Luanda, is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil, with over 8.3 million inhabitants in 2020.
Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. It has an area of 31,371 square kilometres, and its population at the 2014 Census was 356,641. The province had been created in 1980 by dividing the original province Luanda into Bengo and the then smaller province Luanda.
Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 255,000. Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese colonial administration, the city was named Namibe between 1985 and 2016. Moçâmedes has a cool dry climate and desert vegetation, because it is near the Namib Desert.
The Catholic Church in Angola is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Approximately 56.4% of the population profess the Catholic faith, due largely to Angola's status as a former Portuguese colony.
The Archdiocese of Luanda is the oldest Roman Catholic (arch)bishopric in Angola.
The Archdiocese of Huambo is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabinda is a diocese located in the city of Cabinda in the ecclesiastical province of Luanda in Angola.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Uíje is a diocese located in Uíje in the Ecclesiastical province of Malanje in Angola.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbe is a diocese located in the city of Sumbe in the Ecclesiastical province of Luanda in Angola.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ndalatando is a diocese located in the city of Ndalatando in the Ecclesiastical province of Malanje in Angola.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbanza Congo is a diocese located in the city of M'Banza Congo in the Ecclesiastical province of Luanda in Angola.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malanje 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.
The Battle of Quifangondo was fought on 10 November 1975, near the strategic settlement of Quifangondo, Luanda Province, between the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (FAPLA), armed wing of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), and the National Liberation Army of Angola (ELNA), armed wing of the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA). The engagement was notable for marking the first major deployment of rocket artillery in the Angolan Civil War, as well as the last serious attempt by ELNA forces to seize Luanda, the Angolan capital. It occurred on the last day of Portuguese colonial rule in the country, which formally received independence only hours after the fighting.
The Church of Our Lady of Remedies is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Luanda, Angola. It was built in 1628 and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Luanda. In 1716 the headquarters of the Diocese of Angola and Congo was transferred from São Salvador of Congo to Luanda, which eventually led the church of Dos Remedios to become cathedral. In 1877 it was in ruins, and restored between 1880 and 1900. At that time acquired the present appearance, as three doors and curved pediment on the façade.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana is a diocese located in the city of Viana in the Ecclesiastical province of Luanda in Angola.
Clube Desportivo da Marinha de Guerra is a handball club from Luanda, Angola. The club's men's and women's handball teams compete at the local level, at the Luanda Provincial Handball Championship and at the Angola National Handball Championship as well as at continental level, at the annual African Handball Champions League competitions.
Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa was an Angolan Roman Catholic bishop.
Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp. is an Angolan bishop of the Catholic Church and a member of the Spiritans. He is the bishop of the Diocese of Caxito, having been appointed to the position in 2020. He previously served as the director of Radio Ecclesia, a Catholic commercial radio station in Angola.
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