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Manuel Franklin da Costa

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Manuel Franklin da Costa
Archbishop of Lubango
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Lubango
In office 12 September 1986 – 15 January 1997
Predecessor Alexandre do Nascimento
Successor Zacarias Kamwenho
Previous posts Archbishop of Huambo (1977-1986)
Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho (1975-1977)
Orders
Ordination 25 January 1948
Consecration 14 September 1975
by Giovanni De Andrea
Personal details
Born 31 August 1921
Cabinda, Portuguese Congo, Portuguese Empire
Died 17 July 2003 (aged 81)

Archbishop Manuel Franklin da Costa (31 August 1921 – 17 July 2003) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huambo then Lubango, Angola.

Ordained priest in 1948, da Costa was appointed Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho (now the Diocese of Saurimo) in 1975, just months before Angola achieved recognized independence. In February 1977, da Costa became the Archbishop of Huambo and in 1986, Archbishop of Lubango, where he would stay until his retirement in 1997.

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