Diocese of Uije
Diocese of Uije | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Angola |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Malanje |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Francisco Moreira dos Santos OFMCap |
founding | 1967 |
surface | 64,022 km² |
Parishes | 21 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 1,765,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 906,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 51.3% |
Diocesan priest | 27 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious priest | 18 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 20,133 |
Friars | 39 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 70 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
address | CP 239, Uije, Angola |
The Bistum Uije ( lat. : Dioecesis Uiiensis ) is in Angola preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Uíge .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the diocese Carmona e São Salvador with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolico officio on March 14, 1967 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Luanda , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
On May 16, 1979, it took on its current name. On November 7, 1984 it lost part of its territory to the diocese of Mbanza Congo . On April 12, 2011 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Malanje .
Ordinaries
Bishop of Carmona e São Salvador
- José Francisco Moreira dos Santos OFMCap (March 14, 1967 - May 16, 1979)
Bishops of Uije
- José Francisco Moreira dos Santos OFMCap (May 16, 1979 - February 2, 2008)
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Emílio Sumbelelo (February 2, 2008 - February 11, 2019, then Bishop of Viana )
- Sedis vacancy since February 11, 2019
statistics
year | population | priest | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | ||
1970 | 440.183 | 0.0 | 30th | 1 | 29 | 0 | 38 | 52 | 3 | |
1980 | 289,600 | 837,000 | 34.6 | 25th | 1 | 24 | 11,584 | 31 | 38 | 18th |
1990 | 419.906 | 1,252,473 | 33.5 | 29 | 7th | 22nd | 14,479 | 36 | 64 | 15th |
1999 | 552,529 | 1,405,569 | 39.3 | 31 | 14th | 17th | 17,823 | 24 | 79 | 15th |
2000 | 558.908 | 1,412,118 | 39.6 | 28 | 14th | 14th | 19,961 | 20th | 85 | 15th |
2001 | 563,530 | 1,410,735 | 39.9 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 19,432 | 20th | 84 | 14th |
2002 | 558.106 | 1,268,022 | 44.0 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 19,245 | 20th | 79 | 15th |
2003 | 556.697 | 1,252,270 | 44.5 | 33 | 20th | 13 | 16,869 | 23 | 77 | 15th |
2004 | 566.713 | 1,290,000 | 43.9 | 43 | 26th | 17th | 13,179 | 23 | 82 | 16 |
2010 | 813,000 | 1,588,000 | 51.2 | 50 | 35 | 15th | 16,260 | 25th | 66 | 20th |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Uije on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Uije on gcatholic.org (English)