Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.12.08 – ...):	Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias (66)
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.10.28 – ...):	Bishop António Lungieki Pedro Bengui (51) Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.10.28 – ...):	Bishop Fernando Francisco (64) Titular Bishop of Medianas Zabuniorum

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Luanda (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias (66)
(2014.12.08 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola)

Gaudium et spes

Born:	1958.04.18 (Luanda, Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1983.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.11

Priest of Luanda (Angola) (1983.10.30 – 2003.10.04)

Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense (2003.10.04 – 2005.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola) (2003.10.04 – 2005.02.11)

Bishop of Cabinda (Angola) (2005.02.11 – 2014.12.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Cabinda (Angola) (2014.12.08 – 2018.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (2014.12.08 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (2015.11.09 – 2021.10.11)

Archbishop Damião António Franklin
(2001.01.23 – 2014.04.28)

Born:	1950.08.06 (Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1978.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.07.12
Died:	2014.04.28 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Falerone (1992.05.29 – 2001.01.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola) (1992.05.29 – 2001.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (2001.01.23 – 2014.04.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (2003.10 – 2009.11.20)

Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento
(1986.02.16 – 2001.01.23)

Turres fortissima nomen Domini

Born:	1925.03.01 (Malanje, Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1952.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.31
Created Cardinal:	1983.02.02
Died:	2024.09.28 (Luanda, Angola † 99)

Priest of Malanje (Angola) (1952.12.20 – 1975.08.10)

Bishop of Malanje (Angola) (1975.08.10 – 1977.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola) (1977.02.03 – 1986.02.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Ondjiva (Angola) (1977.02.03 – 1986.02.16)

President of Caritas Internationalis (1983 – 1991)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983.02.02 – 2024.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (1986.02.16 – 2001.01.23)

President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (1990 – 1997)

Archbishop Eduardo André Muaca
(1975.12.19 – 1985.08.31)

Born:	1924.10.09 (Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1953.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.05.31
Died:	2002.01.26 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Isola (1970.03.04 – 1973.09.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (Angola) (1970.03.04 – 1973.09.25)

Bishop of Malanje (Angola) (1973.09.25 – 1975.08.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (1975 – 1982)

Titular Archbishop of Tagarbala (1975.08.10 – 1975.12.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (1975.08.10 – 1975.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (1975.12.19 – 1985.08.31)

Archbishop Manuel Nuñes Gabriel
(1966.11.17 – 1975.12.19)

Born:	1912.12.20 (Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1935.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.12.21
Died:	1996.10.23 († 83)

Bishop of Malanje (Angola) (1957.12.05 – 1962.02.13)

Titular Archbishop of Methymna (1962.02.13 – 1966.11.17)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (1962.02.13 – 1966.11.17)

Apostolic Administrator of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1966 – 1980)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (1966.11.17 – 1975.12.19)

President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (1967 – 1975)

Archbishop Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp.
(1940.09.04 – 1966.11.17)

Born:	1883.07.17 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1908.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.07.17
Died:	1980.06.27 († 96)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1932.04.07 – 1940.09.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (1940.09.04 – 1966.11.17)

Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1941.01.18 – 1966.11.17)

Titular Archbishop of Perdices (1966.11.17 – 1971.01.27)

Bishops of São Paulo de Loanda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(1932.04.07 – 1940.09.04)

(see above)

Bishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (later Archbishop)
(1909.03.31 – 1915.12.09)

Filioli diligite alterutrum

Born:	1874.04.02 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1896.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1909.06.29
Died:	1958.01.05 († 83)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1909.03.31 – 1915.12.09)

Titular Archbishop of Mytilene (1915.12.09 – 1923.05.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (1915.12.09 – 1923.05.23)

Archbishop-Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal) (1923.05.23 – 1933.05.31)

Founder of Portuguese Missionary Society (1930.10.03)

Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus (1933.05.31 – 1940.01.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Aveiro (Portugal) (1938.11.11 – 1940.01.16)

Archbishop-Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal) (1940.01.16 – 1958.01.05)

Bishop António Barbosa Leão
(1906.04.26 – 1907.12.19)

Born:	1860.10.17 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1886.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.08.26
Died:	1929.06.21 († 68)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1906.04.26 – 1907.12.19)

