Diocese of Caxito
Diocese of Caxito | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Angola |
Ecclesiastical province | Luanda |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Luanda |
Diocesan bishop | Maurício Agostinho Camuto CSSp |
founding | June 6, 2007 |
surface | 18,916 km² |
Parishes | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,234,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 416,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 33.7% |
Diocesan priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 12,606 |
Friars | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 81 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Sé Catedral de Sant'Ana |
The Bistum Caxito ( lat. : Dioecesis Caxitonsis ) is in Angola preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Caxito . It includes the municipalities in the Bengo province : Caxito, Ambros, Bula Atumba, Dande, Dembos, Nambuangongo, Pango-Aluquém, Cacuaco and Kikolo.
history
Pope Benedict XVI founded it on June 6, 2007 from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Luanda , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Caxito
- António Francisco Jaca SVD , 2007–2018, then Bishop of Benguela
- Maurício Agostinho Camuto CSSp , since 2020