The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menongue ( la, Dioecesis Menonguensis) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...

located in the city of

Menongue Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014. It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominan ...

in the

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of Lubango in

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History

* 10 August 1975: Established as Diocese of Serpa Pinto from the

Diocese of Nova Lisboa The Archdiocese of Huambo ( la, Archidioecesis Huambensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola. The cathedral see of the archbishop is the Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady (Sé Catedr ...

and

Diocese of Sá da Bandeira The Archdiocese of Lubango ( la, Archidioecesis Lubangensis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lubango in Angola. The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Lubango. History * 1955.07.27: Establish ...

* 16 May 1979: Renamed as Diocese of Menongue

Special churches

The Cathedral of the diocese is Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora de Fátima (Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Fatima) in Menongue.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Bishops A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

of Menongue (Roman rite), below ** Bishop

Leopoldo Ndakalako Leopoldo is a given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of the English, German, Dutch, Polish, and Slovene name, Leopold. Notable people with the name include: *Leopoldo de' Medici (1617–1675), Italian cardinal and Governor of Si ...

(19 March 2019–present) ** Bishop

Mário Lucunde Mário Lucunde (13 May 1957 – 26 February 2023) was an Angolan Roman Catholic prelate. Lucunde was born in Angola and was ordained to the priesthood in 1985. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Menongue The Roman Catho ...

(3 August 2005 – 12 March 2018) ** Bishop

José de Queirós Alves José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, C.SS.R. (12 September 1986 – 3 May 2004), appointed Archbishop of Huambo ** Bishop

Francisco Viti Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

(16 May 1979 – 12 September 1986), appointed Archbishop of Huambo * Bishop of Serpa Pinto (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Francisco Viti (10 August 1975 – 16 May 1979); ''see above''

Sources

GCatholic.org
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References