Apostolic Administrator of Xai-Xai
Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap., was born on 6 December 1947 at Bura, Archdiocese of Beira. He made perpetual profession on 26 February 1978 and was ordained a priest on 9 December 1979. He has a licentiate in Missiology from the Antonianum in Rome. He held various important offices in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin: superior of the Custody of Bari in Quelimane in 1980-1984; novice master in Quelimane in 1987-1993; vice-provincial in Mozambique for two three-year terms in 1993-1999. At present he is novice master of his order in Mozambique.