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Francisco Nunes Teixeira

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Francisco Nunes Teixeira
Bishop of Quelimane
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Quelimane
In office6 February 1955 – 23 December 1975
PredecessorDiocese erected
SuccessorBernardo Filipe Governo
Orders
Ordination6 August 1933
Consecration13 May 1955
by Teodósio de Gouveia
Personal details
Born(1910-01-26)26 January 1910
Died2 March 1999(1999-03-02) (aged 89)

Francisco Nunes Teixeira (26 January 1910 − 2 March 1999) was a Portuguese-born Mozambican Roman Catholic bishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1933, Teixeira was named bishop in February 1955. In May 1955, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane, Mozambique and resigned in 1975.[1]

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