Ernesto Maguengue

Ernesto Maguengue (born 2 August 1964) is a Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Inhambane, in Mozambique, since 4 April 2022. Before that, from 6 August 2014 until 4 April 2022, he was Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula and Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor. Prior to then, from 24 June 2004 until 27 October 2012, he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pemba, in Mozambique. He was appointed bishop on 24 June 2004 by Pope John Paul II. He resigned at Pemba on 27 October 2012. He was transferred to Nampula on 6 August 2014. While auxiliary bishop there, he served as Apostolic Administrator of that dioces between 25 July 2016 and 11 June 2017. Pope Francis transferred him to Inhambane, as the local ordinary on 2 April 2022. He was installed there on 29 May 2022.

Background and education He was born on 2 August 1964 at Chidenguele, Diocese of Xai-Xai, Gaza Province, Mozambique. He studied philosophy and theology at seminary in his home country. He holds a doctorate in theology, obtained from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he studied from 1992 until 1998.

Priest He was ordained a priest for the archdiocese of Maputo, on 14 May 1989 by Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M., Archbishop of Maputo. He served as a priest until 24 June 2004. While a priest, he served in various roles and locations, including as: On 6 August 2014, Pope Francis appointed him as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nampula and assigned him Titular Bishop of Fornos Minore. On 25 July 2016, following the age-related resignation of Bishop Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I., The Holy Father appointed Bishop Ernesto Maguengue, the auxiliary bishop of that archdiocese as the Apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese of Nampula, in Mozambique. That administratorship ceased on 11 June 2017.

On 4 April 2022, The Holy Father transferred Bishop Ernesto Maguengue from Nampula to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Inhambane in Mozambique and appointed him the new bishop there. He succeeded Bishop Adriano Langa who retired, having attained the retirement age for Catholic bishops. Bishop Ernesto Maguengue was installed at Inhambane, Mozambique on 29 May 2022.