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The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe ( la, Sancti Thomae in Insula) is a diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See, with its seat in the city of São Tomé in
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
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It covers the territory of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. , 112,000 or 57.4% of the inhabitants of São Tomé and Príncipe were catholic.


History

The diocese was established on 3 November 1534 as the ''Diocese of Tomé'' from
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Funchal The Diocese of Funchal ( la, Dioecesis Funchalensis) was created originally on 12 June 1514, by bull ''Pro excellenti præeminentia'' of Pope Leo X, following the elevation of Funchal from a village to the status of city, by King Manuel I of Po ...
in Portugal. The diocese initially included the Portuguese controlled or Christian areas of southwestern Africa. In 1596, it lost territory to the new diocese of São Salvador do Congo (today's Angola). in 1818 it lost territory to the new
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(today's South Africa). In 1842 it lost territory to the new Apostolic Prefecture of the Two Guineas and Senegambia (much of central and west Africa). In 1924, the diocese was renamed ''Diocese of São Tomé''. In 1957 it was renamed to its current name ''Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe''.


Churches

The cathedral is Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Graça (
Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace 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 denominations ...
) in São Tomé.


Bishops

The bishops of the Diocese of (São) Tomé (and Príncipe): * Bishops of Tomé (Roman rite) ** Bishop Diogo Ortiz de Vilhegas (1533–1540) ** Bishop
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, O.P. (1540–1553) ** Bishop Gaspar Cão, O.S.A. (1554–1572) ** Bishop
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(1578–1592) ** Bishop
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, O.F.M. (1592–1602) ** Bishop
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(1611–1614) ** Bishop
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, O.S.A. (1615–1620) ** Bishop
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(1674–1677) ** Bishop
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(1677–1680) ** Bishop Sebastião de São Paulo, O.F.M. (1687–1690) ** Bishop
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(1693.01.02 – 1696.12.17) ** Bishop António da Penha de França, O.A.D. (1699–1702) ** Bishop
João de Sahagún João de Sahagún, O.A.D. (1668–1730) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (1709–1730). ''(in Latin)''O.A.D. (1709–1730) ** Bishop Leandro de Santo Agostinho da Piedade, O.A.D. (1739–1740) ** Bishop Tomas Luiz da Conceição, O.A.D. (1742–1744) ** Bishop Ludovico das Chagas, O.S.A. (1745–1747) ** Bishop António Nogueira (bishop) (1753–1758) ** Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. (1779.03.01 – 1782.12.17) ** Bishop Domingo Rosario, O.P. (1782–1788) ** Bishop Rafael de Castello de Vide, O.F.M. (1794–1800) ** Bishop Caetano Veloso, O.F.M. (1802.05.24 – 1803.09) ** Bishop Custodio d'Almeida, O.A.D. (1805.06.26 – 1812.03.23) ** Bishop Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya,
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(1816.03.08 – 1819.11.10), appointed Prelate of Mozambico * Bishops of São Tomé and Príncipe (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Moisés Alves de Pinho,
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(1941.01.18 – 1966.11.17); he is listed here as Archbishop because he is listed concurrently as Archbishop of Luanda, Angola. ** Bishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. (1984.12.03 – 2006.12.01) ** Bishop
Manuel António Mendes dos Santos Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, CMF (born 20 March 1960) has been the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe since 1 December 2006. Mendes was ordained a priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to pe ...
, C.M.F. (2006.12.01 – 2022.07.13)


Ecclesiastical decoration

* Cross of São Tomé (Catholic ecclesiastical decoration)


References

Sao Tome SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U. ...
1534 establishments in the Portuguese Empire Religious organizations established in the 1530s
Sao Tome And Principe SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U. ...
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