Quelimane diocese
Quelimane diocese | |
Basic data | |
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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