The Archdiocese of Lubango ( la, Archidioecesis Lubangensis) is the Metropolitan

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Lubango Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 914,456 in 2022. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in Angola af ...

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. The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Lubango.

History

* 1955.07.27: Established as Diocese of Sá da Bandeira from

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* 1977.02.03: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubango

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

*Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubango (Roman rite), below **Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi:2009.09.05 - present **Archbishop

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, C.SS.R.:1997.01.15 - 2009.09.05 **Archbishop

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:1977.02.03 – 1986.02.16, Cardinal in 1983; appointed Archbishop of Luanda **Archbishop

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:1972.02.19 – 1977.11.03 *Bishop of Sá da Bandeira (Roman rite), below **Bishop

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:1955.07.27 – 1972, appointed Bishop of Beira, Mozambique

Coadjutor archbishops

(1995-1997) * Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (2006-2009)

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Menongue * Diocese of Namibe * Diocese of Ondjiva

Sources

GCatholic.org
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