Bishop of Faro (Portugal) (1907.12.19 – 1919.07.16)

Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1919.07.16 – 1929.06.21)

Bishop Antonio José Gomes Cardoso
(1901.06.21 – 1904.08.12)

Born:	1855.11.30 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1879.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.03.25
Died:	1904.08.12 († 48)

Titular Bishop of Arethusus (1900.12.17 – 1901.06.21)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1900.12.17 – 1901.06.21)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1901.06.21 – 1904.08.12)

Bishop Antonio Dias Ferreira
(1891.06.01 – 1901.03.07)

Born:	1840.04.01
Ordained Priest:	1862.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.04.24
Died:	1902.02.09 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Thermopylæ (1887.03.14 – 1891.06.01)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1887.03.14 – 1891.06.01)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1891.06.01 – 1901.03.07)

Bishop Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro
(1884.03.27 – 1891.06.01)

Born:	1848.06.09 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1872.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.12.08
Died:	1901.12.03 († 53)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1883.01.30 – 1884.03.27)

Titular Bishop of Lycopolis (1883.05.08 – 1884.03.27)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1884.03.27 – 1891.06.01)

Titular Bishop of Echinus (1891.06.01 – 1895.12.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1891.06.01 – 1895.12.06)

Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1895.12.06 – 1901.12.03)

Bishop José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc. (later Cardinal)
(1879.09.22 – 1883.08.09)

Soli deo omnis honor et gloria

Born:	1841.02.08 (Lagos, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1865.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1880.04.18
Created Cardinal:	1884.03.24
Died:	1920.12.07 (Villariño, Spain † 79)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1879.09.22 – 1883.08.09)

Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) (1883.08.09 – 1907.11)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1886.06.10 – 1920.12.07)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1902.07.22 – 1920.12.07)

Bishop Tommaso Gomes de Almeida
(1871.08.04 – 1879.09.22)

Born:	1836.01.13
Ordained Priest:	1860.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.01.21
Died:	1903.01.03 († 66)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1871.08.04 – 1879.09.22)

Titular Bishop of Teja (1879.09.22 – 1883.08.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Goa (India) (1879.09.22 – 1883.08.09)

Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) (1883.08.09 – 1903.01.03)

Bishop Giuseppe Lino de Oliveira
(1863.12.21 – 1871.07.01)

Born:	1803.09.23 (Lisboa, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1826.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1864.02.28
Died:	1885.12.14 († 82)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1863.12.21 – 1871.07.01)

Bishop Manuel de Santa Rita Barros, T.O.R.
(1860.03.23 – 1862.01.03)

Born:	1810.08.31
Ordained Priest:	1833.03.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1860.08.26
Died:	1862.01.03 († 51)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1860.03.23 – 1862.01.03)

Bishop Gioacchino Moreira Reis, O.S.B.
(1849.09.28 – 1857.03.10)

Born:	1812.05.01 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1845.12.20
Died:	1887? († 75)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1849.09.28 – 1857.03.10)

Bishop Sebastião da Anunciação Gomes de Lemos, O.C.D.
(1846.04.16 – 1848)

Born:	1786.07.22
Ordained Priest:	1810.07.08
Died:	1868.06.06 († 81)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1846.04.16 – 1848)

Bishop João Damasceno Da Silva Póvoas
(1814.12.19 – 1826.02.21)

Born:	1780.10.26 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1803.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1816.10.06
Died:	1826.02.21 († 45)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1814.12.19 – 1826.02.21)

Bishop Joaquim Maria Mascarenhas Castello Branco
(1802.12.20 – 1807.04)

Born:	1749.06.15 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1780.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1803.03.06
Died:	1807.11.29 († 58)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1802.12.20 – 1807.04)

Bishop Luiz de Brito Homem
(1791.12.17 – 1802.05.24)

Born:	1748.08.08
Ordained Priest:	1777.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1792.04.29
Died:	1813.12.10 († 65)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1791.12.17 – 1802.05.24)

Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1802.05.24 – 1813.12.10)

Bishop Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M.
(1785.02.14 – 1787.11.23)

Born:	1737.05.23 (Horta, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1763.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1783.02.24
Died:	1818.04.23 († 80)

Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia) (1782.12.16 – 1785.02.14)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1785.02.14 – 1787.11.23)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1815.12.18 – 1818.04.23)

