Diocese of Mindelo, Cabo Verde

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Mindelo / Mindelen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

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

Bishop (2011.01.25 – ...):

Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (60)

Bishops of Mindelo (Roman Rite)

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

Bishop of Mindelo (Cabo Verde)

Priest of Lisboa (Portugal) (1992.11.29 – 2011.01.25)

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

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

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] – ...)

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