Diocese of Uije

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Diocese of Uije
Basic data
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

Bishops of Uije

  • José Francisco Moreira dos Santos OFMCap (May 16, 1979 - February 2, 2008)
  • Emílio Sumbelelo (February 2, 2008 - February 11, 2019, then Bishop of Viana )

statistics

year population priest Religious Parishes
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

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