Diocese of Menongue
| Diocese of Menongue | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Angola |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lubango |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lubango |
| Diocesan bishop | Leopoldo Ndakalako |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Mário Lucunde |
| founding | 1975 |
| surface | 213,309 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (2011) |
| Residents | 899,000 (2011) |
| Catholics | 480,000 (2011) |
| proportion of | 53.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 11 (2011) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2011) |
| Catholics per priest | 34,286 |
| Friars | 15 (2011) |
| Religious sisters | 28 (2011) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora de Fátima |
The Bistum Menongue ( lat. : Dioecesis Menonguensis ) is in Angola preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Menongue . It includes the province of Cuando Cubango and the municipalities of Jamba and Ganguela in the province of Huíla .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the diocese Serpa Pinto with the Apostolic Constitution Quoniam apprime on August 10, 1975 from cession of the dioceses of Sá da Bandeira and Nova Lisboa and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Luanda as a suffragan diocese.
On February 3, 1977 it became part of the Church of Lubango Province. On May 16, 1979, it took on its current name.
Ordinaries
Bishop of Serpa Pinto
- Francisco Viti (August 10, 1975 - May 16, 1979)
Bishops of Menongue
- Francisco Viti (May 16, 1979 - September 12, 1986, then Archbishop of Huambo )
- José de Queirós Alves CSsR (September 12, 1986 - May 3, 2004, then Archbishop of Huambo)
- Mário Lucunde (August 3, 2005 - March 12, 2018)
- Leopoldo Ndakalako since March 19, 2019