Diocese of Menongue, Angola 🇦🇴

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Menongue / Menonguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lubango

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ondjiva (↙), Lubango (←), Kwito-Bié (↑), Luena (↗), Livingstone (→), Rundu (↘), Windhoek (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora de Fátima (May 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1975.08.10: Established as Diocese of Serpa Pinto / Serpapinten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nova Lisboa and Diocese of Sá da Bandeira and became suffragan of Luanda)
1977.02.03: Became suffragan of Lubango
1979.05.16: Renamed as Diocese of Menongue / Menonguen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.03.19 – ...):

Bishop Leopoldo Ndakalako (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Menongue (Roman Rite)

Bishop Leopoldo Ndakalako (57)
(2019.03.19 – ...)

Bishop of Menongue (Angola)

Born:	1968.12.13 (Ohakaonde, Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1997.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.05.12

Priest of Ondjiva (Angola) (1997.12.14 – 2019.03.19)

Bishop of Menongue (Angola) (2019.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Mário Lukunde
(2005.08.03 – 2018.03.12)

Paz

Born:	1957.05.13 (Caimbambo, Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1985.02.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.09
Died:	2023.02.26 (Benguela, Angola † 65)

Priest of Benguela (Angola) (1985.02.03 – 2005.08.03)

Bishop of Menongue (Angola) (2005.08.03 – 2018.03.12)

Archbishop José de Queirós Alves, C.SS.R. (84)
(Apostolic Administrator 2004.06.27 – 2005.08.03)

Bishop José de Queirós Alves, C.SS.R. (84) (later Archbishop)
(1986.09.12 – 2004.05.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Huambo (Angola)

Apostolus Jesu

Born:	1941.05.06 (Soalhães, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1966.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.11.23

Bishop of Menongue (Angola) (1986.09.12 – 2004.05.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huambo (Angola) (2004.05.03 – 2018.10.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Menongue (Angola) (2004.06.27 – 2005.08.03)

Bishop Francisco Viti (later Archbishop)
(1979.05.16 – 1986.09.12)

Pacem per cor

Born:	1933.08.15 (Misasa-Evanga, Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.09.28
Died:	2023.04.15 (Luanda, Angola † 89)

Bishop of Serpa Pinto (Angola) (1975.08.10 – 1979.05.16)

Bishop of Menongue (Angola) (1979.05.16 – 1986.09.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huambo (Angola) (1986.09.12 – 2003.07.31)

Bishops of Serpa Pinto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Viti (later Archbishop)
(1975.08.10 – 1979.05.16)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Menongue, Cuando-Cubango

Ondjiva (↙), Lubango (←), Kwito-Bié (↑), Luena (↗), Livingstone (→), Rundu (↘), Windhoek (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 199,049 km²

Population: 381,814 Catholics (39.4% of 967,917 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes

Personnel: 19 priests (13 diocesan, 6 religious), 49 religious (14 brothers, 35 sisters), 30 seminarians