Continent: Southern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Nampula / Nampulen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Lichinga, Nacala, Pemba
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Fátima
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 23 (1956)
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2017.04.11 – ...): | Archbishop Inácio Saure, I.M.C. (64) President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nampula (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Inácio Saure, I.M.C. (64) Metropolitan Archbishop of Nampula (Mozambique)
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Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (60) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I. (79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nampula (Mozambique)
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Archbishop Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto
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Bishops of Nampula (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro
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Bishop Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M.
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Area: 51,000 km²
Population: 589,000 Catholics (13.3% of 4,423,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 97 priests (60 diocesan, 37 religious), 285 religious (88 brothers, 197 sisters), 26 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.29
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