Roman Catholic Diocese of Namibe

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Namibe (Latin: Dioecesis Namibanus) is a Latin diocese in the Angolan Namibe Province.

It is a suffragan in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubango.

Special churches

The cathedral episcopal see of the diocese is Sé Catedral de São Pedro (Cathedral of St. Peter, dedicated to the diocese's patron saint), in the Angolan city of Moçâmedes, capital of the Namibe province.

History

Episcopal incumbents

(all Roman rite)

  • Bishop Mateus Feliciano Tomás (21 March 2009 – 30 October 2010, died)
  • Bishop Dionisio Hisiilenapo (8 July 2011 – ...)
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See also

  • Roman Catholicism in Angola



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