Diocese of Tete
| Diocese of Tete | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mozambique |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Beira |
| Diocesan bishop | Diamantino Guapo Antunes IMC |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 100,715 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,784,967 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 274,501 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 15.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 7 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,318 |
| Friars | 30 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 58 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral de São Tiago Maior |
The Bistum Tete ( lat. : Dioecesis Tetiensis ) is in Mozambique preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Tete .
history
The diocese of Tete was on May 6, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quae verba from cessions of territory of the diocese of Beira . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Beira as a suffragan .
Bishops of Tete
- Félix Niza Ribeiro , 1962–1972, then Bishop of João Belo
- Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva CM , 1972-1976
- Paulo Mandlate SSS , 1976-2009
- Inácio Saure IMC , 2011–2017, then Archbishop of Nampula
- Diamantino Guapo Antunes IMC, since 2019