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Diocese of Namibe, Angola 🇦🇴

Celebrations

History

  • 2009.03.21: Established as Diocese of Namibe / Namiban(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubango and became suffragan of Lubango)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Namibe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dionisio Hisiilenapo (58)Bishop Dionisio Hisiilenapo (58)
(2011.07.08 – ...)

Bishop of Namibe (Angola)

Somos de Deus

Born:1966.10.06 (Epumbu, Angola)
Ordained Priest:1998.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:2011.09.04

Priest of Ondjiva (Angola) (1998.12.06 – 2011.07.08)

Bishop of Namibe (Angola) (2011.07.08 – ...)

Bishop Mateus Feliciano Tomás
(2009.03.21 – 2010.10.30)

Born:1958.02.23 (Angola)
Ordained Priest:1983.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:2009.06.21
Died:2010.10.30 († 52)

Priest of Huambo (Angola) (1983.09.18 – 2009.03.21)

Bishop of Namibe (Angola) (2009.03.21 – 2010.10.30)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,091 km²

Population: 444,000 Catholics (26.9% of 1,651,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 30 missions

Personnel: 29 priests (27 diocesan, 2 religious), 37 religious (4 brothers, 33 sisters), 54 seminarians