Bishop António Manuel Bogaio Constantino

Bishop António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.J., was born on 9 November 1969 in Beira, in the metropolitan archdiocese of the same name. After completing his prepostulantate with the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus in Nampula, and attending the Seminário Filosófico de Santo Agostinho in Matola, he carried out his novitiate in Uganda. He was awarded a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. He was ordained a priest on 13 June 2001 in Beira, Mozambique. After ordination, he was awarded a degree in journalism and a licentiate in integral communication from the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria in Spain. He held the offices of director of the Vida Nova journal of the Catechetic Centre of Anchilo and parish priest of Monapo, Mozambique (2008-2011); parish priest of Chitima and Mucumbura (2012-2016); archpriest of the vicariate forane of Songo (2012-2016); diocesan official for catechesis and deputy director of the Secretariat for Pastoral Care for the diocese of Tete, Mozambique (2012-2016); provincial superior of the Comboni Missionaries in Mozambique (2017-2022); president of the Conference of Religious in Mozambique (CIRMO) (2019-2022). On 13 December 2022 he was elected to the titular see of Sutunurca and appointed auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Beira, receiving episcopal ordination the following 19 February.