Bernardo Filipe Governo
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Bernardo Filipe Governo | |
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Personal | |
Born | Mozambique | 20 January 1939
Died | 20 October 2013 | (aged 74)
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Senior posting | |
Consecration | 10 October 1969 |
Ordination | 4 October 1969 |
Bernardo Filipe Governo, OFMCap (20 January 1939 − 20 October 2013) was a Mozambican Capuchin friar and bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.
Life
Bernardo Filipe Governo entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and was ordained a priest on 4 October 4 1969. Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Quelimane on May 31, 1976. The apostolic delegate in Mozambique, Francesco Colasuonno, consecrated Governo on 10 October of the same year; co-consecrators were Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, Coadjutor Bishop of Beira, and Alberto Setele, Bishop of Inhambane.
On March 10, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI granted his request for resignation for health reasons. [1]
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