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Archdiocese of Huambo Archidioecesis Huambensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Angola |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 2,019,555 1,137,010 (56.3%) |
Parishes | 49 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 4 September 1940 (As Diocese of Nova Lisboa) 3 February 1977 (As Archdiocese of Huambo) |
Cathedral | Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady |
Secular priests | 88 (2019) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. |
Bishops emeritus | José de Queirós Alves, C.SS.R. |
The Archdiocese of Huambo (Latin : Archidioecesis Huambensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola.
The cathedral see of the archbishop is the Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady (Portuguese : Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), in Huambo.
By 2019, the archdiocese had approximately 1.1 million Roman Catholics and 88 diocesan priests. [1]
On 4 September 1940, the Diocese of Nova Lisboa was established on assembled territories split off from the Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda and mission sui iuris of Cunene, mainly to serve the growing European population in what was then the colony of Portuguese Angola.
As time went on, it shed territory due to the creation of other dioceses :
On 3 February 1977, the Diocese of Nova Lisboa was promoted and renamed the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huambo.
In June 1992, it enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope John Paul II.
The archdiocese has an area of 35,770 square kilometers and comprises most of Huambo Province, including the following municipalities:
(all Roman Rite) † = deceased
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's archdiocese and the following suffragan sees: [3]
The diocese has a population of approximately 2,456,000, most of whom are Ovimbundu or Ganguela. The most common spoken languages are Umbundu and Portuguese. [2]
Year | Population | Priests | Permanent Deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Total | % | Diocesan | Religious | Total Priests | Catholicsper Priest | Male | Female | |||
1950 | 394,621 | 1,284,668 | 30.7 | 13 | 102 | 115 | 3,431 | - | 114 | 98 | 37 |
1966 | 754,765 | 1,327,913 | 56.8 | 69 | 97 | 166 | 4,546 | - | 145 | 185 | 59 |
1970 | 880,000 | 1,670,000 | 52.7 | 86 | 79 | 165 | 5,333 | - | 136 | 204 | 29 |
1980 | 767,000 | 1,330,000 | 57.7 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 15,653 | - | 60 | 56 | 34 |
1990 | 1,088,004 | 1,750,000 | 62.2 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 20,528 | - | 102 | 134 | 55 |
1999 | 1,000,000 | 2,890,000 | 34.6 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 20,408 | - | 209 | 165 | 42 |
2000 | 1,290,000 | 2,336,211 | 55.2 | 32 | 21 | 53 | 24,339 | - | 174 | 156 | 20 |
2001 | 1,170,00 | 2,072,586 | 56.5 | 39 | 23 | 62 | 18,870 | - | 132 | 152 | 20 |
2002 | 1,119,590 | 2,012,180 | 55.6 | 41 | 26 | 67 | 16,710 | - | 114 | 158 | 20 |
2003 | 1,056,000 | 1,956,000 | 54.0 | 43 | 22 | 65 | 16,246 | - | 130 | 170 | 20 |
2004 | 1,120,000 | 1,956,000 | 57.3 | 51 | 20 | 71 | 15,774 | - | 119 | 173 | 42 |
2006 | 1,278,000 | 2,083,000 | 61.4 | 57 | 20 | 77 | 16,597 | - | 85 | 150 | 42 |
2013 | 1,552,000 | 2,530,000 | 61.3 | 74 | 21 | 95 | 16,336 | - | 99 | 179 | 43 |
2016 | 1,635,000 | 2,667,000 | 61.3 | 81 | 23 | 104 | 15,721 | - | 127 | 177 | 43 |
2019 | 1,137,010 | 2,019,555 | 56.3 | 88 | 28 | 116 | 9,801 | - | 156 | 196 | 49 |
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