The Roman Catholic Diocese of Namibe ( la, Dioecesis Namibanus) is a Latin
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 ...
in the
Angola
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Namibe Province
Namibe Province is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. Under Portuguese Angola, Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Namibe, Mo ...
.
It is a
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...
of the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Lubango.
Special churches
The
cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
episcopal see of the diocese is Sé Catedral de São Pedro (Cathedral of
St. Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
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, dedicated to the diocese's
patron saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...
), in the
Angola
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Moçâmedes, capital of the
Namibe province
Namibe Province is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. Under Portuguese Angola, Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Namibe, Mo ...
.
History
* Established on 21 March 2009 as Diocese of Namibe, on territory split off from the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubango
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 ...
, to which it is suffragan.
Episcopal incumbents
(all
Roman rite
The Roman Rite ( la, Ritus Romanus) is the primary liturgical rite of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. It developed in the Latin language in the city of Rome and, while dist ...
)
* Bishop
Mateus Feliciano Tomás (21 March 2009 – 30 October 2010, died)
* Bishop
Dionisio Hisiilenapo (8 July 2011 – ...)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Angola
Source - External link
GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
Roman Catholic dioceses in Angola
Christian organizations established in 2009
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century
Namibe, Roman Catholic Diocese of
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