Diocese of Lichinga
| Diocese of Lichinga | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mozambique |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nampula |
| Diocesan bishop | Atanasio Amisse Canira |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Elio Giovanni Greselin SCJ |
| founding | 1963 |
| surface | 129,363 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,283,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 252,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 19.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,632 |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 93 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral de São José |
The diocese of Lichinga ( Latin Dioecesis Lichingaensis , Portuguese Diocese de Lichinga ) is in Mozambique situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Lichinga .
history
The diocese of Lichinga was on July 21, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Nampulensis from cessions of territory of the diocese of Nampula as the diocese of Vila Cabral . On July 29, 1976, the diocese Vila Cabral was renamed the Diocese of Lichinga .
The diocese of Lichinga is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Nampula as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Vila Cabral
- Eurico Dias Nogueira , 1964–1972, then Bishop of Sá da Bandeira
- Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva SJ , 1972–1976
Bishops of Lichinga
- Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva SJ, 1976-2003
- Hilário da Cruz Massinga OFM , 2003–2008, then Bishop of Quelimane
- Elio Giovanni Greselin SCJ , 2008-2015
- Atanasio Amisse Canira , since 2015
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Nampulensis , AAS 56 (1964), n.8, pp. 499f.