Archdiocese of Luanda

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Archdiocese of Luanda
Basic data
Country Angola
Diocesan bishop Filomeno Vieira Dias
Emeritus diocesan bishop Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Anastácio Cahango OFMCap
founding May 20, 1596
surface 342 km²
Parishes 29 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 3,892,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 2,872,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 73.8%
Diocesan priest 80 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 61 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 20,369
Friars 302 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 191 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Sé Catedral de São Salvador
Website http://arquidiocesedeluanda.org/
Suffragan dioceses Cabinda
Caxito
Mbanza Congo
Sumbe
Viana
Luanda Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda ( Latin Archidioecesis Luandensis , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Luanda ) is an in Angola situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Luanda . It includes the provinces of Luanda and Bengo .

history

As early as May 20, 1596, there was a diocese called Angola and Congo in Angola , which, according to its name, encompassed other areas outside Angola and was founded out of the diocese of São Tomé . From September 4, 1940, the diocese was called Luanda and was elevated to the status of an archdiocese. From 1957 to 1990 new dioceses were established in Angola, which then gradually formed the ecclesiastical province of Luanda.

Bishops

Bishops of Angola and Congo (1596–1940)

  • Miguel Rangel OFM (1596-1602)
  • António de Santo Estevão OP (1604-1608)
  • Manuel Batista OFM (1609-1620)
  • Simon Mascarenhas OFM (February 15, 1621– October 13, 1624)
  • Francisco de Soveral OSA (February 8, 1627– January 5, 1642)
  • Manuel da Natividade, OFM (December 2, 1675– December 8, 1685)
  • João Franco de Oliveira (June 9, 1687– January 9, 1692)
  • Antônio de Nossa Senhora do Desterro Malheiro OSB (September 3, 1738– December 15, 1745)
  • Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira OCD (December 15, 1745– August 6, 1770)
  • Luiz de Brito Homem (December 17, 1791– May 24, 1802)
  • Joaquim Maria Mascarenhas Castello Branco (December 20, 1802 - April 1807)
  • João Damasceno Da Silva Póvoas (December 19, 1814– February 21, 1826)
  • Gioacchino Moreira rice OSB (September 28, 1849–?)
  • Giuseppe Lino de Oliveira (December 21, 1863–?)
  • Tommaso Gomes de Almeida (August 4, 1871– September 22, 1879)
  • José Sebastião d'Almeida Neto OFM (September 22, 1879– August 9, 1883)
  • Antonio Tommaso da Silva Leitao e Castro (March 27, 1884– June 1, 1891)
  • Antonio Dias Ferreira (June 1, 1891–1906)
  • António Barbosa Leão (April 26, 1906– December 19, 1907)
  • João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (March 31, 1909– December 9, 1915)
  • Moisés Alves de Pinho CSSp (April 7, 1932– September 4, 1940)

Archbishops of Luanda (from 1940)

See also

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