Diocese of Pemba, Mozambique 🇲🇿

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Pemba / Pemban(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nampula

Neighbouring Dioceses: Nampula (↙), Lichinga (←), Tunduru–Masasi (↖), Mtwara (↑), Archipel des Comores (→), Nacala (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Tarsus

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 29

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1957.04.05: Established as Diocese of Porto Amélia / Portus Ameliæ (Latin) (from Diocese of Nampula and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1976.09.17: Renamed as Diocese of Pemba / Pemban(us) (Latin)
1984.06.04: Became suffragan of Nampula

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.03.08 – ...):

Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pemba (Roman Rite)

Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (58)
(2022.03.08 – ...)

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique)

Born:	1968.03.20 (Soalpo, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:	1998.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.02.17

Priest of Chimoio (Mozambique) (1998.06.28 – 2018.12.08)

Titular Bishop of Arsennaria (2018.12.08 – 2022.03.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo (Mozambique) (2018.12.08 – 2022.03.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Pemba (Mozambique) (2021.02.11 – 2022.03.08)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2021.11.12 – 2024.11.12)

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (2022.03.08 – ...)

Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.02.11 – 2022.03.08)

Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. (70) (later Archbishop)
(2013.06.12 – 2021.02.11)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil)

Born:	1955.12.23 (Marques de Valença, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.08.24

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (2013.06.12 – 2021.02.11)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2018.11.11 – 2021.02.11)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2021.02.11 – ...)

Fr. Fernando Domingos Costa, C.P.
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.10.27 – 2013.06.12)

Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (61)
(2004.06.24 – 2012.10.27)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique)

Born:	1964.08.02 (Chidenguele, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.10.24

Priest of Maputo (Mozambique) (1989.05.14 – 2004.06.24)

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (2004.06.24 – 2012.10.27)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2009 – 2012)

Titular Bishop of Furnos minor (2014.08.06 – 2022.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula (Mozambique) (2014.08.06 – 2022.04.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Nampula (Mozambique) (2016.07.25 – 2017.04.11)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) (2022.04.04 – ...)

Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.04.23 – 2004.06.24)

Bishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. (78) (later Archbishop)
(2000.12.05 – 2003.02.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Xai-Xai (Mozambique)
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maputo (Mozambique)

Born:	1947.12.06 (Búzi-Sofala, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.02.25

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (2000.12.05 – 2003.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique) (2003.02.22 – 2023.05.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Pemba (Mozambique) (2003.04.23 – 2004.06.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2009 – 2015.11.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2015.11.10 – 2018.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Xai-Xai (Mozambique) (2026.02.22 – ...)

Bishop Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I. (81) (later Archbishop)
(1997.10.24 – 2000.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nampula (Mozambique)

Born:	1945.01.02 (Mpwaha, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.01.18

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (1997.10.24 – 2000.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nampula (Mozambique) (2000.11.16 – 2016.07.20)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2006 – 2009)

Archbishop Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto
(Apostolic Administrator 1992.12.12 – 1998.01.18)

Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe (91)
(1976.09.17 – 1993.11.08)

Bishop emeritus of Pemba (Mozambique)

Born:	1934.08.20 (Panda, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.03.09

Bishop of Porto Amélia (Mozambique) (1975.01.15 – 1976.09.17)

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (1976.09.17 – 1993.11.08)

Bishops of Porto Amélia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe (91)
(1975.01.15 – 1976.09.17)

(see above)

Bishop José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P.
(1957.04.05 – 1975.01.15)

Born:	1913.04.16 (Aldeia do Souto, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1938.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.16
Died:	2010.12.11 († 97)

Bishop of Porto Amélia (Mozambique) (1957.04.05 – 1975.01.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de São Paulo, Pemba, Cabo Delgado

Nampula (↙), Lichinga (←), Tunduru–Masasi (↖), Mtwara (↑), Archipel des Comores (→), Nacala (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 82,625 km²

Population: 820,720 Catholics (32.4% of 2,535,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 35 priests (16 diocesan, 19 religious), 95 religious (30 brothers, 65 sisters), 42 seminarians