Custódio Alvim Pereira
Portuguese-born archbishop
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| Intro | Portuguese-born archbishop | |
| Places | Portugal | |
| was | Archbishop | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Birth | 6 February 1915 | |
| Death | 12 November 2006Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy (aged 91 years) | |
| Star sign | Aquarius |
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Biography
Custódio Alvim Pereira (6 February 1915 - 12 November 2006) was a Portuguese clergyman, who was Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques in Mozambique in the 1960s and early 1970s. Born in São João do Monte, Portugal, he was ordained on 18 December 1937 and was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lourenço Marques on 20 December 1958. On 8 March 1959 he was ordained as the Titular Bishop of Nepte. On 3 August 1962 he was Appointed Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, which he held until his resignation on 26 August 1974.