Diocese of Mindelo, Cabo Verde

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mindelo / Mindelen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2003.11.14: Established as Diocese of Mindelo / Mindelen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde and without ecclesiastical province)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1990.01)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.01.25 – ...):

Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (60)

Second Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mindelo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (60)
(2011.01.25 – ...)

Bishop of Mindelo (Cabo Verde)
Second Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

Coração a coração

Born:	1964.12.13 (Sal, Cabo Verde)
Ordained Priest:	1992.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.04.03

Priest of Lisboa (Portugal) (1992.11.29 – 2011.01.25)

Bishop of Mindelo (Cabo Verde) (2011.01.25 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau (2024.11 – ...)

Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado (75) (later Cardinal)
(2003.11.14 – 2009.07.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Timoteo
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Jesus, O Bom Pastor

Born:	1949.11.15 (Figueira das Naus, Cabo Verde)
Ordained Priest:	1976.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.02.22
Created Cardinal:	2015.02.14

Priest of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (1976.07.18 – 2003.11.14)

Bishop of Mindelo (Cabo Verde) (2003.11.14 – 2009.07.22)

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (2009.07.22 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Timoteo (2015.02.14 [2015.05.10] – ...)

President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau (2020.11.15 – 2024.11)

Special Churches

Pro-Cathedral: Pró-catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz, Mindelo, São Vicente, Ilhas de Barlavento
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Santiago de Cabo Verde (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,320 km²

Population: 179,604 Catholics (91.4% of 196,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes

Personnel: 27 priests (12 diocesan, 15 religious), 12 deacons, 67 religious (20 brothers, 47 sisters), 10 seminarians