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Osório Citora Afonso dead at age 54, auxiliary bishop of Maputo and bishop of Quelimane, shot

Osório Citora Afonso, a Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, died on June 6, 2026, after being shot.

He was 54. Born in Ribáuè on May 6, 1972, Afonso served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo from 2023 to 2025 before becoming bishop of Quelimane in July 2025.

The Mozambican cleric was a member of the Catholic hierarchy in a country where he had spent his ministry serving the church.

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