Alexandre José Maria dos Santos
Catholic cardinal (1924–2021)
Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. (18 March 1924 – 29 September 2021) was a Roman Catholic Mozambican cardinal. He was the first native cardinal of Mozambique.
He was born in Zavala, Mozambique. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1953.
He was archbishop of Maputo, between 1975 and 2003. On 26 June 1988 he was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II, and given the titular church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali.[1]
Santos died on 29 September 2021 at the age of 97.[2]
References
change- ↑ Cardinal Title S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali GCatholic.org
- ↑ Morreu Dom Alexandre, primeiro cardeal católico moçambicano Archived 2021-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
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