Sebastião Soares de Resende, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sebastião Soares de Resende

catholic priest, first bishop of Beira

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1906

Place of Birth: Milheirós de Poiares, Aveiro District, Portugal

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1967

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Sebastião Soares de Resende

  • Sebastião Soares de Resende (1906 - 1967) was a Portuguese Catholic bishop in Africa at the head of the diocese of Beira in Mozambique.
  • He was the most liberal of the first generation of bishops after the 1940 Concordat.
  • He is famous for having openly criticised, in the name of the social doctrine of the church, both forced labour and forced cultivation in Mozambique.
  • In the 1960s he leaned towards the idea that Mozambique should become independent.

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