Diocese of Benguela
Benguelen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Benguela, Angola
The Diocese of Benguela is a Latin Catholic diocese in Benguela Province, Angola, erected in 1970 from the former Diocese of Nova Lisboa. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Huambo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 June 1970
- Latin
- Benguelen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Fatima
- Annuario code
- 001000883
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,985,760
- Population
- 2,551,000
- Catholic share
- 77.8%
- Priests
- 172
- Catholics per priest
- 11,545
- Extent
- 20,780 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 96
of the people living within its bounds
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
- António Francisco Jaca, S.V.D.
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima stands in Benguela, 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 Huambo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Huambo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HuamboHuambo
- Diocese of GandaGanda
- Diocese of Kwito-BiéKwito-Bié
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Benguela in Angola is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Benguelensis) within the ecclesiastical province of Huambo, currently led by Bishop António Francisco Jaca.
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].