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Bishop Osório Citora Afonso

Credit: Diocese of Quelimane

“I came to walk with you”, Bishop in Mozambique Says at Installation, Urges “Pilgrim, Missionary, Synodal Church”

Sep 2, 2025

On the occasion of his installation as the Local Ordinary of Mozambique’s Quelimane Catholic Diocese, Bishop Osório Citora Afonsoi assured the people of God of his readiness to serve, pledging to foster a “missionary and Synodal Church” of pilgrims.

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso arrives at the Catholic Diocese of Quelimane ahead of his installation. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Quelimane

“Continue to pray for me”: New Catholic Bishop of Quelimane Diocese in Mozambique Ahead of Installation

Aug 30, 2025

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso who has been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Mozambique’s Maputo Catholic Archdiocese has appealed for spiritual solidarity as he prepares to begin his Episcopal Ministry in the country’s Catholic Diocese of Quelimane.

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso. Credit: CEM

Mozambique's Maputo Auxiliary Bishop Appointed Local Ordinary of Country's Quelimane Diocese

Jul 25, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, one of the Auxiliary Bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo in Mozambique, the Local Ordinary of the country’s Quelimane Catholic Diocese. 

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso

Catholic Church in Mozambique Challenged to be the Peacemaker in Country’s Post-Election Protests

Nov 23, 2024

The Auxiliary Bishop of Mozambique’s Archdiocese of Maputo has encouraged the Church in the southern African country to continue being the “moderator and peacemaker” amid violence that has rocked the country following the country’s sharply contested October 9 general elections.

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso

Jesus’ Peace Not Just “absence of war, but relationship with God”: Catholic Bishop in Mozambique

May 22, 2024

The peace that the Risen and Ascended Lord gives to his followers and speaks about is not just about the absence of violent conflicts, Bishop Osório Citora Afonso has said.