Bishop Luis da Anunciação Azevedo, O.P.
(1771.06.17 – 1784.11.08)

Ordained Priest:	1744.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1771.10.28
Died:	1789.04.19

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1771.06.17 – 1784.11.08)

Bishop Manoel de Santa Inês Ferreira, O.C.D. (later Archbishop)
(1745.12.15 – 1770.08.06)

Born:	1704 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1728.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1746.03.13
Died:	1771.06.22 († 66)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1745.12.15 – 1770.08.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1770.08.06 – 1771.06.22)

Bishop Antônio de Nossa Senhora do Desterro Malheiro, O.S.B.
(1738.09.03 – 1745.12.15)

Born:	1694.06.13 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1718.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1739.01.25
Died:	1773.12.05 († 79)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1738.09.03 – 1745.12.15)

Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1745.12.15 – 1773.12.05)

Bishop Manuel a Santa Catharina, O. Carm.
(1720.03.20 – 1731.11.01)

Born:	1661
Consecrated Bishop:	1720.07.14
Died:	1731.11.01 († 69)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1720.03.20 – 1731.11.01)

Bishop Luis Simões Brandão
(1702.02.06 – 1720.02.24)

Ordained Priest:	1696.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1702.09.24
Died:	1733.03.30

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1702.02.06 – 1720.02.24)

Bishop José de Oliveira, O.E.S.A.
(1694.07.19 – 1719.03.22)

Born:	1638.02.04
Ordained Priest:	1662.03.21
Died:	1719.03.22 († 81)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1694.07.19 – 1719.03.22)

Bishop João Franco de Oliveira (later Archbishop)
(1687.06.09 – 1692.01.09)

In Verbum Tuum

Born:	1642
Consecrated Bishop:	1687.10.05
Died:	1715.08.02 († 72)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1687.06.09 – 1692.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1692.01.09 – 1701.04.18)

Archbishop-Bishop of Miranda (Portugal) (1701.04.18 – 1715.08.02)

Bishop Manuel da Natividade, O.F.M.
(1675.12.02 – 1686.03.18)

Born:	1616 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1676
Died:	1686.03.18 († 69)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1675.12.02 – 1686.03.18)

Bishop Antonio do Espirito Santo, O.C.D.
(1672.11.14 – 1674.01.12)

Consecrated Bishop:	1673.01.08
Died:	1674.01.12

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1672.11.14 – 1674.01.12)

Bishop Pedro Sanches Farinha
(1671.06.22 – 1671.11.30)

Consecrated Bishop:	1671.10
Died:	1671.11.30

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1671.06.22 – 1671.11.30)

Bishop Francisco do Soveral, O.E.S.A.
(1628 – 1642.01.05)

Consecrated Bishop:	1624.04
Died:	1642.01.05

Bishop of Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1623.10.05 – 1627.02.08)

Bishop of São Salvador da Congo (Angola) (1627.02.08 – 1628)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1628 – 1642.01.05)

Bishop-elect Simon Mascarenhas, O.F.M.
(1621.02.15 – 1623)

Born:	1571 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1623.04.16
Died:	1624.10.13 († 52)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1621.02.15 – 1623)

Bishop of São Salvador da Congo (Angola) (1623 – 1624.10.13)

Bishop Manuel Baptista Soares, O.F.M.
(1609.05.04 – 1620.04)

Born:	1559
Died:	1620.04 († 60)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1609.05.04 – 1620.04)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Eduardo André Muaca (1975.08.10 – 1975.12.19)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Manuel Nuñes Gabriel (1962.02.13 – 1966.11.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. (58) (later Archbishop) (2012.05.19 – 2018.10.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias (66) (later Archbishop) (2003.10.04 – 2005.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap. (87) (1998.01.17 – 2013.10.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Damião António Franklin (later Archbishop) (1992.05.29 – 2001.01.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap. (79) (1990.03.26 – 1992.05.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. (1983.07.22 – 1990.03.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paulino Fernandes Madeca (1983.07.22 – 1984.07.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zacarias Kamwenho (90) (later Archbishop) (1974.08.26 – 1975.08.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eduardo André Muaca (later Archbishop) (1970.03.04 – 1973.09.25)