The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saurimo ( la, Archidioecesis Saurimoënsis) is an

archdiocese 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 ...

located in the city of Saurimo in Angola. Prior to its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011 it belonged to the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sev ...

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 seapo ...

. It has oversight of two suffragan dioceses, which until then had been part of other Angolan Provinces, are the Diocese of Lwena and the Diocese of Dundo.

History

* 10 August 1975: Established as Diocese of Henrique de Carvalho * 16 May 1979: Renamed as Diocese of Saurimo * 12 April 2011: Elevated to Archdiocese

Statistics

The new Archdiocese, according to undated statistics released by the Vatican website because of the appointment, has a total area of 77,600 km², a total population of 420,000, a Catholic population of 61,700, 11 priests, and 28 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 Saurímo.

Leadership

Bishops of Henrique de Carvalho *

Manuel Franklin da Costa Archbishop Manuel Franklin da Costa (31 August 1921 – 17 July 2003) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huambo then Lubango, Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = ...

(10 August 1975 – 3 February 1977), appointed Archbishop of Huambo * Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa (3 February 1977 – 16 May 1979) Bishops of Saurimo * Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa (16 May 1979 – 15 January 1997) *

Eugenio Dal Corso Eugenio Dal Corso (born 16 May 1939) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who led two dioceses in Angola, as Coadjutor and Bishop of Saurimo from 1996 to 2008 and as Bishop of Benguela from 2008 to 2018. He is a professed member of the ...

, (15 January 1997 – 18 February 2008), appointed Bishop of Benguela **after serving as bishop coadjutor from 1995 to 1997 Archbishops of Saurimo * Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba (12 April 2011 – present)

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Dundo * Diocese of Lwena

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