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Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane

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Metropolitan
  
Beira

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Mozambique

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
62,557 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)816,000714,000 (87.5%)

Bishop
  
Hilàrio da Cruz Massinga

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane (Latin: Quelimanen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Quelimane in the Ecclesiastical province of Beira in Mozambique.

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History

  • October 6, 1954: Established as Diocese of Quelimane from the Diocese of Beira

    • Special churches

    The Cathedral is the Catedral nova in Quelimane. The former Cathedral is Catedral velha de Nossa Senhora do Livramento in Quelimane.

    Leadership

  • Bishops of Quelimane (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Hilário da Cruz Massinga (25 January 2008)
  • Bishop Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. (31 May 1976 – 10 March 2007)
  • Bishop Francisco Nunes Teixeira (6 February 1955 – 23 December 1975)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane Wikipedia
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