Archdiocese of Huambo
Archdiocese of Huambo | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Angola |
Diocesan bishop | Zeferino Zeca Martins SVD |
Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Francisco Viti José de Queirós Alves CSsR |
founding | 1940 |
surface | 34,270 km² |
Parishes | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 2,667,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 1,635,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 61.3% |
Diocesan priest | 81 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 15,721 |
Friars | 127 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 177 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Benguela Diocese of Kwito-Bié Diocese of Lwena |
The Archdiocese of Huambo ( Latin : Archidioecesis Huambensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Huambo , Angola. It was detached on September 4, 1940 as the diocese of Nova Lisboa from the diocese of Angole e Congo. In 1950 there were 394,629 Catholics (30.7%) in 37 parishes with 13 diocesan priests , 102 religious priests and 98 religious sisters . On July 27, 1955, the diocese of Sá da Bandeira was spun off and on June 6, 1970 the diocese of Benguela .
On August 10, 1975 there were areas for the establishment of the dioceses diocese Serpa Pinto and Pereira de Eça , so that it now had a size of 29,500 km².
As a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Luanda , it was elevated to the status of an Archdiocese and Metropolitan of the Dioceses of Benguela , Kwito-Bié and Lwena on February 3, 1977 .
In 2002 the current archbishopric had 1,119,590 Catholics (55.6%) in 20 parishes with 41 diocesan, 26 religious priests and 158 religious sisters.
Bishops
- Daniel Gomes Junqueira CSSp (1941–1970)
- Américo Henriques (1972–1976)
- Manuel Franklin da Costa (1977–1986, then Archbishop of Lubango )
- Francisco Viti (1986-2003)
- José de Queirós Alves CSsR (2004–2018)
- Zeferino Zeca Martins SVD (since 2018)
See also
- Huambo
- List of the Roman Catholic titular dioceses
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- List of former Catholic dioceses
Web links
- Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Huambo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)