The resignation of the 67-year-old Catholic Church leader was made public by the Holy See Press Office on Friday, April 10.
Catholic Bishops are expected to present their resignation upon reaching the age of 75, although they may also do so earlier for other compelling reasons, including “ill-health or other grave problems.”
The Holy See’s April 10 bulletin did not make public the reasons behind the resignation of the Argentine member of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (SCI) who succeeded the late Archbishop emeritus Jaime Pedro Gonçalves.
Born on 7 November 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Italian parents, Archbishop Zuanna entered the novitiate of the SCI in 1978 and made his perpetual profession in 1982.
He was ordained a Priest on 24 August 1984 and sent as a missionary to Mozambique in 1985, where he served for many years, including in the Catholic Diocese of Gurué and the Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo.
In June 2012, the late Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the Archbishop of the Beira Metropolitan. He was ordained Bishop in October 2012.
The late Pope Francis conferred the Pallium on Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna on 29 June 2013, symbolizing his role as Metropolitan Archbishop in communion with the Holy See.