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Diocese of Mindelo Dioecesis Mindelensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Cape Verde |
| Metropolitan | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,207 km2 (852 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 147,489 140,114 (95.0%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes |
| Website | |
| https://diocesemindelo.org/ | |
The Diocese of Mindelo (Latin : Dioecesis Mindelensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Cabo Verde. Its cathedral is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz in the episcopal see of Mindelo. The diocese is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
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