that position for a little more than a year, before being appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Nova Lisboa in what is now Angola on 2 February 1971.
He was the second and last bishop of that diocese, as it was promoted and renamed the Archdiocese of Huambo following his retirement on 13 April 1976.