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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Lúcio Andrice Muandula, until now bishop of Xai-Xai, as bishop of the diocese of Chimoio, Mozambique.
Bishop Lúcio Andrice Muandula was born on 9 October 1959 in Maputo, Mozambique. After studying philosophy and theology at the Saint Pius X Interdiocesan Seminary in Maputo, he was awarded a doctorate in biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 14 May 1989, for the metropolitan archdiocese of Maputo.
He was appointed bishop of Xai-Xai on 24 June 2004, receiving episcopal ordination the following 24 October. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 17/12/2025)
