Diocese of

Mindelo

Cabo Verde Cabo Verde

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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

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.01.25 – ...):Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (59)Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mindelo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (59)Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes (59)
(2011.01.25 – ...)

Bishop of Mindelo (Cabo Verde)

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 – ...)

Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado (74)Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado (74) (later Cardinal)
(2003.11.14 – 2009.07.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Timoteo
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)
President of Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

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 – ...)

Special Churches

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

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