Bishopric of Ondjiva
| Bishopric of Ondjiva | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Angola |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lubango |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lubango |
| Diocesan bishop | Pio Hipunyati |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Fernando Guimarães Kevanu |
| founding | 1975 |
| surface | 83,900 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Residents | 962,000 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics | 602,098 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| proportion of | 62.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 25 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 21,504 |
| Friars | 5 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 55 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora das Vitórias |
The Bistum Ondjiva ( lat. : Dioecesis Ondiivana ) is in Angola preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Ondjiva . It includes the province of Cunene .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the diocese of Pereira de Eça 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. It was not until 1988 that the diocese received its first bishop, Fernando Guimarães Kevanu .
Bishops
- Fernando Guimarães Kevanu (1988-2011)
- Pio Hipunyati (since 2011)