Antonio Francisco Jaca
António Francisco Jaca SVD (born November 3, 1963 in Quessua , Angola ) is an Angolan religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Benguela .
Life
António Francisco Jaca was ordained on September 29, 1990 by the Bishop of Malanje , Eugénio Salessu , as a priest of the Steyler Missionaries .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on June 6, 2007 appointed Bishop of Caxito . The Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , Ivan Dias , ordained him episcopal on July 22nd of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Damião António Franklin , Archbishop of Luanda , and Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre , Bishop of Malanje. He was officially introduced to this office on October 14, 2007.
Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Benguela on March 26, 2018 . The inauguration took place on June 9th of the same year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Benguela (Angola) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 26, 2018, accessed June 9, 2018 (Italian).
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Eugenio Dal Corso PSDP |
Bishop of Benguela since 2018 |
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Bishop of Caxito 2007-2018 |
Maurício Agostinho Camuto CSSp |
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SURNAME | Jaca, Antonio Francisco |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaca, Antonio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Angolan religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Benguela |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd November 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Quessua , Angola |