About Bernardo Filipe Governo
Lived 1939 – 2013 (aged 74). Bernardo Filipe Governo was a Mozambican catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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.
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Mozambican Roman Catholic bishop (1939–2013)
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Bernardo Filipe Governo was born on 21 January 1939 in Mozambique.
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Bernardo Filipe Governo died on 20 October 2013.
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Bernardo Filipe Governo was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Bernardo Filipe Governo was Mozambican.
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