Archdiocese of Saurimo
| Archdiocese of Saurimo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Angola |
| Diocesan bishop | José Manuel Imbamba |
| founding | 1975 |
| surface | 77,600 km² |
| Parishes | 6 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 456,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 63,815 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 14% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,545 |
| Friars | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 26 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Dundo Lwena |
The Archdiocese of Saurimo ( lat. : Archidioecesis Saurimoensis ) is in Angola situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Saurimo .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Diocese of Henrique de Carvalho with the Apostolic Constitution Ut apostolicum on August 10, 1975 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Malanje and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Luanda as a suffragan diocese.
On May 16, 1979, it took on its current name. On November 9, 2001, it lost part of its territory to the Diocese of Dundo .
On April 12, 2011 the diocese of Pope Benedict XVI. raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese and subordinated to it the dioceses of Lwena and Dundo as suffragan. The previous bishop and apostolic administrator José Manuel Imbamba was appointed first archbishop .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Henrique de Carvalho / Saurimo
- Manuel Franklin da Costa (August 10, 1975 - February 3, 1977, then Archbishop of Huambo )
- Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa (February 3, 1977 - January 15, 1997)
- Eugenio Dal Corso PSDP (January 15, 1997– February 18, 2008, then Bishop of Benguela )
Archbishop of Saurimo
- José Manuel Imbamba (since April 12, 2011)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | ||
| 1980 | 41,000 | 307,500 | 13.3 | 8th | 8th | 5.125 | 9 | 15th | 7th | |
| 1990 | 46,000 | 369,000 | 12.5 | 8th | 4th | 4th | 5,750 | 6th | 18th | 10 |
| 1999 | 78,300 | 710,000 | 11.0 | 11 | 6th | 5 | 7.118 | 5 | 24 | 3 |
| 2000 | 80,500 | 740,000 | 10.9 | 10 | 6th | 4th | 8,050 | 4th | 22nd | 3 |
| 2001 | 40,000 | 400,000 | 10.0 | 7th | 6th | 1 | 5,714 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2002 | 35,000 | 270,000 | 13.0 | 7th | 6th | 1 | 5,000 | 5 | 14th | 2 |
| 2003 | 48,000 | 310,000 | 15.5 | 9 | 6th | 3 | 5,333 | 4th | 14th | 2 |
| 2004 | 56,000 | 380,000 | 14.7 | 9 | 6th | 3 | 6.222 | 4th | 16 | 3 |
| 2010 | 61,700 | 410,000 | 15.0 | 9 | 9 | 18th | 3,427 | 12 | 26th | 5 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fides Service: Ecclesiastical Province of Saurimo established and first archbishop appointed ( Memento of the original of May 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. April 12, 2011
