(born 2 March 1960) is a Mozambican prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Nampula since 2017.
After the outbreak of civil war in Mozambique, he entered the Consolata Seminary in Maputo.
[1] From 1999 to 2001 he was Parish Vicar of the Parish of S. Makusa Lukunga in Kinshasa; from 2002 to 2005 Pastor of the Mater Dei Parish and Superior of the Community in Mont Ngafula in the DROC; then Director of the Computer Science School and Regional Vice Superior; and in 2006 in Mozambique worked in the field of training; from 2006 to 2007 studied Italian in Rome and then followed a course for Novice Masters at the Mater Christi Institute in Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.
[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 22 May from Lucio Andrice Muandula, Bishop of Xai-Xai, and was installed on 5 June.
[2] He was elected to a three-year term as president of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique in November 2022.