Apostolic Prefecture of Cubango in Angola

Last updated
Apostolic Prefecture of Cubango
Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Cimbebasia in Portuguese Angola
CountryAngola
History
Founded3 July 1879

The Apostolic Prefecture of Cubango in Angola was an exempt Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in present Angola.

Contents

History

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Upper Cimbebasia in Portuguese Angola
Apostolic Prefects of Cubango in Angola

See also

Related Research Articles

Cubango may refer to the following places and jurisdictions :

Cimbebasia was the name given for a long time to the western part of Southern Africa. Its borders in the north were the Kunene River, the lower Kasai River and the western reaches of the Zambezi River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in western Angola

The Archdiocese of Huambo is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in the Central African Republic

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville is the Metropolitan See of the Latin Ecclesiastical province covering all Gabon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in Nigeria

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Onitsha in Anambra State, Nigeria.

The Archdiocese of Conakry is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guinea. It is the metropolitan see for its ecclesiastical province which covers all Guinea. It depends upon the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion</span> Latin Catholic diocese in Réunion

The Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Réunion. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. As such, it is not part of an ecclesiastical province, but is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint-Denis located in Saint-Denis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal</span> Roman Catholic diocese in Senegal

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal is a diocese located in the city of Saint-Louis in the ecclesiastical province of Dakar in Senegal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Makurdi</span> Roman Catholic diocese in Nigeria

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Makurdi is a diocese located in the city of Makurdi, Benue State in the ecclesiastical province of Abuja in Nigeria.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe is a diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See, with its seat in the city of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. It covers the territory of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. As of 2015, 112,000 or 57.4% of the inhabitants of São Tomé and Príncipe were Catholic.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Windhoek in Namibia. The predecessor to the current Archdiocese, the Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia, was established in 1892 and the current archdiocese was fully erected in March 1994. The current archbishop is Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda.

The Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Congo was a Roman Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction in Central Africa's Congo basin.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kongolo is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Diocese of Zanzibar is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos</span> Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Peru

The Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos, originally Apostolic Prefecture of San León del Amazonas, is a Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Amazonian northern Peru.

Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. was a French missionary bishop who served as Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit from 1926 to 1950. He spent most of his earlier career as a missionary in Senegal from 1903 to 1919.

The Mission sui iuris of Cunene was a short-lived missionary jurisdiction in present Angola, then still a Portuguese colony.

References