Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa, is the third-most populous city in Angola, after the capital city Luanda and Lubango, with a population of 595,304 in the city and a population of 713,134 in the municipality of Huambo. The city is the capital of the province of Huambo and is located about 220 km E from Benguela and 600 km SE from Luanda. Huambo is a main hub on the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela (CFB), which runs from the port of Lobito to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's southernmost province, Katanga. Huambo is served by the Albano Machado Airport.
Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño was a Guatemalan cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Guatemala City, having previously served as Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas from 1980 to 2001. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003.
The Archdiocese of Louisville is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in central Kentucky in the United States. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville.
Patrick Joseph McGrath was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of San Jose in California from 1999 to 2019 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1989 to 1998.
The Archdiocese of Luanda is the oldest Roman Catholic archdiocese in Angola.
The Archdiocese of Huambo is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola.
The Archdiocese of Lubango is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lubango in Angola. The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Lubango.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Benguela is a diocese located in the city of Benguela in the Ecclesiastical province of Huambo in Angola. The current bishop of the diocese is António Francisco Jaca.
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 Menongue is a diocese located in the city of Menongue in the Ecclesiastical province of Lubango in Angola.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cajazeiras is a diocese located in the city of Cajazeiras in the Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba in Brazil.
Gabriel Mbilingi C.S.Sp., is the current Angolan Archbishop of Lubango. Since 20 November 2009 he is the president of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Principe, short named CEAST.
Hubert James Cartwright was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware from 1956 to 1958.
The Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Principe. It has its headquarters in Luanda. In its pastoral letters, CEAST calls repeatedly for dialogue and social justice.
Thomas Menamparampil SDB is the retired archbishop of Guwahati. He served as the bishop of Dibrugarh for 11 years and the Archbishop of Guwahati for 20 years before his retirement on 18 January 2012. He served as the apostolic administrator of Diocese of Jowai appointed by Pope Francis from 3 February 2014 to 15 October 2016.
Américo Henriques (1923—2006) was a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the second and final Bishop of the Diocese of Nova Lisboa, before its promotion and renaming as the Archdiocese of Huambo.
Paulino do Livramento Évora was a Cape Verdean clergyman and the first Cape Verdean-born bishop of Cape Verde.
Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias is an Angolan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Luanda since 2015; he was an auxiliary bishop there from 2003 to 2005. He was Bishop of Cabinda from 2005 to 2014, where his lack of identification with the province and its separatist movement initially made his appointment controversial and he was only installed after sixteen months.
Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti C.S.Sp. is an Angolan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Cabinda since 2018. He serves as the spokesperson for Angolan bishops on political and social affairs, and for his social media presence has been called the bishop of the diocese of Facebook.
The José Eduardo dos Santos University is an Angolan public university based in the city of Huambo.
