Bernardo Filipe Governo

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Bernardo Filipe Governo
Personal
Born(1939-01-20)20 January 1939
Mozambique
Died20 October 2013(2013-10-20) (aged 74)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Senior posting
Consecration10 October 1969
Ordination4 October 1969

Bernardo Filipe Governo, OFMCap (20 January 1939 − 20 October 2013) was a Mozambican Capuchin friar and bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.

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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. [1]

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