Word: gouveia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...importance of these churchmen and the 16 other native bishops is highly rated at the Vatican. Said an official in the Congregation Propaganda Fide last week: "Very few Africans know the name of Portuguese Cardinal de Gouveia of Lourengo Marques, Mozambique, the only cardinal in Africa. But they all know that there are 19 African bishops in Africa. Many of them know them all or most of them by name. Though this may not mean any appreciable increase in converts, it does show that Negroes have great pleasure in knowing that any of their number may reach to bishop...