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Malanje Malanje is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola, with a population of 455,000 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 506,847 (2014 census). Projected to be the thirteenth fastest growing city on the African continent be ...

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Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...

Diocese of Uíje In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda The Archdiocese of Luanda ( la, Archidioecesis Luandensis) is the oldest Roman Catholic (arch)bishopric in Angola.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

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s of Malanje (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop Luzizila Kiala (29 September 2021 – ...) ** Archbishop

Benedito Roberto Benedito Roberto (5 November 1946 in Mussende – 8 November 2020 in Malanje) was an Angolan Roman Catholic archbishop. Roberto was born in Angola and was ordained to priesthood in 1981. He served as a bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo ...

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(19 May 2012 – 8 November 2020) ** Archbishop Luis María Pérez de Onraíta (12 April 2011 – 19 May 2012); ''see below'' *

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s of Malanje (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre (27 August 1998 – 04.12=2011); ''see above'' ** Bishop

Eugénio Salessu Eugénio Salessu (23 August 1923 – 20 January 2011) was the Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malanje, Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , ca ...

(3 February 1977 – 27 August 1998) ** Bishop

Alexandre do Nascimento Alexandre do Nascimento (born 1 March 1925) is an Angolan cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Luanda from 1986 to 2001 and was made a cardinal in 1983. Biography Born in Malanje, do Nascimento studied at the seminarie ...

(10 August 1975 – 3 February 1977), appointed Archbishop of Lubango; future

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Eduardo André Muaca Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footb ...

(25 September 1973 – 10 August 1975), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda ** Bishop Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra,

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(20 December 1962 – 7 April 1973) ** Bishop

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(5 December 1957 – 13 February 1962), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda

Coadjutor bishop

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(1995-1998)

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Ndalatando *

Diocese of Uíje In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Sources

GCatholic.org
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