José Manuel Imbamba (born 7 January 1965 in Boma,
Moxico Province
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,
Angola
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Angola
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n priest and the archbishop of
Saurímo
Saurimo, formerly known as Henrique de Carvalho, is a city in Angola, capital of the Lunda Sul Province
:''Lunda Sul Province is not to be confused with Luanda Sul, a satellite city of Luanda, the capital of Angola.''
Lunda Sul ("South Lunda" ...
since 12 April 2011.
Biography
Ordained as a priest in 1991, he graduated from the
Pontifical Urban University
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in
Rome
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in 1999.
Pope Benedict XVI
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appointed him as the bishop of
Dundo
Dundo, or Dundo-Chitato, is a former mining town, with a population of 177,604 (2014), now a city and the provincial capital of Lunda Norte in Angola. Established in the early part of the 20th century as a planned diamond mining community, Dundo h ...
in 2008. He was consecrated by Bishop
Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias
Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias (born 18 April 1958) is an Angolan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Luanda since 2015; he was an auxiliary bishop there from 2003 to 2005. He was Bishop of Cabinda from 2005 to 2014, ...
on the following 14 December. On 12 April 2011 he was appointed the first archbishop of
Saurímo
Saurimo, formerly known as Henrique de Carvalho, is a city in Angola, capital of the Lunda Sul Province
:''Lunda Sul Province is not to be confused with Luanda Sul, a satellite city of Luanda, the capital of Angola.''
Lunda Sul ("South Lunda" ...
.
From 22 to 27 September 2015 he was in
Philadelphia
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, at the
World Meeting of Families
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with
Pope Francis
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.
See also
References
External links
Page of Saurímo Archdioceseon Website of Episcopal Angolan Conference
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Angola
People from Moxico Province
Living people
Angolan clergy
1965 births
Roman Catholic archbishops of Saurímo
Roman Catholic bishops of Dundo
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