Carlos Matsinhe
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The Right Reverend Carlos Matsinhe |
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| Church | Anglican |
| Province | Southern Africa |
| Diocese | Lebombo, Maputo, in Mozambique |
| In office | 2014- |
| Predecessor | Dinis Sengulane |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 6 January 1980 |
| Consecration | 20 September 2014 by Thabo Makgoba |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 October 1954 Homoine, Mozambique |
| Previous post | Dean of Maciene Cathedral |
Carlos Simão Matsinhe (born October 2, 1954) is a Mozanbican Anglican bishop. He is the 11th Anglican bishop of the Lebombo, Mozambique. The second Mozambican-born bishop of Lebombo, he is the symbolic head of the Anglican church in Mozambique. Matsinhe was formerly the dean of Maciene Cathedral, serving for over 15 years. Matsinhe's theology embraces the social tradition within Anglicanism and advocates an active participation of the church in education, health and environmental affairs.
Matsinhe was born in Homoine, Mozambique. He was educated in a nearby Roman Catholic missionary school and subsequently went to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception College in the city of Inhambane. Supported by former Bishop Daniel Pina Cabral, from 1975 to 1979, Matsinhe studied theology and trained for priesthood at St. Mark Anglican Seminary in Dar-es-Salaam, which was affiliated to Makerere University one of Africa's oldest higher learning institutions.
Matsinhe was made deacon in 1979 while simultaneously working as a translator and time and standards technician at Mabor General, a state owned tyre manufacturing company. On January 6, 1980 he was ordained priest and then became rector to the parish of SS. Stephen and Lawrence, and later dean of St. Augustine's Cathedral, from 1998 to 2014. During his tenure he also acted as a chaplain to the Anglican youth (1981-1987), chaplain to The Mission to Seafarers, a role he remembers with great joy. “That was one of my doors to the world. When a ship arrived I had to be there to welcome the seamen, show them the Post Office...because at that time boats spent long periods docked in the port.” While at St. Stephen and St. Lawrence, Matsinhe and congregation members developed a Street Children Rehabilitation Centre which sought to provide shelter, education and re-integration of street children in society. The centre also trained children in soap-making, sewing, batik, visual arts and lasted nearly 25 years. In the 35 years of work for the diocese, Matsinhe was also the coordinator a theological exchange program with Brazil, England, Sweden, U.S and represented the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in the 7th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Canberra, Australia.
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