Diocese of Dundo
| Diocese of Dundo | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Angola |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saurimo |
| Diocesan bishop | Estanislau Marques Chindekasse SVD |
| founding | 2001 |
| surface | 103,130 km² |
| Parishes | 9 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Residents | 849,000 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics | 350,099 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| proportion of | 41.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 3 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 35,010 |
| Friars | 7 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 17 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao |
The Bistum Dundo ( lat. : Dioecesis Dundensis ) is in Angola preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Dundo . It includes the province of Lunda Norte .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Angoliae evangelizandae on November 9, 2001 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Saurimo and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Luanda as a suffragan diocese. On April 12, 2011 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Saurimo .
Bishops of Dundo
- Joaquim Ferreira Lopes OFMCap (November 9, 2001 - June 6, 2007, then Bishop of Viana )
- José Manuel Imbamba (October 6, 2008 - April 12, 2011, then Archbishop of Saurimo )
- Estanislau Marques Chindekasse SVD (since December 22, 2012)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 2001 | 70,000 | 700,000 | 10.0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 10,000 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 70,000 | 700,000 | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 14,000 | 6th | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2003 | 71,000 | 701,000 | 10.1 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 14,200 | 6th | 13 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 71,000 | 701,000 | 10.1 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 11,833 | 6th | 13 | 4th | |
| 2006 | 200,000 | 746,000 | 26.8 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 33,333 | 6th | 16 | 5 | |