Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malanje

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malanje (

Diocese of Uíje and the Diocese of Ndalatando
.

History

  • 25 November 1957: Established as Diocese of Malanje from the
    Diocese of Silva Porto
  • 12 April 2011: Elevated to Archdiocese

Statistics

The Archdiocese has an area of 107,000 km², a total population of 1,090,000, a Catholic population of 500,000, 49 priests, and 140 religious.

Special churches

The Cathedral of the diocese is Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Cathedral Church of the Assumption of Our Lady) in Malanje.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Archbishops of Malanje (Roman rite), below
  • Bishops of Malanje (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre (27 August 1998 – 04.12=2011); see above
    • Bishop Eugénio Salessu (3 February 1977 – 27 August 1998)
    • Bishop
      Cardinal
    • Bishop Eduardo André Muaca (25 September 1973 – 10 August 1975), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda
    • Bishop
      C.S.Sp.
      (20 December 1962 – 7 April 1973)
    • Bishop Manuel Nunes Gabriel (5 December 1957 – 13 February 1962), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda

Coadjutor bishop

Suffragan dioceses

See also

  • Roman Catholicism in Angola

Sources

  • GCatholic.org
  • "Archdiocese of Malanje". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.[self-published source]

9°32′46″S 16°21′08″E / 9.5460°S 16.3522°E / -9.5460; 16.3522