Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malanje

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malanje (Latin: 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 over which it has now oversight: the Diocese of Uíje and the Diocese of Ndalatando.

History edit

Statistics edit

The Archdiocese has an area of 107,000 km², a total population of 1,090,000, a Catholic population of 500,000, 49 priests, and 140 religious.

Special churches edit

The Cathedral of the diocese is Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Cathedral Church of the Assumption of Our Lady) in Malanje.

Bishops edit

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order edit

Coadjutor bishop edit

Suffragan dioceses edit

See also edit

Sources edit

  • GCatholic.org
  • "Archdiocese of Malanje". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.[self-published source]

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