Roman Catholic Diocese of Tete

Diocese of Tete Dioecesis Tetiensis
Location
Country	Mozambique
Metropolitan	Beira
Statistics
Area	100,715 km2 (38,886 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,210,000 245,000 (20.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Diamantino Guapo Antunes, I.M.C.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tete (Latin : Tetien(sis) is a diocese located in the city of Tete in the ecclesiastical province of Beira in Mozambique.

History

• May 6, 1962: Established as Diocese of Tete from the Diocese of Beira

Leadership

• Bishops of Tete (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Félix Niza Ribeiro (20 December 1962 – 19 February 1972), appointed Bishop of João Belo
  • Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M. (19 February 1972 – 31 May 1976)
  • Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. (31 May 1976 — 18 April 2009)
  • Bishop Inácio Saure, I.M.C. (12 April 2011 — 11 April 2017), appointed Archbishop of Nampula
  • Bishop Diamantino Guapo Antunes, I.M.C. (since 22 Mar 2019)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Mozambique

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100530101507/http://www.diocesedetete.org.mz/