Diocese of Alto Molócuè
Molócuè Superioris
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alto Molócuè, Mozambique
Latin rite diocese in Zambezia province, Mozambique, erected by Pope Francis on 23 January 2025 from territory of the dioceses of Quelimane and Gurue. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nampula and its first bishop is Estêvão Ângelo Fernando.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 January 2025
- Latin
- Molócuè Superioris
- Patron
- Our Lady Queen of the World
- Annuario code
- 001005128
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 487,465
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Estêvão Ângelo Fernando
- Born
- 17 June 1974
- Birthplace
- Inhassunge
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora Rainha do Mundo stands in Alto Molócuè, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Nampula
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nampula.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NampulaNampula
- Diocese of GurúèGurúè
- Diocese of LichingaLichinga
- Diocese of NacalaNacala
- Diocese of PembaPemba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Since 23 January 2025 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Molócuè in Mozambique has been led by Estêvão Ângelo Fernando (born 17 June 1974), a Mozambican prelate appointed by Pope Francis. Before his appointment he had served, from 24 June 2001, as a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quelimane, Mozambique. His episcopal consecration took place on 10 May 2025 at Alto Molócuè.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].