Diocese of Gurué
| Diocese of Gurué | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mozambique |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beira |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Manuel Chuanguira Machado |
| founding | 1993 |
| surface | 42,451 km² |
| Parishes | 16 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,543,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 284,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 18.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,605 |
| Friars | 28 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral de Santo Antonio de Lisboa |
The Bistum Gurué ( lat. : Dioecesis Guruensis ) is in Mozambique preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Gurué .
history
The diocese Gurué was established on December 6, 1993 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Enixam suscipientes from the cession of territory from the Diocese of Quelimane and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Beira as a suffragan .
Bishops of Gurué
- Manuel Chuanguira Machado , 1993-2009
- Francisco Lerma Martínez IMC , 2010–2019
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Enixam suscipientes , AAS 86 (1994), n.6, pp. 469f.