Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula

Coordinates: 15°07′S 39°16′E / 15.117°S 39.267°E / -15.117; 39.267
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Archdiocese of Nampula

Archidioecesis Nampulensis
Location
Country
Roman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established4 September 1940
CathedralOur Lady of Fatima Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopInácio Saure, I.M.C.
Auxiliary BishopsErnesto Maguengue

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula (

Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
.

Its

Our Lady of Fatima, in Nampula
.

History

The Diocese of Nampula was established on 4 September 1940 by

Diocese of Vila Cabral
(now its suffragan Lichinga)

On 4 June 1984 it was promoted to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nampula by

papal visit
in September 1988.

Nampula lost territory on 11 October 1991, to establish the

Diocese of Nacala
as its suffragan.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 485,813 Catholics (13.7% of 3,547,000 total) on 51,000 km2 in 40 parishes and a mission with 75 priests (36 diocesan, 39 religious), 270 lay religious (96 brothers, 174 sisters) and 19 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

Its

suffragan
sees were all daughters (comment refers to three dioceses in this province before Gurué was shifted here from another province) :

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

Roman rite
)

Suffragan Bishops of Nampula
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nampula

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rinunce e nomine".

Sources and external links

15°07′S 39°16′E / 15.117°S 39.267°E / -15.117; 39.267