Diocese of Pemba
Diocese of Pemba | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Mozambique |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nampula |
Diocesan bishop | Luiz Fernando Lisboa CP |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Januário Machaze Nhangumbe |
founding | 1957 |
surface | 82,625 km² |
Parishes | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 2,121,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 670,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 31.6% |
Diocesan priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 26,800 |
Friars | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral de São Paulo |
address | Paco Episcopal C.P. 12 Pemba, Cabo Delgado Mocambique |
Website | http://diocesedepemba.blogspot.de/ |
The diocese of Pemba ( Latin Dioecesis Pembana , Portuguese Diocese de Pemba ) in the north of Mozambique is a Roman Catholic diocese . Together with the dioceses of Lichinga and Nacala , it is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Nampula as a suffragan .
history
The diocese was founded on April 5, 1957 as the diocese of Porto Amélia from areas of the diocese of Nampula. The first bishop was José dos Santos Garcia . On September 17, 1976, the name was changed to the diocese of Pemba. The bishop also moved his residence here.
Bishops
- José dos Santos Garcia SMP (1957-1975)
- Januário Machaze Nhangumbe (1975–1993)
- Tomé Makhweliha SCI (1997-2000)
- Francisco Chimoio OFMCap (2000-2003)
- Ernesto Maguengue (2004–2012)
- Luiz Fernando Lisboa CP, since 2013