Quelimane diocese
| Quelimane diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mozambique |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beira |
| Diocesan bishop | Hilário da Cruz Massinga OFM |
| founding | 1954 |
| surface | 62,557 km² |
| Parishes | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 882,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 771,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 87.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 38 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,768 |
| Friars | 96 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 108 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nossa Senhora do Livramento |
The Bistum Quelimane ( lat. : Dioecesis Quelimanensis ) is in Mozambique preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Quelimane .
history
The Quelimane diocese was founded on October 6, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem Christ from cession of territory of the diocese of Beira . On December 6, 1993, the Quelimane diocese gave up parts of its territory to establish the Gurué diocese .
The Quelimane diocese is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Beira as a suffragan .
Bishops of Quelimane
- Francisco Nunes Teixeira , 1955–1975
- Bernardo Filipe Governo OFMCap , 1976-2007
- Hilário da Cruz Massinga OFM , since 2008