Francisco Chimoio

Francisco Chimoio
Archbishop of Maputo
Francisco Chimoio, Archbishop of Maputo
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Archdiocese of Maputo
In office 2003 -
Predecessor Alexandre José Maria dos Santos
Orders
Ordination 1979
Consecration 25 February 2001
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born 6 December 1947
Búzi-Sofala, Mozambique
Previous post Bishop of the Diocese of Pemba

Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. (born 6 December 1947), is a Mozambican Roman Catholic bishop. He has been the Roman Catholic archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique, since 2003.

Life

Chimoio was born in Búzi-Sofala, Mozambique. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 9 December 1979. Pope John Paul II appointed him 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 II elevated him to the position of archbishop of Maputo; he is the head of the catholic church in Mozambique.

HIV claims

In 2007, Chimoio he was quoted has having said that some condoms and anti-retroviral medication made in Europe have been deliberately infected with HIV "in order to finish quickly the African people".[1] He later explained that he had been misinterpreted.

References

  1. ↑ "Shock at archbishop condom claim". BBC. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-26.



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