The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kwito-Bié ( la, Dioecesis Kvitobiensis) is a
diocese located in
Bié Province
Bié is a province of Angola located on the Bié Plateau in central part of country. Its capital is Kuito, which was called Silva Porto until independence from Portugal in 1975. The province has an area of and a population of 1,455,255 in 2014. ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province of
Huambo in
Angola. The cathedral is located in the city of
Cuito. The diocese currently has
no appointed bishop, following the death of
José Nambi on 31 October 2022.
History
The diocese was established on 4 September 1940 as the Diocese of Silva Porto on territory separated from the
Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda. Initially, the diocese was 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 ...
of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda. The diocese lost territory on 25 November 1957 to establish the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Malanje
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malanje ( la, Archidioecesis Malaniensis) is an archdiocese located in Malanje, Angola. Until its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011, it belonged to the Ecclesiastical province of Luanda, like the two dioceses ...
and on 1 July 1963 to establish the
Diocese of Luso.
On 3 February 1977, the diocese changed suffragans to the
Archdiocese of Huambo. On 16 May 1979, it was renamed as the Diocese of Kwito-Bié.
Special churches
The Cathedral of the diocese is Sé Catedral de São Lourenço in Cuito, Bié Province.
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
Bishops of Kwito-Bié (Roman rite)
* Bishop
José Nambi (15 January 1997 – 31 October 2022)
* Bishop
Pedro Luís António (15 June 1979 – 15 January 1997)
* Bishop
Manuel António Pires (16 May 1979 – 15 June 1979); ''see below''
Bishops of Silva Porto (Roman rite)
* Bishop Manuel António Pires (23 September 1958 – 16 May 1979); ''see above''
* Bishop
Antonio Ildefonse dos Santos Silva,
O.S.B.
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(3 November 1941 – 17 August 1958)
Coadjutor bishops
*
Manuel António Pires (1955-1958)
*
José Nambi (1995-1997)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Angola
Sources
GCatholic.org*
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