Cabinda diocese
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Cabinda diocese
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| Country | Angola |
| Ecclesiastical province | Luanda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Luanda |
| Diocesan bishop | Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti CSSp |
| founding | 1984 |
| surface | 7,120 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 478,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 355,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 74.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,241 |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 57 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora Rainha do Mundo |
The Diocese of Cabinda ( Latin Dioecesis Cabin Dana , Portuguese Diocese de Cabinda ) is in Angola situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cabinda . It covers part of the Cabinda Province .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Catholicae prosperitas on July 2, 1984 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Luanda , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Cabinda
- Paulino Fernandes Madeca (July 2, 1984– February 11, 2005)
- Filomeno Vieira Dias (February 11, 2005 - December 8, 2014)
- Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti CSSp (since July 3, 2018)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Cabinda on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Cabinda on giga-catholic.com (English)