Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubango

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Archdiocese of Lubango

Archidiœcesis Lubangensis

Arquidiocese do Lubango
Location
Country Angola
Statistics
Area118,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established1955
CathedralCathedral of St. Joseph, Lubango
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi

The Archdiocese of Lubango (Latin : Archidioecesis Lubangensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Lubango in Angola. The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Lubango.

Contents

History

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Coadjutor archbishops

Suffragan dioceses

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