Diocese of

Namibe

Angola Angola

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Namibe / Namiban(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lubango

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Peter

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

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

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)

Special Churches

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (←), Benguela (↑), Lubango (→), Ondjiva (↘)

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

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

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Seminarians

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