Diocese of Caxito
| Diocese of Caxito | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| 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